Does Bulgari offer resizing?

[lifegetsbetterwithh]

Has any of you been offered to resize a Serpenti viper bracelet? some of you like @880, @Purrsey or @Rami00, etc. are Bulgari connaisseurs and / or have had their bracelets for quite some time. I am between an S and the M and the SA said I should purchase the M and a Bulgari goldsmith could make it tighter for me by 1/2 - 1 cm or so (the S is 15 and the M is 17. I would need a 16 / 16.5). I wear a sz 16 LOVE and my left wrist is 14.8, my right is 15.2 cms.
This means, the S almost pinches me and the M slides across my LOVE on the left and on the right always slides down and hits my hand which I can't tolerate.

By now I have read through this thread two times, but none of the posts mentioned anything like this...

I am a bit concerned - it would change the look as the tail and head would overlap more and what about the spring mechanism in the gold spiral that holds everything together/maintains elasticity???

TIA for your feedback. I really appreciate your input.

 

[880]

Has any of you been offered to resize a Serpenti viper bracelet? some of you like @880, @Purrsey or @Rami00, etc. are Bulgari connaisseurs and / or have had their bracelets for quite some time. I am between an S and the M and the SA said I should purchase the M and a Bulgari goldsmith could make it tighter for me by 1/2 - 1 cm or so (the S is 15 and the M is 17. I would need a 16 / 16.5). I wear a sz 16 LOVE and my left wrist is 14.8, my right is 15.2 cms.
This means, the S almost pinches me and the M slides across my LOVE on the left and on the right always slides down and hits my hand which I can't tolerate.

By now I have read through this thread two times, but none of the posts mentioned anything like this...

I am a bit concerned - it would change the look as the tail and head would overlap more and what about the spring mechanism in the gold spiral that holds everything together/maintains elasticity???

TIA for your feedback. I really appreciate your input.

@Happyish may know bc she knows a great deal about Bulgari

 

[Mishella]

Has any of you been offered to resize a Serpenti viper bracelet? some of you like @880, @Purrsey or @Rami00, etc. are Bulgari connaisseurs and / or have had their bracelets for quite some time. I am between an S and the M and the SA said I should purchase the M and a Bulgari goldsmith could make it tighter for me by 1/2 - 1 cm or so (the S is 15 and the M is 17. I would need a 16 / 16.5). I wear a sz 16 LOVE and my left wrist is 14.8, my right is 15.2 cms.
This means, the S almost pinches me and the M slides across my LOVE on the left and on the right always slides down and hits my hand which I can't tolerate.

By now I have read through this thread two times, but none of the posts mentioned anything like this...

I am a bit concerned - it would change the look as the tail and head would overlap more and what about the spring mechanism in the gold spiral that holds everything together/maintains elasticity???

TIA for your feedback. I really appreciate your input.

It’s interesting that they suggested you to purchase M and make it smaller. This type of bracelet is much easier to make bigger, than otherwise. I talked about resizing of serpenti with my jeweler, just in case, but I never actually needed it.

 

[lifegetsbetterwithh]

It’s interesting that they suggested you to purchase M and make it smaller. This type of bracelet is much easier to make bigger, than otherwise. I talked about resizing of serpenti with my jeweler, just in case, but I never actually needed it.

Thank you for your reply. Interesting - I actually thought the same tbh. Also, I believe it would look better as it would look more like an "overlap" and less than a double row bracelet this way and thus be more in line with the original design.
I am curious whether @Happyish has heard how one would go about altering the size....

 

[Mishella]

I have a couple of the Serpenti Tubogas bracelets and the Serpenti 2-tour watch with diamonds that I have owned for more than half a decade. I don't wear them everyday but I do wear them often and so far they haven't stretched; however, I am very careful in how I put them on and take them off.

I also have a few of the older Serpenti 2-tour diamond viper rings (the ones that are thicker than the current ones) and I remember my SA said that for the rings in particular if one has significant fluctuation in weight you'll most likely see stretching in the rings even more than the bracelets and of course they can't be tightened back to original size once they stretch out.

I’m not sure what type of rings you’re talking about, but they definitely resize all of the modern serpenti rings, including making them smaller.

 

[_Moravia_]

I’m not sure what type of rings you’re talking about, but they definitely resize all of the modern serpenti rings, including making them smaller.

I have some of the older, thicker Serpenti rings such as this one:

https://www.bulgari.com/en-ca/jewellery/rings/serpenti-viper-ring-rose-gold-red-347594?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-MPe68Hz-AIVS8DICh233AEnEAQYAyABEgIUAfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I was told by my SA that similar to the Serpenti bracelets and watches if the ring stretches out due to wear, weight fluctations, etc. the ring cannot be tightened back to its original size.

 

[Mishella]

I have some of the older, thicker Serpenti rings such as this one:

https://www.bulgari.com/en-ca/jewellery/rings/serpenti-viper-ring-rose-gold-red-347594?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-MPe68Hz-AIVS8DICh233AEnEAQYAyABEgIUAfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I was told by my SA that similar to the Serpenti bracelets and watches if the ring stretches out due to wear, weight fluctations, etc. the ring cannot be tightened back to its original size.

I have this ring and they resize this model

 

[pomelofruit]

Has any of you been offered to resize a Serpenti viper bracelet? some of you like @880, @Purrsey or @Rami00, etc. are Bulgari connaisseurs and / or have had their bracelets for quite some time. I am between an S and the M and the SA said I should purchase the M and a Bulgari goldsmith could make it tighter for me by 1/2 - 1 cm or so (the S is 15 and the M is 17. I would need a 16 / 16.5). I wear a sz 16 LOVE and my left wrist is 14.8, my right is 15.2 cms.
This means, the S almost pinches me and the M slides across my LOVE on the left and on the right always slides down and hits my hand which I can't tolerate.

By now I have read through this thread two times, but none of the posts mentioned anything like this...

I am a bit concerned - it would change the look as the tail and head would overlap more and what about the spring mechanism in the gold spiral that holds everything together/maintains elasticity???

TIA for your feedback. I really appreciate your input.

Hi @lifegetsbetterwithh ! Just wondering if you got your Viper bracelet resized please? I am in the same conundrum you were - inbetween the S and M sizes...

 

[marzipanchen]

Hi @lifegetsbetterwithh ! Just wondering if you got your Viper bracelet resized please? I am in the same conundrum you were - inbetween the S and M sizes...

Could you kindly ask your SA whether resizing the current models is still possible? From what I have recently heard from our local boutique, the coils on the inside are now made of titanium and can therefore not be resized / changed.

Mine was resized, I bought an S about 1.5 yrs ago which was slightly too round for my flat wrist, and my SA recently mentioned this was no longer possible with the current rings and bracelets due to the change of materials.
HTH 🌸

 

[pomelofruit]

Could you kindly ask your SA whether resizing the current models is still possible? From what I have recently heard from our local boutique, the coils on the inside are now made of titanium and can therefore not be resized / changed.

Mine was resized, I bought an S about 1.5 yrs ago which was slightly too round for my flat wrist, and my SA recently mentioned this was no longer possible with the current rings and bracelets due to the change of materials.
HTH 🌸

Oh I didn’t realise, thanks for the heads up and I’ll report back

 

[ragstoluxe]

Could you kindly ask your SA whether resizing the current models is still possible? From what I have recently heard from our local boutique, the coils on the inside are now made of titanium and can therefore not be resized / changed.

Mine was resized, I bought an S about 1.5 yrs ago which was slightly too round for my flat wrist, and my SA recently mentioned this was no longer possible with the current rings and bracelets due to the change of materials.
HTH 🌸

How did they resize it? and what is the coil made out of on your one ?

 

[marzipanchen]

How did they resize it? and what is the coil made out of on your one ?

hi there,

from what I understand, they have recently changed the coil inside. the newer ones are made of titanium which makes resizing impossible acc. to my SA. the older ones - of which I have one - could be slightly resized by applying heat and then reshaping the coil. Bvlgari sent mine to a local jeweler they have been working with for years and years and he did the job.

tbh, I am not sure what the older coils were made of - I am assuming gold but I don't know. the only way to find out would be asking your SA. HTH.