For Watches and Wonders 2024, Piaget celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Maison by expanding on 2023’s revival of its most iconic High Jewellery Watches signatures, coming back of their ultra thin P9 movement, and Piaget Polo couple watch. Let’s take a deeper look for each new model below.
Altiplano Ultimate Concept Tourbillon
With a diameter of 41.5mm, a guaranteed water resistance to a depth of 20 metres and a blue PVD-treated cobalt alloy case, the Altiplano Ultimate Concept Tourbillon appears to possess all the features of an everyday watch. However, its 2mm thickness and its flying tourbillon take it to a different plane: this watch smashes the record for the thinnest tourbillon watch.
Set in circular motion by a bridge encircling it, the carriage of the Altiplano Ultimate Concept Tourbillon completely subverts the current state-of-the-art technical principles. The signature engraved on its back, next to a sapphire crystal placed under the tourbillon, sums up the process that has driven Piaget since its beginnings.
Swinging Sautoir
In 2024, Piaget unveiled three exquisite new Swinging Sautoir, two transformable to be worn on the wrist. For the first one, the artisans created the twisted gold chains by hand, meticulously crafting single strands of gold into fluid links that fall harmoniously to be anchored with the timepiece. Each Swinging Sautoir case comes in a new, softly rounded trapeze case, a nod to the shape of the cases from the original 1969 collection.
The Iconic 1970s-era colourway of blue and green is seen in a necklace of malachite and turquoise beads and flamboyantly radiating out from the diamond-paved set hand-twisted gold chain and interspersed with yellow sapphires and brilliant-cut diamonds. The turquoise dialled watch is suspended from a duo of precious gemstones, an example of Piaget’s playful sensibilities.
Cuff Watch
After the 2023 Hidden Treasures cuff was awarded by the GPHG’s Ladies Watch prize, the Maison is introducing this season another take on this icon. Here, the black opal dial swimming with iridescent greens and blues isn’t so much encased as it is revealed within its hand-made gold chain cuff, each twisted individually by hand, the goldwork seeming to grow organically over the dial, coral-like in its asymmetry. A masterclass in Piaget’s use of colour and textured gold.
Aura
Now, for its 35th anniversary, the Maison celebrates this precious icon with the launch of two unique pieces set with beautiful hues of rubies, pink sapphires and diamonds. Masterful cutting and setting techniques allowed Piaget to create a face of thin rubies that radiate from the centre of the dial, the colour deep and saturated and beautifully juxtaposed with baguette-cut diamonds.
A beautiful gradient of colours effect is expertly achieved in the second variation, with the deep red of the rubies imperceptibly fading through to softest pink sapphires and diamonds via Piaget’s incredible setting savoir-faire and colour matching. In two sizes, these audacious new additions to the Aura collection are at the very pinnacle of High Jewellery and Watchmaking.
Piaget Polo Date – 150th Anniversary Edition
Maison Piaget is once again bridging the gap between past and present. For this year’s exhibition, they have struck the perfect chord between the bright gadroons of the historic Piaget Polo and the casual-chic allure of the iconic Piaget Polo Date. This will take shape as a limited edition of a 42mm and a 36mm, both made of steel with a stylish rubber strap – a first for the 36mm. Each version will be produced in a series of 300 rare pieces.
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Giving a nod to the signature gadroons on the original Piaget Polo, the dials of these two collector’s timepieces display the same stunning play of materials as their ancestor. This Extraleganza heritage, a blend of elegance and extravagance, was also key to the decision to offer a duo of timepieces.
So which one is your favourite? Those new collection from Piaget will be available soon at The Time Place boutique. Stay tuned for more information.
