You may recall a recent post about some of the celebratory Altiplano models that Piaget is releasing in 2017 to mark its 60th anniversary. It turns out that these two blue models aren’t the only special pieces to mark this… Read More ›
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PRE-SIHH 2017 : the 60th anniversary of Piaget’s Altiplano
Piaget’s flagship Altiplano is sixty years old now, and although Horologium is significantly younger than that, we have liked featuring it, and have a special fondness for the record-breaking version that came out in 2014. At the SIHH 2017 Piaget… Read More ›
PIAGET : Altiplano 900D
A couple of years ago Piaget released the Altiplano 900P, which was remarkable for being the world’s thinnest manual-wind watch at its release. Since then, Piaget have consolidated the importance of the Altiplano to their collection and this year, introduced… Read More ›
SIHH 2016 : Piaget Emperador Coussin XL 700P
In a rather unexpected segue from their normally mechanical men’s novelties, at SIHH 2016 Piaget has launched a watch to commemorate the 40th anniversary of its first in-house quartz movement, the ultra-thin 7P calibre, called the Emperador Coussin XL 700P…. Read More ›
PIAGET : Emperador Coussin XL Large Moon Enamel
Released at Watches & Wonders 2015, Piaget’s Secrets & Lights collection is an in-house project between Piaget’s Haute Joaillerie and Haute Horlogerie departments. This collection is inspired by what they are calling a ‘mythical journey’, with a focus on the… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2015: Piaget Limelight Stella
One of the foci of Piaget’s Watches & Wonders 2015 releases was that of their first automatic complication watch for their women’s collection in the form of the Limelight Stella watches. The complication in question? A moonphase, courtesy of the… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Piaget Gouverneur Tourbillon
As this point, Australia is not a market with a Piaget boutique, and thus it is difficult for locals to be able to see some of their more complicated and ‘haute’ pieces, although there is obviously nothing stopping someone from… Read More ›
PIAGET : the rose takes new forms
Having already covered the hand-embroidered Piaget rose dial earlier this year, today it’s the turn of two other interpretations of their floral emblem. For those who wish to know a little about the significance of the Yves Piaget rose,… Read More ›
INTERVIEW : Sylvie Deschamps
The name of Sylvie Deschamp may not be familiar to you, but you may nonetheless have seen photos of her work with Piaget, with whom she started collaborating in 2012. An embroiderer of note in her native France, she harks… Read More ›
EXTREMELY PIAGET: Black Tie Vintage Inspiration
For a few years now, brands have been reaching into ‘their’ 1960s and 1970s for inspiration. Many brands have gone down the path to those decades for, in particular, sports watches, but to modernise dress watches from that period is… Read More ›