{"id":23442,"date":"2024-06-10T11:32:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/?p=23442"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:27:36","slug":"piaget-150-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/en\/piaget-150-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Piaget: 150 years of technical and aesthetic supremacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>THE BEGINNING YOU WOULDN\u2019T EXPECT: A FARMER-WATCHMAKER<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Piaget for us, but also for our grandparents, is a name which evokes only beautiful and grandiose things tied to luxury, great savoir-faire, the high-fashion world and the glittering \u2018red carpets\u2019 walked by cinema\u2019s greatest stars. Instead, it is interesting to discover that, 150 years ago, at the origins of this extraordinary watchmaking icon was a very pragmatic need for a farmer to economically survive the harsh mountain winters with a second job that he could do indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Family.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Family-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Georges-Edouard Piaget &#038; Family\" class=\"wp-image-23446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Family-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Family-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Family-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Family-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Family-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Family.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does this have to do with Piaget? It\u2019s simple: in 1874 in La C\u00f4te-aux-F\u00e9es, a quiet village in the Swiss Jura, the 19-year-old farmer Georges-Edouard Piaget decided to fervently apply himself to watchmaking during the long Jura winters. Actually, this doesn\u2019t come as a surprise as it was quite a usual practice in that region. The real surprise was that Georges-Edouard was extremely gifted, especially when it came to lever escapements. Thus, in a short time, watchmaking \u2013 or rather the production of high-precision movements \u2013 became the job of the whole family. Growth was steady, reaching truly high levels, so much so that in the 1920s, the Piaget family&#8217;s movement workshop supplied several prestigious brands, such as Audemars Piguet, Rolex, Vacheron Constantin and Cartier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>A TURNING POINT FOR THE WORLD: AN EXTRA-THIN CALIBRE BY PIAGET<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And suddenly the inevitable happened. Having been for decades &#8216;only&#8217; a subcontractor for the most prestigious Swiss brands, although very important and very reliable, came a moment in which this role became too restrictive for the Piaget family. Hence the momentous decision: in 1943, at the urging of G\u00e9rald and Valentin Piaget, the founder&#8217;s grandsons, the trademark was finally registered. From this moment on, Piaget has been what it is today: a highly refined manufacturer of sublime watches under its own name.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-3-1024x949.jpg\" alt=\"G\u00e9rald &#038; Valentin Piaget\" class=\"wp-image-23447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-3-1024x949.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-3-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-3-768x711.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-3-600x556.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-3.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move worked like a charm and the La C\u00f4te-aux-F\u00e9es manufacture soon became the region\u2019s main employer. With the two brothers, G\u00e9rald and Valentin, beginning to work on the brand\u2019s current identity; that is, on the one hand they focused on the movements \u2013 reducing the diameter and thickness \u2013 and on the other hand on aesthetics, creating the first ring-watches and coin-watches. It worked. The brand began to expand on the international stage, and orders started to come in from all over the world. Then came 1957 and 1958, which represent the turning point. Not for Piaget, but for the whole world, who was amazed by the two ultra-flat movements developed by Valentin. The hand-wound 9P calibre and the 12P, which, with a thickness of only 2.3 mm, triumphantly entered The Guinness Book of Records as the flattest automatic movement of its time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Calibre_Watch_Insanity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Piaget Vintage Calibres\" class=\"wp-image-23449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Calibre_Watch_Insanity.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_9p_Calibre_Watch_Insanity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_9p_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Paget 9P Calibre\" class=\"wp-image-23450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_9p_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_9p_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_9p_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_9p_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_9p_Calibre_Watch_Insanity-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_9p_Calibre_Watch_Insanity.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>THE GOLDEN AGE: TECHNICAL-AESTHETIC CREATIVITY AT ITS PEAK<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Piaget, the 1960s and 1970s were marked by increasingly exclusive and innovative luxury in all its forms. And among the great Swiss maisons, the Manufacture in La C\u00f4te-aux-F\u00e9es \u2013 which had in the meantime doubled its production with a new factory in Plan-les-Ouates, in the Geneva area \u2013 was certainly the one that dared the most.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1950_Piaget_Manufacture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1950_Piaget_Manufacture-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Manufacture Piaget\" class=\"wp-image-23448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1950_Piaget_Manufacture-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1950_Piaget_Manufacture-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1950_Piaget_Manufacture-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1950_Piaget_Manufacture-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1950_Piaget_Manufacture-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1950_Piaget_Manufacture.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These were the years under the \u2018Piaget watchmaker-jeweller\u2019 banner, as production focused only on cases made of precious metals, with an unparalleled mastery of gold and platinum working techniques that allow to create bracelets of astounding flexibility and with the introduction of diamonds and dials in hard stones (lapis lazuli, onyx, tiger&#8217;s eye, opal, jade, coral and malachite), part of the \u2013 ingenious \u2013 move of building up on the \u2018jewellery-watch\u2019, also thanks to the 21st Century collection. The international jet-set just went crazy, and the term &#8216;Piaget Society&#8217; was born, identifying the glittering luxury-hippie spirit of artists, musicians, models, actors and stylists who made up its elite clientele. Piaget watches were seen on the wrists of both Jackie Kennedy and Andy Warhol, and a creative relationship with Salvador Dali was established for the Dali d&#8217;Or: a coin minted with the artist&#8217;s name, in his endeavor to incarnate more and more a living work of art himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ursula_Andress_Piaget_Watch_Insanity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ursula_Andress_Piaget_Watch_Insanity-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ursula Andress &#038; Yves Piaget\" class=\"wp-image-23451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ursula_Andress_Piaget_Watch_Insanity-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ursula_Andress_Piaget_Watch_Insanity-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ursula_Andress_Piaget_Watch_Insanity-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ursula_Andress_Piaget_Watch_Insanity-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ursula_Andress_Piaget_Watch_Insanity-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ursula_Andress_Piaget_Watch_Insanity.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Dali_Watch_Insanity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Dali_Watch_Insanity-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dali Piaget\" class=\"wp-image-23452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Dali_Watch_Insanity-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Dali_Watch_Insanity-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Dali_Watch_Insanity-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Dali_Watch_Insanity-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Dali_Watch_Insanity-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Dali_Watch_Insanity.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the second half of the 1970s, the throttle is at full. Piaget, confident in its mechanical excellence, was not afraid to experiment, thus contributing to the development of the Beta 21, the first and most famous Swiss quartz movement (it then also ventured into quartz in ultra-thin watches: the 7P, in 1976, was the thinnest movement in the world, later replaced by the even thinner 8P, only 1.95 mm thick). And in 1979, the brand gave its own \u2013 highly original \u2013 take on the chic high-end sports watch category with a bracelet integrated into the case, through the solid gold Polo collection, a supreme icon for the most refined Wall Street yuppies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-5-1024x717.jpg\" alt=\"Piaget Polo\" class=\"wp-image-23453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-5-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-5-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-5-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-5-1536x1076.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-5-600x420.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Senza-titolo-5.jpg 1686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>TODAY&#8217;S IDENTITY, A RIGHT BALANCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rest is history. Piaget, in 1988, became part of Richemont, the world&#8217;s largest luxury watchmaking brands group. This didn\u2019t take anything away from Piaget\u2019s soul or identity, but on the contrary it allowed it to focus on doing only what it did best: the very best in technical and aesthetic high-level and top-of-the-range watchmaking. Successful jewellery lines flourished \u2013 Possession and Limelight Gala on top of all \u2013 but at the same time, expertise in the distinctive ultra-thin segment allowed Piaget to create the 430P movement \u2013 the successor to the 9P \u2013 housing it in the Altiplano model, still and forever a masterpiece of purity and classicism. And from this movement, sixteen other new calibres were born, including the extraordinary 600P, the world&#8217;s flattest tourbillon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_600P.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_600P-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Calibre Piaget 600P \" class=\"wp-image-23457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_600P-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_600P-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_600P-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_600P-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_600P-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_600P.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Emperador_Tourbillon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Emperador_Tourbillon-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Piaget Emperador Tourbillon\" class=\"wp-image-23458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Emperador_Tourbillon-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Emperador_Tourbillon-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Emperador_Tourbillon-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Emperador_Tourbillon-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Emperador_Tourbillon-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Emperador_Tourbillon.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To conclude this triumphant round-up of Piaget&#8217;s 150 years and its marvellous timepieces, it is worth lingering over the most striking \u2013 and philologically successful \u2013 novelty of 2024: the sumptuous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/en\/piaget-polo-79\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">P<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/en\/piaget-polo-79\/\">olo 79<\/a>. Also celebrating the 45th anniversary of the collection, it is a return to the original design, which impressively alternates polished links with a gadroon motif with brushed links, in the same aesthetic continuity for the bracelet, case and dial. The differences from the original piece are absolutely in line with the current times: the quartz calibre was replaced with the fantastic ultra-flat 1200P1 self-winding calibre, while the case took on a perfect 38 mm diameter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Polo79_Watch_Insanity_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Polo79_Watch_Insanity_01-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Piaget Polo 79\" class=\"wp-image-23456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Polo79_Watch_Insanity_01-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Polo79_Watch_Insanity_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Polo79_Watch_Insanity_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Polo79_Watch_Insanity_01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Polo79_Watch_Insanity_01-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Piaget_Polo79_Watch_Insanity_01.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, Piaget, in the variegated segment of the most prestigious haute-\u00e9lite horlogerie, is by far the maison that has managed to harmonise technique at its best in terms of continuity and coherence \u2013 just think of its 37 manufacture movements, with no less than 25 ultra-flat calibres and 11 major complications \u2013 with a powerful, evocative and original look, both in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s segments. Andy Warhol once said, \u2018An artist is anyone who knows how to do one thing well\u2019. In this sense, Piaget is the world\u2019s indisputable watchmaking artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Michele Mengoli<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piaget&#8217;s 150 years of ultra-flat mechanics with eternal lines such as the Altiplano and Polo models, and the Possession and Limelight Gala collections with diamonds and semi-precious stones loved by the international jet-set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":712,"featured_media":23446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9,628],"tags":[167,751],"class_list":["post-23442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","category-timepieces","category-weekly-snippets","tag-piaget","tag-automatic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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