Piaget

The two models immediately following are the first ever offering from Piaget of watches in a combination of rose gold and titanium.




Titanium and rose gold Piaget Polo FortyFive Perpetual Calendar -- 45mm titanium case, 18K pink gold gadroons.  Dial with 18K pink gold luminescent hour-markers.  Sapphire case-back.  Piaget Manufacture 855P ultra-thin automatic movement with perpetual calendar, retrograde day and date functions, second time zone, and small seconds display.  The watch is offered on an injected rubber strap adorned with pink gold gadroons and closed by a buckle with an adaptable summer/winter clasp.  Waterproof to a depth of 100 meters. 

Piaget Polo FortyFive -- 45 mm titanium case, 18K pink gold gadroons.  Dial with 18K pink gold luminescent hour-markers.  Sapphire case-back.  Piaget Manufacture 880P ultra-thin automatic chronograph movement with date and second time-zone functions.  The watch is offered on an injected rubber strap adorned with pink gold gadroons and closed by a buckle with an adaptable summer/winter clasp.  Waterproof to a depth of 100 meters.

Piaget Polo FortyFive Lady -- 38 mm watch encased in 18K pink gold set with 50 brilliant-cut diamonds (approx. 0.7 ct).  Dial set with 8 brilliant-cut diamonds (approx. 0.5 ct).  15P quartz movement.  [Daos' note: Wouldn't it be great to see this piece house a Manufacture Piaget automatic movement?]  58 diamonds in total are set into the bezel and hour-markers to contrast with the pink gold case and brown dial/bracelet.

Piaget Polo -- 32 mm watch encased in 18K pink and white gold set with 36 brilliant-cut diamonds (approx. 0.5 ct).  Ruby zoisite dial with hour-markers in 18K pink gold.  Piaget 690P quartz movement.  For 2011 the famous Piaget Polo watch, with its characteristic integrated design, gadroon decoration and interplay between polished and satin-brushed surfaces, will be the object of a number of particularly vintage-style "special edition" models.  The hard stone dials that were once one of the brand's best-known hallmarks will give a personalized touch to a series of two-tone watches (in this case in pink and white gold).  [How super exciting is this news?!  I love the stone dialed vintage Piagets so it will be fun to see new interpretations of those pieces.]

What do you think?  Interesting models IMO.  I do regret that the women's pieces house quartz movements, but I love the combination of titanium and rose gold.

Cheers,
Daos



This message has been edited by dxboon on 2011-06-25 09:44:55

They have to be seen "in the metal" to be appreciated. The complications are well integrated and the dials, even if they are busy, have  balanced lay-outs.





Fx

I like the bi-colored Piaget Polos.  They are sporty, but have an extra touch of elegance due to the rose gold gadroons.  In the case of these two watches, I prefer the perpetual.  It does have a busy dial, but the layout is quite nice IMO.

Cheers,
Daos

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The rose gold adds an extra touch of elegance to an otherwise sporty watch.

Cheers,
Daos

It may soften the blow.  Piaget used to state that their propositions will always be in precious metal.

This was after they stopped the stainless steel Upstream models.

 

Then, they launched the titanium Polo FortyFive range, that somehow we had to accept as 'precious metal',,,even though they were in Grade 5 titanium, it was a stretch.

Now that two-tone is back in fashion (see other haute horlogerie brands), the combination of grey and rose gold is actually quite pleasing.

 

I like the perpetual calendar Polo especialy the Year indicator being a reticule that slides into positon over the cycle year, in question.  It also allows for the excellent ultra-thin perpetual calendar movement to be used by people that do not like cushion shaperd watches.

 

Regards,

MTF

...the perpetual calendar Piaget Polo, as well.  There is a lot of information being presented, but it's very charming in its display.  The gray and rose gold tones are highly complimentary IMO.  Very nice offerings all around from Piaget, although the women's watches should have mechanical movements.

Cheers,
Daos

it will be interesting to see if it catches on as a trend.  Patek stopped making their gold and steel Nautilus years ago.  AP stopped making gold and steel Royal Oaks years ago (while they have worked with some exotic and odd combinations of materials they are not the same as gold and steel or gold and Ti).  It seemed for years only companies such as Rolex, Cartier, Omega and a few others continued to offer steel and gold watches, but I haven't seen a truly new design from a high end watch company using gold and another metal in quite some time. 

I find the use of rose gold with titanium very pleasing to the eye.  It not only adds some color, but I think it dresses the deisgn up, and adds some versatility to a metal that I generally think of as only used for sports watches worn solely with casual clothes. 

Kudos to Piaget for combining two beautiful metals. 

Best regards,

Dino

...we'll see more and more of these bi-metal pieces from brands across varying segments of the industry.  Combining two metals, like titanium and rose gold, offers the wearer greater versatility in matching the watch to clothing/occasions.  What really intrigued me about the information from Piaget was the bit about releasing limited edition watches inspired by their vintage stone dials.  What will come next, I wonder?!

Cheers,
Daos

I briefly owned a gold and steel Submariner.  But it seemed every manager at car dealerships seemed to wear a gold and stainless Submariner.  The Sub is a nice watch (I like it in all steel) but the bi metal design seemed tiresome after a while. 

Piaget's combination of Ti with rose gold looks fresh and its used on a watch that we won't see on everyone's wrists!  Nice job Piaget. 

Ahhh...the stone dials...we will have to keep our fingers crossed. 

Best regards,

Dino

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... have to locate Piaget boutique around here first!
Nice, and thank you for letting us know.

Ken

...the perpetual calendar also.  It's got a well designed dial IMO.  You are a lucky duck to have FOUR Piaget boutiques in Tokyo: click here .

Cheers,
Daos

Please ask your contact to tell you if and when there is some event in Tokyo boutique....  I would LOVE to be there....

Ken

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I have to see the Piaget Polo FortyFive Perpetual in person to make judgement.  However, my first opinion is I see the FortyFive line as more a sporty line rather than one which houses complications such as perpetual calendar.

Does anyone else feel this way?

I was hoping the new models for the Polo FortyFive would be some PVD/DLC models.

Cheers,
Anthony

...so the perpetual works IMO. 

Daos

Big fan of the Forty Five series. The Flyback Chrono being my most favourite model.

...is the open-dial FortyFive!    The strap on these watches is also killer!

Cheers,
Daos

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I actually like the rubber bracelet with metal gadroons.  It's the most comfortable rubber strap I've ever worn.

Cheers,
Daos