The Piaget Emperador Coussin XL (46,5 mm) and the Grande Lune (large moon) complication (powered by calibre 860P) have been used as a base for some beautiful dial decoration work by both: Anita Porchet (enamel) and Richard Maier (scrimshaw) Does any of th
Everything was beautiful, the watches (of course). And the extravegant and rarely exhibited collection of jeweled necklace and ear ring sets were over the top (not only in looks but in prices! I didn't catch any photos of those, but I did take a few pics
Some time ago, I created a series of thematic posts - tourbillons, chronographs, perpetual calendars, moon phase, time only... but in the haste of things, omitted this piece. This one I got through an auction but sadly, did not have a chance to put it on
My favs are prob the parrots and the moon phase. I like the parrots becuase I have always been a sucker for that type of enamel work, I love the gold lines surrounding the deep colours within and the almost translucent depth to it. The Moon phase I like b
Excerpts from the press release: 1) At 9 o’clock, mounted on a ball-bearing mechanism fitted directly on the frame, the construction of the regulating organ has been entirely redesigned. The balance-wheel bridge has vanished, as has the traditional struct
Hey Guys, I always wanted to purchase a Piaget watch, specially, unfortunately that watch was over my budget! So, last week, I had the opportunity to trade a Cartier Pasha C (2007 model with blue dial) for that Piaget Gouverneur in White gold! I would lik
The trend continues. Richemont brands take advantage from events more often organized outside the SIHH to reveal their key watches of the year. The example is striking with Piaget which, through a launch that took place in New York in the month of July, p
Piaget, as the specialist of the ultra-thin watches, presented at the SIHH 2015 the Altiplano Chronograph which distinguished by two records for a handwind chronograph: one for the thinnest caliber (4,65mm) and one for the thinnest case (8, 24mm). In this
When thinking about men’s Piaget watches, my thoughts first go to the Altiplano collection, and I like just about every model in that group. My second thought is to the Polo collection, which are outstanding luxury sport watches worthy of consideration al
At the SIHH 2014, a new version of the Gouverneur Tourbillon was unveiled with a WG case. The Gouverneur Tourbillon is a watch much more original than it looks at first glance. I will not speak about the case, half round... half oval... but about the comb