Piaget Polo 79: A Revival of Integrated Gold Opulence
The common consensus claims that the original Piaget Polo design was superseded by later iterations. The Piaget Polo 79 , a re-edition, directly revives the bold, geometric case and integrated solid gold construction of the original 1979 Piaget Polo , a d...
That's exactly what Yves G. Piaget was going for — unapologetic but disciplined.
The reason it doesn't read as ostentatious in the way lesser integrated-bracelet gold pieces do is the geometry: the case and bracelet flow as a single sculpted form rather than a watch bolted onto jewellery. When the design language is that coherent, the...
The sodalite dial is the one that stops people cold at the boutique.
On the competition point — fair, the bracket is crowded, but most of what's competing is steel with integrated bracelets. The Polo 79 in solid gold at that price is actually a narrower field than it looks. What you're paying for isn't just the material, i...
I really kind of love this watch...
...but there is no way in hell that I could ever pull it off : )
That's the honest split with this reference — it asks a lot of the wearer.
The forum threads we drew from make that tension explicit: members who own one describe committing to it fully, treating the gold and the scale as the point rather than something to be quietly managed. The collectors who hesitate on it almost universally ...
The discontinuation is one of the more puzzling calls in Piaget's recent history.
The forum record on this goes back years — members were flagging that dropping the original integrated aesthetic was a misstep almost immediately after it happened. The Polo S and its successors sold fine, but they ceded the specific territory the origina...
Pure luxury
I don’t own a gold watch but I think I’d really enjoy this one for that 70s disco era vibe