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According to the Archives of Piaget, the present watch was manufactured in 1972
Preserved in exceptional condition, this stunning bracelet watch is one of the rarest and most attractive sculptural Piaget “21st Century Collection” watches to be offered at auction in recent years. According to our research it is the first example of this design to appear at auction, only one other example in white gold is known publically. The dial is made from a single wafer-thin piece of jade and each individually hand-made textured 18K gold bracelet link is set with a panel of either lapis lazuli or jade, or both.
Piaget is known as "the jeweller of watch making" and it is no exaggeration to describe this watch as an artwork, a masterpiece of the jewellers craft. In common with all good design, the innate style of the piece transcends the vagaries of fashion, as utterly contemporary today as it was nearly fifty years ago.
From 1969, under the direction of Valentin Piaget, the company saw an unrestrained explosion of creativity. The designs created were resolutely avant-garde, breaking technical boundaries with dramatic uncompromising pieces carved out of solid gold and set with bold coloured stones. These “haute couture” pieces were totally in-tune with the wider world of fashion. When they were unveiled at the Basel Fair, the Journal de Genève of 15th April 1970 commented: “this year, Piaget has indulged its taste for colour by going for dials in precious stone, carved out of solid jade, lapis lazuli, opal, coral, turquoise and tiger’s eye. And this innovation, remember, is itself a creation of the House of Piaget”.
See: Piaget, Florence Müller, 2014, pp. 193-219.
Preserved in exceptional condition, this stunning bracelet watch is one of the rarest and most attractive sculptural Piaget “21st Century Collection” watches to be offered at auction in recent years. According to our research it is the first example of this design to appear at auction, only one other example in white gold is known publically. The dial is made from a single wafer-thin piece of jade and each individually hand-made textured 18K gold bracelet link is set with a panel of either lapis lazuli or jade, or both.
Piaget is known as "the jeweller of watch making" and it is no exaggeration to describe this watch as an artwork, a masterpiece of the jewellers craft. In common with all good design, the innate style of the piece transcends the vagaries of fashion, as utterly contemporary today as it was nearly fifty years ago.
From 1969, under the direction of Valentin Piaget, the company saw an unrestrained explosion of creativity. The designs created were resolutely avant-garde, breaking technical boundaries with dramatic uncompromising pieces carved out of solid gold and set with bold coloured stones. These “haute couture” pieces were totally in-tune with the wider world of fashion. When they were unveiled at the Basel Fair, the Journal de Genève of 15th April 1970 commented: “this year, Piaget has indulged its taste for colour by going for dials in precious stone, carved out of solid jade, lapis lazuli, opal, coral, turquoise and tiger’s eye. And this innovation, remember, is itself a creation of the House of Piaget”.
See: Piaget, Florence Müller, 2014, pp. 193-219.