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Piaget was founded in 1874 in La Cote aux Fees in Switzerland. Piaget manufactures four collections of fine timepieces: the Piaget Altiplano, the Piaget Polo, the Piaget Tradition, and the Piaget Upstream. The Piaget Altiplano is an ultra thin fine Swiss timepiece that is available in either a round or …

The Piaget Polo watch collection has long been a symbol of exceptional luxury, fabled Swiss quality, and exclusivity. However, it has not often been the first elite luxury watch a well-heeled younger buyer (say, under 40) might consider – something like an Audemars Piguet Offshore or a Hublot Big Bang …

One of the many things I admire about Piaget, is their willingness and ability to create bespoke or unique creations for their often very elite client base. One Piaget story I’ve never forgotten involved a sheik who wanted not a single custom watch, but 32 of them – one for …

The ability of Piaget to create consummately beautiful luxury watches for women is legendary. Classic yet never stuffy, refreshingly creative, and flawlessly crafted, the Piaget ladies collection is brilliant across the range of collections. One of Piaget’s newer introductions I particular admire is the Possession watch line. Superbly versatile not …

Piaget’s Limelight Magic Hour is a gorgeous dress watch that conceals a delightful and charming secret – three of them, actually. Because of its cleverly designed bezel, a mere twist of your fingers suffices to dramatically alter the appearance of your Magic Hour watch. Vertical oval, horizontal oval, or diagonal …

The Piaget Altiplano Petit Seconds watch is a gorgeous new member of Piaget’s extremely fine dress timepiece collection. With a 40mm diameter, this model promises to be a fantastic formal watch for the modern male. It should without question attract more interest than the established but rather marginally sized (by …

I’ve opined in the past that Piaget doesn’t get nearly the recognition it deserves in the realm of high-end luxury watchmaking. Piaget’s excellence isn’t just visible in their fine range of dress watches, or their own extremely thin and refined in-house movements. Piaget’s elaborate and extremely interesting tourbillon watches demonstrate …

Full Disclosure. I have always loved complicated watches. The notion of a watchmaker spending countless hours on the bench assembling a perpetual calendar, tourbillon or grand complication, for me, has always represented the epitome of fine watchmaking or as the Swiss say, haute horologerie. The latest trend in watchmaking is …

As seems to be the case every year, the December holidays are upon us. And, while deep down, we all KNOW that our family, friends, and good health are what really matter, it simply wouldn’t be human of us not to have a wish list of at least a couple …