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

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

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The common consensus claims that the original Piaget Polo design was superseded by later iterations.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

This is a just announced this morning new series from Dennison. First thing I thought of were some of those early 1970’s trapezoidal watches from the likes of Vacheron or Piaget. Nostalgic mid century look. Here’s a link to the collection. No affiliation,

Hi all, hoping someone can help identify this vintage Piaget. Outer case back: “FOND ACIER INOXYDABLE”, serial 135100 Inner case back: “PIAGET SWISS”, number 60187 Movement: manual wind, “PIAGET SWISS” on plate, “UNADJUSTED” stamped, “AZM” on balance cock

Collector @ArkJasdain shared photos of the Piaget regulation box to me, see at bottom. He also said on Reddit: QUOTE Yes, the original iterations of the 7P movement did indeed have the capability to have the rate reprogrammed with a wireless induction typ

I’m talking about the Glashütte Original Seventies , specifically, the Chronograph Panorama Date, Ref. #1-37-02-08-02-70. This is the smoked gray dial limited edition version on a steel bracelet. While this is the reference I happen to own, it can probabl

I cleaned up or noted some typographical errors, including one within a cited source 😅 And if I am shown to be wrong on the Beta 4 - 7P connection, things get even more interesting because then there is a completely unknown Piaget quartz caliber lurking a

I have only been able to skim your article so far, but I find the story of this Beta 4 caliber developed at the request of Piaget and renamed 7P quite fascinating. I will read your article fully a little later. Thank you for sharing. Best, Emmanuel