Piaget

Larry Boland, President of Piaget North America, hosted an intimate candle-lit dinner on the rooftop terrace of the Gramercy Park Hotel. Joining the group to toast the film's cast were fashion designers Domenic Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, Yankee's great Alex (A-ROD) Rodriguez, photographer Steven Klein, Ingrid Casares, Allison Serafim, Marjorie Gubelmann-Raein, Zani Gugelmann, Jackie Astier read more

Designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig selected simple bangles and rings from Piaget to complement their apparel collection.The opening look, a little black dress, featured Piaget's "Miss Protocole" black and diamond watch strap worn as an evening bracelet. read more

We will be showing you some of the magnificent jewellery watches later in the year, however the eye-catcher for me was the Limelight – an 18 carat gold modular watch adorned with 381 diamonds and a Manufacture Piaget 56P quartz movement. At Panerai, as was to be expected there were some imposing new models, including a Panerai Luminor 1950 Chrono Rattrapante with an automatic movement (see the Sports Watch article) read more

New York's Manhattan Center has been transformed into a magical enchanted garden, aglitter with millions of dollars of Piaget jewels peeking through the flora and fauna. At the annual benefit for the Rainforest Foundation-US on May 7, 2003, Trudie Styler was presented with the first ever "Piaget Magic Reflections Award" and was honored with a specially designed and created white gold necklace set with white diamonds and pink sapphires. read more

The boutique features four world-renowned luxury watch brands - IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Piaget and Franck Muller, the latter being introduced for the first time at the airport. The name Master of Time aims to reflect the image of precision and perfection for the boutique as the destination for the ultimate collections of exquisite timepieces from the world’s leading brands. read more

However, in the last decade Piaget has been particularly creative both as far as mechanical movements are concerned and in aesthetics – an area the brand has excelled in since the early 1900s.Typical of this abundant creativity is the Calibre 850P movement. read more

Lange & Söhne, Cartier, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, Piaget and Vacheron Constantin). The aim of this private foundation is to give full legitimacy, to promote and defend a distinctive ‘perimeter’ within the watchmaking world: technical and precious Haute Horlogerie with its inherent values of authenticity and originality read more

As for Vacheron Constantin, it is looking to strengthen its presence among the ladies with the new Egérie line while Piaget is subtly becoming more aristocratic with its Secret Gardens.The most beautiful watch this year, in my own personal opinion (with absolutely no relation to my recent criticism of the brand), is Jaeger-LeCoutre's special platinum edition Master LeCoultre. read more

LIMELIGHT PARTY by Piaget: 18 carat white gold sphere-shaped timepiece equipped with a Piaget 56P movement, inspired by disco balls, dial in 18 carat polished and facetted white gold, paved with .. read more

After attending complementary classes at Wostep, he was hired by Piaget in La Côtes-aux-Fées, where he worked for two and a half years in the after-sales service. This gave him the opportunity to work on a number of different models and to perfect his skills. read more

From 1874 until the Second World War, Piaget was acknowledged as a movement manufacturer. Then, from the 1960s, it proved its expertise in jewellery, confirmed by its takeover of a jewellery workshop in Geneva. read more

Piaget creates the extraordinary Tourbillon Relatif based on a design by Carole Forestier, a work of kinetic poetry that rivals Ulysse Nardin's Freak that Forestier also did the early conceptualization for. read more

In 1957, Piaget also distinguished itself in the field of design by launching a model that was to assert itself by its new take on classicism: Emperador. A rectangular case with rounded angles and with sides deliberately curving inwards towards the centre, along with a cambered profile gently moulding the wrist. read more

And while on the subject of the SIHH, I would hate to forget Piaget which has reinstated the tourbillon's original function with what I consider to be a magnificent pocket watch. Rigorous tests The concept of precision is endorsed by the chronometer certificates issued by the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC). read more

By March 2008, Piaget should be at the head of 56 own-name boutiques. Meanwhile, the brand's flagship store in Geneva is being extended with additional space on a new floor. read more

Journe, Maurice Lacroix, Piaget and Vacheron Constantin. Most of them had already made the journey to Singapore in September this year for the second Tempus fair, a keynote event organised by the omnipresent Asian retailer The Hour Glass. read more

Come 2004 it had Vacheron Constantin, Piaget and Montblanc as neighbours, followed in 2005 by Van Cleef & Arpels. The different brands top executives were unanimous in emphasising the need to be present in Moscow even if, initially at least, this was an essentially symbolic presence.  read more

Piaget has certainly honoured its credo to "always do more than is necessary" with its extra-thin range. Vacheron Constantin has nothing to envy Piaget and its exploits as its 1003 calibre (1. read more

.. emphasis on well-being as never before. Life was once again a social whirl and luxury reinstated. Piaget was one of the first to create watches in a jewellery spirit, followed by Jaeger-LeCoultre and Chopa .. read more

This year, Piaget has joined other watchmaking companies who offer their support to Only Watch 07, a charity auction that offers 35 exceptional wristwatches to help research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Piaget has developed an exceptional Altiplano watch. read more