“To understand a legend, one must understand its era. “
The Piaget Polo embodies the spirit of the 80s.
An era of technology, geometry, flamboyance and irreverence.
1979: A pivotal year that will get the world ready for a new decade to come.
Sony releases its Walkman. The B-52s first album hits the charts. Dallas, the mother of all soap operas, blows out its first candle. Piaget launches a watch that will become an icon.
With the thinnest quartz movement in the world at the time, the 7P calibre, integrated into a solid gold dial and bracelet, Piaget gives birth to the avant-garde design of its Polo Watch.
Considered both a watch and piece of jewelry, it will soon become the symbol of a new aristocracy led by pop art king Andy Warhol, Ursula Andress, Roger Moore, Brooke Shields, Sammy Davis Jr, Bjorn Borg,…
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