A few months after being officially renamed Andy watches Warhol through a collaboration between Piaget and the Andy Visual Arts Foundation Warhol , iconic 70s design launched at “ Watches ” event and Wonders ”, showing playfulness and variety.
First launched in 1972 as the “15102”, later renamed the Black watch Tie in 2014, with the pioneering Beta 21 movement at its heart, this boldly scaled masterpiece of design has become the most beloved of the seven Piaget watches in Andy ‘s collection. Warhol – cultural icon and key member of the esteemed Piaget Society . Now officially known as the Andy Watch Warhol thanks to a collaboration between Piaget and the Andy Visual Arts Foundation Warhol , this creation affirms the sincere and lasting friendship between Yves Piaget and Warhol , forged from their meetings in the United States, from New York , Regine’s to glittering soirees in Washington . With its generous 45mm case and thick gold gadroons that curve delicately around the crystal, this design quickly joins the pantheon of great collectible icons.
PIAGET’S ART OF COLOR
The ultimate expression of Piaget ‘s mastery of colour , and the second high jewellery version of the Andy watch . Warhol , the new version with an opal dial and blue sapphire brings to life all the color codes of the original 1972 design, reinterpreted in the gorgeous hues of haute couture. After adding a unique masterpiece to the Metaphoria high jewelry collection in 2023, with a dial made of petrified wood, hour markers crafted from custom -cut emeralds and three rows of baguette -cut emeralds surrounding the case, the Andy The new deluxe Warhol shifts the color palette from earthy browns and greens to kaleidoscopic shades of green and blue.
The extraordinarily lustrous opal dial, alive with blue and green sparks, is a wonder in itself – a luminous gem of such size that it can fit into a 45mm case is a rarity. Opal – Yves Piaget’s favourite stone – has long been considered a symbol of purity and authenticity, and in this case it is enhanced by the perfect blue of the three-row baguette-cut sapphires that surround it; a collection of gems with a uniform blue hue, a real challenge for Piaget’s gemologists. “The world for me is like an opal, made up of many flavours and colours,” Yves Piaget often said. With its slim dauphine hands, this masterpiece combines Piaget’s signature chromatic flair with its intimate connection to rare gemstones, bringing to life the entire expertise of the Maison – from watchmakers to jewelers.
TIGER EYE
From its love of decorative stones, Piaget has created many watches and jewelry models carved from all kinds of rare and colorful minerals over the years, from smooth blue lapis lazuli shimmering with gold, to bold pink and red striped jasper , to lush green emeralds and opals. graceful boulder
Join the new watch family with the Andy Warhol The Clou de Paris in blue meteorite, presented in 2024, is a new vision with a dial carved from tiger’s eye – a decorative stone that exhibits a smooth, warm amber colour with orange and dark brown undertones, popular in designs from the 1950s onwards. The meticulously cut dial highlights the stone’s delicate golden hue, combining natural stripes with opal shimmer . This addition to Piaget ’s decorative stone dial line joins the Clou de Paris in blue meteorite, alongside the blue and white meteorite dials on display at Watches & Wonders . The deep blue meteorite dial is paired with a white gold case, while the white meteorite dial with its dewy texture is harmoniously coordinated with soft rose gold.
Equipped with the Piaget in-house 501P1 self-winding movement, the new Andy Warhol tiger’s eye watch is a standout member of the line, available as a bespoke version. With ten different stone dials, five leather straps in a variety of colours, a choice of hand styles (baton or dauphine) and the option of white or rose gold – there are countless combinations for collectors to create their own unique Piaget Andy Warhol watch, and make it their own.