© Piaget
This sautoir watch belongs to the Piaget private collection. In 1969 Piaget proposed a new way of wearing time with cuff and sautoir watches. Piaget named this collection the "21st Century Collection". This necklace plays on fluidity and movement. It combines the work of a chain-maker, who works the chain and tassels into twists, and that of a jeweller, who has adorned the creation with lapis-lazuli beads. On the watchmaking side, the sautoir features a lapis-lazuli dial and an ultra-thin movement.
Courtesy of Piaget Private Collection
● Type: Watch
● Material: Yellow gold, lapis lazuli, Piaget 9P ultra-thin hand-wound movement
● Date: 1971
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