THE DIAMOND GAME
At the recent SIHH, Piaget unveiled six new jewellery watches in its Possession collection, brilliantly combining sparkling diamonds, a spirit of fun and timeless elegance.
The jewellery collection, Possession, was created in 1990. A few years later, watches were added to the collection, taking up the rounded, playful spirit of the jewellery. They included all the main time features and were designed for the most refined wrists. And Piaget is continuing the pursuit of elegance this year with six dazzling, new pieces in its famous half-jewellery, half-watchmaking family. There are three new models and three different versions. Colours are combined with shimmering diamonds: a delicious cherry pink, a white, iridescent mother-of-pearl and a warm shade of pink gold.
All the watches are powered by a quartz movement, the calibre 56P, bringing to life the silver or golden baton-shaped hands for the hours and minutes. The pink or white gold cases of the Possession models are crowned with revolving bezels covered in diamonds that are either 29 or 34mm wide.
One of the specialities that has made Piaget’s reputation is the use of colour. These models are no exception, with two dials in flamboyant pink with 11 diamond indices. An alligator leather strap echoes the dynamic colour and rounds off the effect.
The jeweller-watchmaker has stood out from the beginning for its work in jewel-setting and proves it again this time by covering all the dials of these models with 142 or 239 gem stones. One of them comes with a “diamond river” bracelet with a total of 8.87 carats.
The brand’s skills are also visible in the work on metal, handled in a traditional way like a precious fabric. This can be seen in the pink-gold bracelet with a mother-of-pearl dial in the centre.
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By Sharmila Bertin
The central layout consists of five superimposed dials driven by the calibre 26-330, an optimised version of the 324. The crown’s three positions are used respectively to wind the automatic movement (45 hours of power reserve), adjust the date and set the time. Using the corrector at 10 o’clock, you can change the number of the week for years with 53 weeks. A second corrector at 8 o’clock is used to change the day. And you can set the watch to exactly the right time thanks to the stop-second system.
The ivory dial is encircled by a black chapter ring, including a tachymetric scale. Two black, baton-shaped hands are coated in lume and show the hours and minutes in the centre, while the seconds are displayed in one of the three black counters, at 9 o’clock. The chronograph function includes the seconds in the centre and the minutes and hours in sub-dials at 3 and 6 o’clock, respectively.
The P01 is certified as a chronometer by the COSC. It is protected by a 42mm-wide steel case and is water-resistant down to 200m. The leather and rubber strap makes for a comfortable wearing experience.
By Dan Diaconu
The absence of a “full” dial unveils the calibre HUB1155, a self-winding mechanical movement running at the standard frequency of 4hz and providing a power reserve of 42 hours. The hours and minutes are shown with central, dauphine-style hands and facetted, triangular indices, while the second hand has the Hublot logo as a counterweight. Two counters at 3 and 9 o’clock give split-times, while the date is shown at 6. All the display elements are lacquered in red to echo the explosive colour of the case.
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In a rounded case (43.3 x 51.3mm), available in rose gold, a combination of steel and yellow gold or a blend of steel and ADLC, an automatic movement, the calibre 1904-CH MC, drives the watch features and provides 48 hours of power reserve once fully wound.
The watch face features fine horizontal grooves, like a sailor shirt, and is coated in mint green with a touch of blue. Only the minute scale, the name Piaget and the word “automatic“, all coloured white, are placed on a smooth surface. The time elements are painted silver to stand out elegantly above this miniature prairie. The luminous markers on the hour rim, as well as the date counter at 6 o’clock, are designed in a trapeze shape. In the centre, two sword-type hands, also coated in lume, and a second hand featuring a counterweight with the brand’s initial in a frame, show the hours, minutes and seconds.