Hands-on – The New, Ultra-Thin Piaget Polo Skeleton

Polo is an important name for Piaget. Since its creation in 1979, the collection has been the brand’s incarnation of the luxury sports watch… sporty, but dressy enough for formal situations, with the elegance that you can find in any Piaget watch. The collection, which was revamped in a new style in 2016 with time-and-date […]

4 years ago

Buying Guide – 5 Elegant and High-End Dress Watches of 2020

The dress watch, an accessory that every man needs is the simplest but most elegant type of watch. Refined, discreet, visually simple but mechanically satisfying, they are all about exclusive materials and finishing, balanced proportions and luxurious but not ostentatious appeal. As 2020 comes to an end, here’s a selection of five of our favourite […]

4 years ago

Hands-on – The Piaget Altiplano Skeleton Ultra-Thin Automatic

Although the Piaget Altiplano Skeleton was presented in 2012 we hadn’t had the opportunity of going hands-on with it. So when Piaget recently offered us the chance to review one of their watches, the choice of the model was a no-brainer. One of the watches that best illustrates key Piaget areas of expertise is the […]

4 years ago

Buying Guide – 9 of the Best and Most Impressive Complication Watches of 2020

The end of the year is fast approaching, so it is time for MONOCHROME to take a look back at the watches we think should make our “best of” lists for 2020. The COVID-19 outbreak disrupted our lives… and, incidentally, the watch industry. Despite this situation, we’ve seen plenty of fascinating watches. We are starting […]

4 years ago

Buying Guide – Watches & Wonders Novelties that are Now Available Online

Most of the new watches for 2020 have been launched online. That’s pretty different from any other year when Baselworld and SIHH (now Watches & Wonders) were THE places for new launches. For the sales of watches, the digital world has already played a role for a longer period. Some brands already have e-commerce, some are testing it in selected markets. A rather big global player in this field might just be an unexpected player, namely the luxury fashion e-comm site NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER. Just after the latest  Watches & Wonders launches, they partnered as the privileged multi-brand online retailers of Watches & Wonders. And we had a look and selected the coolest, the classiest and the funkiest of the Watches & Wonders novelties for sale at MR PORTER. 

4 years ago

Introducing – Piaget Unveils Dazzling Jewellery Tourbillon Polo Watches

Among the historic Swiss watch manufactures, Piaget stands out for its unique expertise in both watchmaking and jewellery. On the occasion of Watches and Wonders Shanghai, Piaget unveils five exceptional tourbillon watches brilliantly showcasing this alchemy between Haute Horlogerie and Haute Joaillerie. Piaget Polo Tourbillon Relatif One of Piaget’s most intriguing creations, the Tourbillon Relatif […]

4 years ago

Women’s Watch Wednesday – The New Piaget Limelight Gala 32mm Automatic

After seven years of success running on quartz movements, Piaget’s attractive women’s Limelight Gala watch is upgraded with a mechanical movement. Piaget unveils five new gold Limelight Gala models now equipped with calibre 501P, a slim, in-house automatic movement. A stylish watch that captures Piaget’s heyday of jewellery watches in the 1960s and 1970s, the […]

4 years ago

Hands-on – Piaget Altiplano 38mm Hand-Wound Blue & Pink Gold

If there’s one watch that perfectly defines the concept of an elegant, ultra-thin dress watch, it is the Piaget Altiplano. Refined, discreet, mechanically interesting and understated, this icon born in 1957 designed by Valentin Piaget has stood the test of time to become one of the definitive “tuxedo” watches. Already available in a very (too) […]

4 years ago