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Swinging sautoirs & cuff watches

To understand the evolution of Piaget’s most precious High Jewelry watches, one must go back to 1957, with the birth of its ultra-thin 9P hand-wound mechanical movement.
Piaget high jewelry swinging sautoir watch with diamonds and precious stones

The now famous movement was revolutionary, but the decision to house it only in precious metals would set the Maison on course to be true masters of Haute Horlogerie and Haute Joaillerie at the same time.

In the late 1960s, Valentin Piaget established Piaget's own creative studio, employing designers who possessed backgrounds in jewelry rather than in watchmaking. The designers were encouraged to travel to Paris and draw inspiration from the latest couture fashion shows, drawing their designs directly on the pictures inside fashion magazines.
Piaget high jewelry sautoir watch in gold with precious stones

Building on the Maison's in-house teams of goldsmiths, jewellers and engravers, and its own gold foundry in Geneva, the maison's vision on jewelry watches unfolded.

SWINGING SAUTOIRS

In 1969 Piaget became a legend. With the launch of the “21st Century Collection”, it took the watchmaking world by surprise. It was a collection only composed of watch sautoirs and cuff watches. It was a manifesto, a revolution. It was a new way to read time. Worn languidly, layered up as necklaces or belts, swishing from side to side as their wearers sauntered, the sautoirs became known as Swinging Sautoir.

The dramatic watches in the 21st century collection were hailed in the press as the watches ‘of the international elite.’ It catapulted Piaget into a league of its own, with the creation of the Piaget Society in which a forward-looking clientele consisting of the glamorous, wealthy jet-set of the time. 

A new generation of Swinging Sautoirs

Unveiling at Watches and Wonders 2026, Piaget presents 'Swinging Pebbles', new iconic Sautoirs carved from tiger’s eye, verdite, or pietersite, suspended from gold chains. They embody the Maison’s free-spirited artistry and movement.
Piaget high jewelry gold swinging sautoir watch adorned with precious stones
Piaget high jewelry crafting a sautoir watch with precious stones and semi-precious stones
Piaget high jewelry rose gold opal diamond sautoir watch
Piaget high jewelry gold sautoir watch set with precious stones
Piaget high jewelry sautoir high jewelry assembly featuring precious and semi-precious stones
“A watch is first and foremost a piece of jewelry”
- Yves G. Piaget

Cuff watches

1969 also saw the introduction of the cuff watch, a boldly-scaled style that only continued to grow in exuberance and extravagance in terms of size and materials: deep cuffs of graphic gold openwork, heavily textured gold bracelets and vibrant colored dials.
Piaget gold cuff watches
Piaget GPHG 2023 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève Ladies category watch Prize
In 2023, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève has chosen to recognize Piaget’s expertise and bold creativity in the Ladies category with this signature cuff watch.
With the signature oval dial half-hidden, the gold engraving of the bracelet appears to grow over the case and ornamental dial. Each gold cuff watch is hand-engraved with different patterns and textures, highlighting Piaget’s expertise in the art of engraving and dedication to Métiers d’Or.
Piaget high jewelry gold cuff watch with blue dial
Piaget gold cuff watch with ornamental stone and gold craftsmanship
Women wearing a Piaget gold and semi-precious stone cuff watch
engraving gold on a cuff watch

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