The gallery Piaget Time, located above the Geneva boutique Piaget, from 12 August 2013 to 31 March 2014, will held an exhibition Gold and Colour. The exhibits will learn about the traditions of working with materials thankful gems.

Bracelet in yellow gold, malachite dial, mechanism Piaget 9P, 1970

In 1960 the company began to produce models with gold bracelets and dials inlaid semiprecious stones of 30 different types of operating at the manufacturing caliber 9P with 2 mm thickness. Masters of Piaget used stones as bright as tiger eye, jade, lapis lazuli, coral or turquoise. The stones are combined and form a true sample of the op-art style, widely popular back then.

Bracelet in yellow gold with a malachite and onyx, malachite dial, mechanism Piaget 9P, 1970

In the middle of the last century, the company has adopted a cornerstone to create watches exclusively from precious materials. Tradition of working with precious metals and precious stones are in progress in the workshops Piaget. A clear indication of this is the unique exhibits.

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Written by Lucy Vuiton

Watch in yellow gold with turquoise and lapis lazuli, turquoise dial, mechanism Piaget 6N, 1971

Watch in yellow gold with onyx and coral, mechanism Piaget 9P, 1974

Watch in yellow gold, the dial of tiger's eye, mechanism Piaget 9P, 1969

Watch in white gold with 44 diamonds, lapis lazuli dial, mechanism Piaget 9P, 1977

Watch in white gold with 152 diamonds and 26 rubies, dial of diamonds and rubies, mechanism Piaget 9P, 1976

Watch in yellow gold, turquoise dial, mechanism Piaget 9P, 1969