A Symphony in Turquoise: Piaget’s Latest Sixtie, Essentia, and Sautoir Collections Shine

For centuries, turquoise has been revered for its luminous blue intensity. The ancient Egyptians believed turquoise held powers of renewal, while the Aztecs called it the “stone of the gods”. For Piaget, turquoise has long been a muse – a shade that carries the luminosity of the French Riviera, the mystique of ancient civilisations, and the joie de vivre of the free-spirited 1960s. This year, the Maison returns to its beloved stone, unveiling a collection that feels less like a revival and more like a continuation of its audacious dialogue with the colour.

From the sleek, sculpted lines of the new Sixtie watch to the effortlessly flowing silhouette of its Swinging Sautoirs, Piaget shapes turquoise into bold statements of glamour. Each creation blurs the lines between jewellery and horology – timepieces that do not simply tell time, but adorn and captivate. 

An Ode to Turquoise 

Piaget embraced turquoise as early as 1963, when it pioneered the use of vibrant ornamental stone dials, paired with its groundbreaking ultra-thin watch movements. Its audacious combination of artistry and technical mastery transformed the face of luxury watchmaking, establishing Piaget as a watchmaker first, then a jeweller, in an era that prized freethinking creativity above all else.

The Sixtie Collection

The new Sixtie collection, first unveiled at Watches and Wonders 2025, is emblematic of the Maison’s mastery of shape and proportion distilled into a bold new silhouette. The watch’s gently tapering trapezoidal dial now shows off the radiant blue-green glow of turquoise, which shines in all its glory, without indexes. It pays a beautiful homage to Piaget’s groundbreaking 21st Century Collection of 1969. Visionary designer Jean-Claude Gueit then led the Maison’s creative team to blur the line between watchmaking and fashion, and reimagine timepieces as sculpturally expressive forms including wide openwork cuffs and Swinging Sautoirs.

The collection incorporated the bold geometric lines that defined mid-century art and design, together with the Maison’s mastery of colour and goldsmithing. The Sixtie pays tribute to a golden age, its gleaming, gadrooned bezel echoing that of Piaget’s equally iconic, retro TV screen-shaped Andy Warhol watch from the 1970s — a design recently renamed for its number one fan, the undisputed King of Pop Art. In its newest form, the Sixtie’s trapezoidal dial is mirrored in the soft curves of its meticulously engineered five-row gold bracelet, which, paired with the chromatic intensity of purest turquoise, creates a timepiece that is as much a jewel as it is a watch.

Sixtie Swinging Sautoir

With its new Sixtie Swinging Sautoir, Piaget continues its tradition of avant-garde watchmaking. Inspired by sketches once drawn by Piaget’s designers onto the pages of fashion magazines, this turquoise and trapezoid-dialled Sautoir captures the era’s casual glamour with a cascading framework of diamond-set, hand-twisted gold that echoes the contours of the dial like gentle ripples on water’s surface. Its dynamism is further enhanced by the free movement of its light-reflecting tassel of diamonds and gold.

Completing the line-up is another legendary Swinging Sautoir that cradles a trapeze-shaped turquoise dial within a rope of twisted gold, which appears casually knotted yet is intricately handcrafted in the Maison’s inimitable style. In essence, it blurs the lines between jewellery and timepiece, embracing the Maison’s philosophy that watches should adorn the wrist – and the body – like works of art.

The Essentia Collection

The new Essentia watch is a medley of Piaget’s signature creative and sensuous elements. A perfectly irregular case featuring a unique turquoise dial ― rich in colour and character, and inspired by natural, organic forms ― is encircled by a highly polished, highly tactile frame of gold and diamonds. Its undulating silhouette flows seamlessly into a bracelet of matching gold chain links that taper around the wrist and hug it like a precious talisman. This is jewellery-watchmaking at its most daring and joyful ― you can call it haute couture for the wrist.

Across the collection, Piaget’s artistry shines through in every detail: the chromatic intensity of the turquoise dials, the play of light across gadrooned bezels and high-polish bracelet links, and the generous, tactile textures of richly worked gold. Each piece is a testament to the Maison’s enduring commitment to craftsmanship, creativity, and colour. It’s an audacious legacy born in the free-spirited 1960s, now reimagined for a new generation of collectors and connoisseurs.

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