Last year, Piaget released the first series of its high jewellery trilogy with Essence of Extraleganza—a radiant tribute to the maison’s heritage pieces from the 1960s and 1970s. The story continues with the launch of its second series—Shapes of Extraleganza—a 51-piece collection that captures the playful energy of the era. It was a time of bold experimentation and a period that rebelled against formal designs, resulting in art that toyed with bright colours, fluid forms, and optical illusions.
In 1963, Piaget’s daring approach to colour was expressed in one of the maison’s most emblematic creations: the ornamental stone dial watches. Today, Piaget revisits this chromatic legacy, merging its vibrance with the linear graphics of Op Art to present the Kaleidoscope Lights suite—a hypnotic composition that dazzles with the daring colours of ornamental and mineral stones, including unique marvels like rhodochrosite, sugilite, and verdite.
Among all the gemstones, the founder of the maison, Yves Piaget, had a deep passion for opals. He once described them as stones in which he could see the whole world, “made of different tastes and sensibilities”. Rare black opals, in particular, are seen in the Flowing Curves suite, a creation that drew inspiration from nature’s organic silhouettes, revealing a free-spirited design framed in richly textured hand-hammered white gold, a novel goldsmithing technique exclusive to the maison.
As a brand renowned for its artistry in high jewellery and haute horlogerie, Piaget’s dual mastery is showcased in designs such as the candy-coloured Curved Artistry suite with striking sun-yellow sapphires and a secret ring watch—a mischievous hallmark of the maison. Beyond these hidden surprises, many of the jewellery sets are also accompanied by matching timepieces. The Arty Pop watch is one that stuns with diamonds, malachite, and chrysoprase. Influenced by the energy of Pop Art, the pavé effect and graphics of the watch mimic Ben-Day dots and motion lines that defined its visual language.
The crowning jewel of this collection is Endless Motion, a piece that truly encapsulates Piaget’s Shapes of Extraleganza theme with its imaginative spirit. This kinetic mobile that doubles as a table clock was crafted by French artist and longtime friend of the maison, Alex Palenski. Each swaying branch is adorned with an ornamental stone in varying shades of blue and green, but all of these lines converge towards the iridescent depths of the black opal, seemingly suspended in time.
