Piaget’s new high jewellery collection Metaphoria, visualizes nature through its 52 bold and exceptional jewellery pieces crafted from start to finish in the Maison’s ateliers.
The groundwork for Piaget’s signature style was laid in 1969 by Yves Piaget. His “21st Century Collection”, was resplendent with extravagant jewellery watches with ornamental stones set into their dials, as well as engraved gold sautoir and cuff watches.
“Experimentation, innovation and joy are part of the Maison’s DNA. From as early as the 1960s, Piaget dared to introduce coral, turquoise and lapis lazuli into watchmaking and into unique pieces of jewellery,” observes Benjamin Comar, Piaget CEO. This desire to use unexpected materials in pieces created to high jewellery standards is still at the very core of our identity.”
In 2023, the “21st Century Collection” is reinterpreted as “Metaphoria”, a dazzling metaphor for nature and its transformations. With this collection of 41 pieces of jewellery and 11 watches, Piaget by pays homage to its main source of inspiration: vibrant nature.
Metaphoria, A Manifesto
Piaget deviates from showcasing nature in its figurative format and selects to highlight the living energy of oceans, mountains, and forests.
“Our goal was to emphasise details that call to mind natural phenomena, such as the flow of a waterfall or the rays of the sun, while inspiring a particular emotion,” explains Stéphanie Sivrière, creative director at Piaget. “The materials we use, from insect elytra to precious wood, were selected to bring an unpredictable, living element to a piece of 21st century high jewellery.”
Take for example the asymmetrical necklace (see above), crafted from diamonds, sapphires, aquamarine and rock crystal. Piaget pairs the transparency of rock crystal – random crops of brilliance that line the edges of rivers – with flowing, intensely blue sapphires, whose inverted settings lend the piece an ultra-modern look. At the centre is the lagoon-blue 13.25-carat cushion-cut aquamarine. The piece is matched by earrings and rings.
Aqua Summa
Frost and ice are conveyed using aquamarine and Akoya pearls and diamonds. The collar necklace shows off cerulean pear-shaped aquamarines, the largest of which weighs over 4 carats. The piece can be matched with earrings and an exquisite cocktail ring, whose white gold body is paved with a frost of shimmering diamonds and is set with a 12.48-carat cushion-cut aquamarine.
Essentia
One of the Maison’s key specialities, goldsmithery lies at the heart of Essentia with its collection of rose-gold and diamond jewellery, defined by natural lines. An iconic piece in this parure, the curb necklace is made up of oversized links. The irregularly shaped rings remind one of driftwood found on the beach. Earrings and a wristwatch complete the set.
Alata
With the Alata set, Piaget turns leaves into gold, mother-of-pearl and diamonds on pieces that are unstructured, in the shape of a necklace, earrings and a watch.
The gold and titanium ear cuff on which gold leaves, engraved with the Decor Palace motif, gold mother-of-pearl, flecks of white gold and diamonds come together to dress the outer edge of the ear. The statement ring features a central leaf embellished with a pear-shaped 2.23 carat diamond. The set is completed by a magnificent cuff watch, embellished with a marquetry of mother-of-pearl and engraved gold, and marquise-cut diamonds.
Adrivea
Known for its high jewellery secret watches, Piaget unveils Adrivea, a ring that tells the time. Under a 10.88-carat aquamarine cabochon, its dial shimmers with diamonds, joined by waves of shining stones and blue sapphires that adorn the setting of this oversized piece.
Foliatura
Foliatura, a jewellery watch is set with a vibrant cushion-cut Colombian emerald weighing 6.59 carats. Stylised chrysoprase leaves set with intertwining diamonds adorn its white gold body. Ingeniously placed on the lower part of the band, the watch dial allows the wearer to read the time discreetly.
Terrae
For the Terrae parure, Piaget drew inspiration from the colours of the forest, pairing the brown of tiger-eye and rutilated quartz with the green of tourmaline. The striking torque, marked with vertical rows of square tourmaline beads, boasts at its centre a cushion-cut tourmaline weighing close to 16 carats. A ring, a bracelet and earrings complete this powerful set.
