Through more than 150 years, Piaget has introduced numerous watch and jewelry collections inspired by the creative arts. Piaget now comes together with the Foundation Andy Warhol, a visual artist of the hugely influential Pop Art movement of the 1950s and 1960s, to introduce a limited-edition timepiece focused on color.

The Maison’s artistic director Stéphanie Sivrière and her team immersed themselves in Andy Warhol’s work and in the collaboration, travelling to New York to view archives opened up by the foundation, visiting exhibitions and devouring countless books dedicated to the pop artist’s vast catalogue.

“We spent six months researching Andy Warhol before we settled on a direction,” says Stéphanie Sivrière. “With such a wealth of material to draw on, it was extremely difficult to know where to begin. For their part, the foundation encouraged us to approach the project with freedom and to interpret Warhol in Piaget’s expressive, unbounded style. The result is a watch that tells the story of our collaboration but that stands on its own as a piece of watchmaking art, a collectible inspired by one of history’s most prolific collectors.”

The dial motif of the Andy Warhol Watch ‘Collage’ Limited Edition comes from the careful application of four ornemental stones, shaped, cut and arranged using the ancient Métier d’Art of marquetry. The base is in black onyx, same color as per Andy Warhol’s own watch of 1973. Complementing this are thin slices of ornamental stones: yellow Namibian serpentine, pink opal and green chrysoprase. These are surrounded by a stepped 45mm case crafted from 18-carat yellow gold and set on a green leather strap, a rich, mature color chosen to add
to the palette without distracting from the dial.

Inside the watch, Piaget has installed its in-house 501P1 self-winding mechanical calibre, a slimline power unit with a 40-hour power reserve decorated with circular Côtes de Genève stripes. This is overlaid with an engraved rendition of the Andy Warhol self-portrait on which the dial design is based, carrying Piaget’s logo and Andy Warhol’s signature. Truly collectible.