To get a better sense of how to start going about collecting vintage Piaget watches, Robb Report ’s watch and jewelry editor, Paige Reddinger, and I sat down with vintage watch expert James Lamdin of Analog:Shift . Analog:Shift has one an impressive Piaget selections on offer, and those are the watches we photographed and include here. Last year, just months before Piaget stirred up an enormous buzz by releasing the Polo 79, I was eating lunch in Manhattan with a savvy, well-regarded watch collector who told me they were, “going after a lot of Piaget at auction.
” As this collector began to rattle off this and that Piaget watch as “a milestone in thinness” or “housing one of the most important movements of the 20th century,” it became clear that vintage Piaget watches were both rich in horological history and undervalued. That’s a killer combo for collectability. Not long after that lunch, Piaget dropped the Polo 79, Usher started rocking tiny gold Piaget watches at big events, and everyone and their watch-loving cousin seemed to be talking about small dress watches with stone dials, which were often Piagets.
Reddinger wrote an article about Piaget having a moment, and Robb Report has also noted the trend toward smaller, dressier watches , especially Cartier, and especially its tiny Tank Mini. “Piaget as a brand is having a moment, but Piaget as an idea is having a huge moment,” Lamdin told Robb Report . “It’s on everyone’s lips.
It’s on every colle.