“At Piaget, a timepiece is first and foremost a piece of jewellery,” Yves Piaget, former chairman and great-grandson of the maison’s founder, Georges-Édouard Piaget, once declared. This philosophy has long shaped the maison’s approach to watchmaking—a seamless fusion of timekeeping and artistry, mechanics and adornment.
Now, that ethos finds a striking new expression in Piaget’s latest creation: the Sixtie. Unveiled at Watches and Wonders 2025 in Geneva, the Sixtie is a bold trapeze-shaped timepiece that channels the audacity of the late ’60s while asserting its place firmly in the now. More than a watch, it is a declaration—an emblem of reinvention, defiance, and timeless avant-garde elegance.
To truly appreciate the Sixtie is to journey into its origins, into the creative alchemy that defined Piaget in the 1950s and ’60s. While the Swiss watch industry leaned into technical mastery, Piaget distinguished itself by embracing artistic freedom. The maison pioneered ultra-thin movements—not only as an engineering triumph but as a means to push aesthetic boundaries.
With vibrant hardstone dials, sculptural silhouettes, and seamless integrations of haute joaillerie and haute horlogerie, Piaget redefined what a watch could be. A defining moment arrived at the 1969 Basel Fair, where Piaget shattered convention with the audacious 21st Century Collection.
Helmed by visionary designer Jean-Claude Gueit, the collection introduced sculptural forms, dazzling cuffs, and sautoir necklaces that blurred the line between watch and jewellery. Among them, a trapeze-shaped timepiece emerged—daring, unconventional, and magnetic. This singular silhouette, along with Piaget’s other jewel-watches, captivated icons of the era, from Andy Warhol to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Elizabeth Taylor.
Fashion, too, played its part in shaping Piaget’s design language. Valentin Piaget famously dispatched his designers to Paris couture shows to glean inspiration. It is likely that they encountered another revolutionary: Yves Saint Laurent, whose groundbreaking trapeze dress for Dior redefined modern femininity. The echoes of that architectural elegance are unmistakable in Piaget’s own designs.
Now, nearly six decades later, the maison revisits this geometric masterpiece with the Sixtie—an ode to boldness, reimagined for today. The Sixtie’s asymmetrical yet fluid form sits effortlessly on the wrist, mirroring the confidence of the woman who wears it. Its gold bracelet, crafted from interwoven trapezoidal links, drapes like liquid light—a testament to Piaget’s unparalleled expertise in goldsmithing.
At its core, the Sixtie’s dial is a masterclass in refined contrast. A solar-satin finish lends it a quiet luminescence, while golden hour markers and baton hands create an interplay of light and shadow. Roman numerals, elongated and elegantly placed, exude a distinctly modern edge.
At launch, the Sixtie debuts in four variations: a pink gold model; a pink gold version set with 51 diamonds on the bezel; a two-tone edition featuring a stainless steel and pink gold bezel with a matching bracelet strap; and a full stainless steel version, also set with 51 diamonds. For the diamond-free models, the bezel is adorned with finely chiselled gadroons—a familiar distinctive design aesthetic shared with the maison’s famous Andy Warhol watch.
The Sixtie is more than a watch—it is a sensibility. It embodies Yves Piaget’s vision with effortless sophistication, an accessory for the woman who understands that time is not just measured, but felt, worn, and lived. Whether worn solo or layered with other treasured pieces, it exudes an unspoken opulence—an understated confidence that needs no excess. In every glint of gold, in every carefully placed numeral, the Sixtie whispers one undeniable truth: great design is forever.
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