By today’s standards, a gold watch might not seem particularly extraordinary. However, in the 1970s—when the Polo was born and luxury sports watches were taking the market by storm—almost all models were crafted from stainless steel. The Piaget Polo stood out as a rarity: a luxury sports watch constructed entirely from precious metal. Early advertisements for the original Polo even prominently featured the slogan: "Piaget uses only gold." Best luxury Breitling Superocean clone watches online, buy replica watches at firstwatchclone.
Like other members of the family, the Polo 79 in white gold features an integrated case and bracelet, creating the appearance of a timepiece sculpted from a single block of white gold. Its signature gadroon motif—a pattern of rounded gadroons—runs seamlessly across the case, dial, and bracelet. The design plays with texture and light: wider sections feature a delicate horizontal brushed finish, while narrower sections are polished to a brilliant metallic sheen. This interplay between wide and narrow, matte and lustrous, creates a striking contrast that makes the watch instantly recognizable.
Rather than being carved from a single block of precious metal, the Polo 79 is crafted by hand-engraving and polishing individual components before assembling them. Piaget is one of the few brands to possess an in-house gold foundry; its team of expert goldsmiths skillfully employs a variety of techniques to give the gold its rich, expressive form.
The Polo 79 features a two-hand design that pays homage to the original Polo watch. Its case size has been increased to 38mm—a unisex dimension that aligns with contemporary market preferences. With a thickness of just 7.45mm, the watch achieves its slender profile thanks to the internal 1200P1 ultra-thin self-winding movement.
The 1200P series of ultra-thin automatic movements traces its lineage back to Piaget’s legendary 12P caliber. Launched in 1960, the 12P featured an off-center micro-rotor and measured a mere 2.35mm in thickness—making it the world’s thinnest self-winding movement at the time and a major innovation in watchmaking. The 1200P1 movement carries on this legacy, retaining the ultra-slim 2.35mm profile while offering hours and minutes functions, an oscillation frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour (3 Hz), and a power reserve of approximately 44 hours when fully wound.
