Vintage 1970s Ladies Piaget 18k Yellow Gold Diamond Bezel Watch

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This vintage 1970s Piaget dress watch is really a gold bracelet that happens to tell time. The 18-karat yellow gold … Read more This vintage 1970s Piaget dress watch is really a gold bracelet that happens to tell time. The 18-karat yellow gold links are stamped with a tiny grid of raised squares, like fine woven cloth, and they step across the wrist in a staggered brick pattern. At the center, a ring of about forty diamonds frames a pale champagne dial marked with nothing but slender batons.
In the 1960s and 70s, Piaget built its name on ultra-thin hand-wound movements, which let its watchmakers make cases slim enough to sit almost flush with a bracelet. This watch shows the result: the case barely rises above the gold, so it reads as jewelry first. Piaget was one of the few houses of the era that treated the bracelet as seriously as the watch. The hand-wound case closes onto a hidden clasp, so the bracelet runs unbroken around the wrist.

Details:
Condition: Good working condition
Era: Circa 1970s
Origin: Swiss made
Maker: Piaget
Metal: Solid 18-karat yellow gold, case and integrated bracelet
Movement: Manual (hand-wound)
Case: Round
Dial: Champagne sunburst, baton hour markers
Bezel: Diamond-set
Bracelet/Strap: Integrated textured 18-karat yellow gold bracelet, hidden deployant clasp
Stones: Approximately 40 round brilliant-cut diamonds, bezel-set, approximately 1.00–1.20 carats total
Bracelet Length: 7 inches
Total weight: 59.94 grams

This watch is in good working condition, has been professionally serviced, and will be carefully inspected again prior to shipment. See less