Piaget engages on a joyous journey to a fantasy land of magic and mystery, romance, and rarity, with their Wings of Light collection. Composed of several sets of jewelry that in some cases also include a timepiece, comes the Secret Cenote Set which happens to include a cuff watch that celebrates cascading rivers of blue and fierce waters that become quiet pools. At the heart of this jungle is a haven where clean lines and smooth shapes mirror the balance of nature like earth, stone and water unify in perfect harmony. This natural pool, poetically called ‘cenote’ is a place of rest and refuge, where the color of the water reflects and soothes us into a gentle state of calm.
The Secret Cenote Set includes a necklace with a ‘Ceylon’ sapphire that echoes the crystal clear water of the cenote itself. The fairy-tale beauty of the ‘cenote’ repeats in the ring, perfectly designed with a personal pool of beauty at its center. A pair of earrings with matching stones, so perfect that their combined effect leads us to wonder if they were once the very same stone, back in the eons of time during their formation, such as the similarity of their hue, tone, and saturation. This is a special set of ‘other-worldly’ gems, so clean that they do not have inclusions enough to use as proof of their origin and birthplace as inclusions act like an identity card for stones. An entire year was needed to find the sapphires for the Secret Cenote set, all with matching tone and color.
To finish the Cenote set, a watch that echoes the blues and greens of tropical vegetation, the lush colors of nature, but this time with majestic black opal as its dial and in its surrounding details. The finest black opal in the world, from Australia, has been treasured as an ornamental stone by Piaget for more than half a century since they appeared in the iconic watch designs of the 1960s.
Asymmetry was a huge part of the aesthetic look at that time, but here it is handled with more uniformity: this is the randomness of nature, but nature that is guided by the hands of a master jeweler: every part of the gem-set channels of baguette-cut sapphires and baguette- and brilliant-cut diamonds surrounding the face is positioned in the pattern with precision and flair while remaining true to the trademark Piaget style.
Featuring a cuff-style case in 18K white gold, this cuff watch is set with 151 baguette-cut sapphires with an approximate total weight of 25.67 carats, 71 baguette-cut diamonds with an approximate total weight of 8.28 carats, and lastly 100 brilliant-cut diamonds with an approximate total weight of 7.41 carats. At the center, the black opal dial rises in all its glory while the beating heart inside this cuff watch is the Piaget manufacture 56P quartz movement. An incredible piece of high jewelry to keep track of time immersed in the waters of the Mayan ‘cenotes’.
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