Sunlight Journey: Piaget blends signature style with intriguing materials
Piaget’s newly unveiled Sunlight Journey collection presents high jewellery aficionados with beautifully designed accessories inspired by the vibrant colours of Italy’s Amalfi Coast.
As one might expect from a jewellery house of Piaget’s calibre, Sunlight Journey features some truly stunning precious gems. There’s the unassumingly named one-of-a-kind Piaget Blue Ring, which features a staggering 53.45-carat Burmese blue sapphire atop a bed of brilliant-cut diamonds. Another showstopper is the Sunlight Journey Necklace, whose complementary rings of rubies, yellow diamonds and white diamonds evoke images of a glorious sunset.
But beyond the suitably impressive gemstone-based pieces in the Sunlight Journey collection, Piaget has also come up with some truly innovative designs. Take, for instance, the Covazzura Diamond Ring. Designed by famed feather artisan Nelly Saunier, this ‘hidden’ ring boasts a secret compartment with impeccably paired gemstone and feather marquetry.
Watches in Piaget’s Sunlight Journey collection also utilise a whole host of unusual materials. The Infinite Waves Watch dial features three separate materials, wood, mother-of-pearl and parchment, arranged over 224 intricate layers. Meanwhile the Schiuma Di Ora Watch boasts a delicate gold leaf dial and a smattering of eggshell particles reminiscent of wispy clouds across a bright summer’s day.
All in all, the Sunlight Journey collection plays to all of Piaget’s strengths while also putting an almost playful spin on classic designs. It is a study in complementing gemstones and contrasting materials, and guaranteed to delight any high jewellery lover.
Text: Tenzing Thondup
Images: Gigi Ip
