Simply Abu Dhabi XXVII

7 0 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I PIAGET The Swiss luxury watchmaker and jeweller Piaget was founded over 140 years ago, always maintaining a peerless reputation for the finest creations. As ever, Piaget has delivered a stunning new line for its legion of international admirers to queue up for. The collection features high jewellery and jewellery watches, and it represents a journey to the frontiers of influences and desires that nurture a vision of materials, motifs and lights. Piaget Sunlight Journey is a collection that encapsulates the Piaget universe: high jewellery and haute horlogerie. Colourful and playful, Piaget’s collection travels through nature and combines intricate techniques and savoir-faire with the most exciting and quirky ways to play with precious stones. It’s an exploration of fine jewellery and watchmaking that has its spark of life in the Amalfi coast and the Mediterranean Sea. A vibrantly colourful line, it also pays tribute to the beauty of the stunning Italian landscapes in the region. As the title of the new collection suggests, sunlight is a major inspiration – how it changes throughout the hours in a day, the mood it can create and the dazzling colours. The first part of the collection, Secrets of Dawn, is dedicated to that part of the day when the sea and the sky appear to merge in misty shades of grey, beige and pink and the first bursts of sunlight are stretching out over the surface of the sea, creating a magical sparkle. Gold secret watches are the protagonists here. Midday Festival, the second part of the collection, focuses on that period when the sun rises to its zenith. Thrilling visual effects are created with sapphires, lapis lazuli blues and emerald greens; for example, a sautoir necklace sparkles with blue marquise-cut gems, diamonds and feathers, arranged around an exceptional 45.99-carat blue star sapphire. And when the sun is going down and the sky becomes orangey-pink and gold, Piaget’s Nightfall Celebration features majestic pieces that seems to be like firework explosions captured and held eternally. For instance, a 6.63-carat cushion-shaped yellow diamond glows with spectacular radiance in the company of red spinels, yellow and white diamonds on a one-of-a-kind necklace, revealing the intense power of the radiating journey of sunlight. s