Piaget Mini Warhol

Piaget in the 1980s was on a tear, quietly rewriting the rules of elegance while the rest of the world was busy turning up the volume. The Protocole collection was one of the maison’s most distilled expressions of that era: architectural, discreetly luxurious, and effortlessly cool. This yellow-gold Ref. 7148/74101 captures the whole vibe in one slender, impossibly chic package.

The case is classic Piaget geometry — a taut 26mm x 30mm rectangle with crisp planes, a stepped bezel, and those signature caseback screws that hint at Piaget’s technical fastidiousness. It even hides its setting crown on the back, a very Piaget move meant to keep the lines uninterrupted. Paired with a glossy black dial marked only by minimalist dot indexes, the watch has that “whispered luxury” look that collectors of the period love. Think black cocktail dress, lacquered box clutch, a gold frame catching the light.

Inside is a Piaget quartz movement — exactly what the brand excelled at during this era. Ultra-thin, ultra-reliable, and perfect for a design-forward piece like this. The watch comes fitted with a lizard strap and a matching Piaget gold tang buckle, completing the elegant ’80s jet-set profile. 

Beautifully preserved and bursting with period charm, this Protocole is a reminder that Piaget has long been one of the great masters of slim, stylish gold. For collectors, the Protocole remains one of the great under-the-radar Piaget designs. 

For everyone else, it’s just devastatingly chic.

Piaget is perhaps the foremost player in ultra-thin watches and watch movements in the world. Established in 1874 in Geneva and currently under the Richemont Group umbrella, the maison began producing wristwatch movements in 1911, manufacturing the Calibre 9P, its first ultra-thin, hand-wound mechanical movement, in 1957.

In 1960, Piaget released the Calibre 12P, the thinnest automatic movement in the world at the time, at just 2.3mm. It fitted many of its miniature movements into innovative timepieces hidden in coins, brooches, and cufflinks, becoming known equally for its jewelry.

The Piaget Altiplano Ultimate, released as a concept in 2018, became a full production model in 2020. At just 2mm thick, it took the record for thinnest watch on Earth. Today, Piaget continues to innovate in the realm of ultra-thin watchmaking, creating ultra-thin tourbillons, retrograde movements, and more.

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