andy warhol's 1986 self-portrait inspires the collage of stones in piaget's watch

"An interpretation of the structure and color composition in the renowned artist's portrait, the Piaget watch is the accumulation of a six-month study of Andy Warhol's work and archives. The watchmaker's designers focus on integrating the idea of a collage into a small, functional object, and the result is a dial that uses stone marquetry, a technique that arranges small pieces of inlaid stone to form an image."

"The base of the dial is made of black onyx, the same material used in the artist's personal Piaget watch from 1973. Even the case of the timepiece, which is made of 18-carat yellow gold, is also a direct reference to the watch model he owned (the gold case is specific to this Collage model and is not used in the standard Andy Warhol collection by the watchmaker)."

"Inside the Collage watch by Piaget, the company's designers use the in-house 501P1 self-winding mechanical caliber to give the timepiece a 40-hour power reserve. Each piece of the model is assembled by hand in Piaget's Swiss manufacture, and the process includes gem-setting, engraving, and final calibration. The use of stone marquetry requires manual cutting and adjustment of each mineral fragment, as these natural materials vary in hardness and thickness."

Piaget created the Collage watch inspired by Andy Warhol's 1986 Self-Portrait after a six-month study of his work and archives. The dial employs stone marquetry, assembling thin slices of Namibian serpentine, pink opal, and chrysoprase on a black onyx base. The black onyx base and an 18-carat yellow gold case reference Warhol's own Piaget watch and his preferred model. The caseback is engraved with the self-portrait outline, Piaget logo, and Warhol signature. The watch houses the in-house 501P1 automatic caliber with a 40-hour power reserve and is hand-assembled in Switzerland. Stone marquetry work requires manual cutting and adjustment of each mineral fragment. The model is produced in a limited run of 50 pieces.

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