The new Piaget Polo 79 two-tone is a natural evolution of an almost 50-year-old watch. It also just happens to be impressively extravagant.

To ring in the Swiss watchmaker’s 140th anniversary in 2024, Piaget faithfully recreated the Polo 79’s original features in yellow gold, marking the timepiece’s first release since production ended in the late ‘80s. A year later, Piaget followed up with a subtler white gold rendition. Now, the third Polo 79 in as many years combines its two predecessors, creating the flashiest version yet.

This two-toned wristwatch has a predominantly silver bracelet intersected with yellow gold gadroons, a combination that continues onto the case and face, making it difficult to know where the bracelet ends and the timekeeping begins. There’s no steel used here, unlike on most two-tone watches, but a combination of rhodium-finished 18-karat white gold with 18-karat yellow gold. They don’t call Piaget the “house of gold” for nothing. 

This is a loud piece of horology but the Polo 79 was never meant to be subtle. 

The Polo 79 was Piaget’s answer to Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe’s rugged sports watches, which were gaining traction in the ‘70s.

But while those were both built from sturdy steel, Piaget opted for gold. As such, the Polo 79 might not have had the same ruggedness as its luxury sports watch peers but its additional flash appealed to Piaget’s jet-setting clientele.

This new rendition is even higher-end, switching the OG’s quartz movement for a mechanical one (which causes the dial to become 4mm bigger and hit a 38mm diameter). Plus, now that it’s two-toned, the watch gets even more expensive, with this newest Piaget 79 priced at $91,000.

Several watch fans were already disgruntled when the yellow-gold Polo 79 was announced to cost $77,000. But this splashy sports watch is only upping the ante, just like it did all those decades ago.

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