Piaget Carrée Sodalite

Piaget has always been fluent in gold, but their real poetry was written in stone. In the 1970s, while most brands were still trying to perfect steel sport watches, Piaget was busy cutting semi-precious minerals into impossibly thin sheets and turning them into dials that looked like jewelry from another world.

Usually, you’ll find lapis lazuli or onyx — the standard bearers of Piaget’s stone era. But every now and then, something rarer appears. This 18K white gold Carrée features a dial made from sodalite, a mineral most jewelers admire but few dare to cut. Unlike lapis, which leans into deep, saturated blues with flecks of gold pyrite, sodalite carries a stormier temperament. It blends navy, grey, and soft marbling — a sky before thunder. Historically, it’s been associated with intuition and clarity, though here it mostly represents Piaget’s clarity of vision.

The 26mm white gold case frames that mineral masterpiece in a square bezel that deserves its own applause. Look closely, and you’ll see finely carved ridges — not just decoration, but intention. Each ridge catches light at the crest and holds shadow between its valleys, subtly marking where the hour indices would fall. It’s a rare example of Piaget’s form meeting quiet functionality, executed with watchmaker’s precision and designer’s restraint.

The sword hands strike across the blue like twin flashes of silver. Beneath the stone, the hand-wound calibre 9P keeps things time — the same ultra-thin movement that cemented Piaget’s status in the golden age of dress watchmaking.

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Paired with a grey moleskin suede strap and the original white gold Piaget buckle, the watch carries the right texture balance — soft to the touch, sharp in presentation.

The sodalite dial remains in pristine condition — no cracks, no chips, no signs of compromise. It’s one of those rare survivors that looks as though it skipped the decades entirely.

Piaget has always been our quiet obsession, a maison where design and craft move in harmony. They made objects of cultural taste. This Carrée is proof that even within their trove of treasures, there are still stones left unturned.