GO FOR GOLD

Forty-five years after Piaget released its allgold Polo 79 luxury sports watch to critical acclaim, the maison revisits this iconic collection with a new ultra-thin movement.

-  ANANDHI GOPINATH

The 1970s was a decade in contradiction: austerity and decadence, drab earth tones and campy colours, nature-loving hippiedom and high-tech futurism. In the world of watchmaking, it marked the era of the luxury sports watch; a term that just a decade prior would have been unheard of and scoffed at. But in the 70s, the idea of combining a dress watch with the sturdy applications of a sports watch was all the rage, with some of the most iconic watches of our time released during this period.