21.10.2025

Piaget and the Foundation Andy Warhol has unveiled The Andy Warhol Watch ‘Collage’ Limited Edition

Piaget pays tribute to Andy Warhol’s artistic legacy with the Andy Warhol Watch ‘Collage’ Limited Edition, an exquisite fusion of Pop Art flair and Swiss craftsmanship.

Words: Victor Goh, Watch & Features Editor

Photos courtesy of Piaget.
 

Andy Warhol once quipped that "art is what you can get away with", a rather cheeky dismissal of artistic pretension. Yet here's the delicious irony: the man who democratized art through soup cans and silk screens was himself an unabashed magpie for luxury timepieces.

By 1987, Warhol had accumulated over 300 watches, including seven by Piaget. One wonders if he saw the contradiction, or simply embraced it as another facet of his Pop Art philosophy.

Fast forward to 2025, and Piaget has transformed this collector's obsession into something rather spectacular: the Andy Warhol Watch 'Collage' Limited Edition. Only fifty pieces exist, each a 45mm cushion of 18-carat yellow gold that channels Warhol's 1986 polaroid self-portrait through the ancient craft of stone marquetry. It's an unlikely marriage of Renaissance technique and Pop sensibility, rather like finding a Velázquez hidden beneath a Lichtenstein.

The dial tells the story with admirable restraint. Against a base of black onyx - the same shade as Warhol's own 1973 Piaget - sit carefully arranged slivers of yellow Namibian serpentine, pink opal, and green chrysoprase. The effect is abstract yet unmistakably Warhol: fragmented, colorful, slightly irreverent. It suggests rather than shouts, which is precisely the point. One could easily imagine the artist approving of this approach; after all, subtlety in repetition was his specialty.

What strikes most about this collaboration is how Piaget's artistic director Stéphanie Sivrière resisted the obvious. No soup cans. No Marilyn. No bananas. Instead, six months of research yielded something more sophisticated: a timepiece that captures Warhol's chromatic exuberance without descending into pastiche. The Andy Warhol Foundation, to their credit, encouraged this interpretive freedom - a rare instance of estate management understanding that homage needn't mean mimicry.

The technical specifications align with the artistic vision. Inside sits Piaget's 501P1 self-winding calibre, decorated with Côtes de Genève and offering a modest 40-hour power reserve. The case back features an engraved rendition of that 1986 self-portrait, complete with both Piaget's logo and Warhol's signature - a detail that elevates this from mere timepiece to genuine collectible. One imagines Warhol, that compulsive accumulator, would have approved of the meta-narrative: a watch inspired by a man who collected watches, now destined to be collected itself.

At 45mm, this isn't a watch for the discreet. But then again, Warhol never did discreet. Paired with a green leather strap chosen to complement rather than compete with the dial's gemstone palette, it's a statement piece that somehow avoids being gauche - no small achievement when working with yellow gold and fragmented self-portraits.

The real triumph here is balance. Piaget has created something that honors Warhol's legacy without becoming enslaved to it, that embraces color and craft without tipping into ostentation. It's art you can wear, which is rather different from art you can get away with - though in this case, you might just manage both.

The Andy Warhol Watch 'Collage' Limited Edition. 50 pieces. Available through Piaget boutiques.

About the Author

Victor Goh

With a wrist perpetually graced by precision and a gaze fixed on horological haute couture, Victor Goh curates timepieces the way a sommelier selects vintage wine - bold, refined, and never predictable. His editorial instincts are as sharp as the crease on his pinstripe trousers, ensuring every GC watch feature ticks with class, clarity, and character.

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