04.05.2026

The new Piaget Polo 79 sodalite is aristocratic power in motion

A study in quiet power.

 

Photos courtesy of Piaget.
 

Words: Victor Goh

 

There is something deeply satisfying about a watch that understands what it is. In its bones, its architecture, its reason for existing.

The Piaget Polo 79 has always known. And at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2026, it announced itself again. Tthis time with a blue sodalite dial that stops you cold.

Let us begin with the name. Polo. The sport of kings. I have watched it played at in KL and under the open Putrajaya sky, and what strikes you each time is the same thing that strikes you about this watch: the combination of raw power moving with improbable elegance. Polo is not a gentle sport dressed up in privilege. It is ferocious and entirely uncompromising. Yves G. Piaget understood this when he named the Polo in 1979. He was a keen rider. He wasn't borrowing the sport's prestige. He was living it.

Piaget Polo 79 in White Gold Sodalite ref. G0A51151

 

That lineage matters when you hold a watch in 18k white gold and ask whether it deserves the name.

It does.

The Polo 79 Sodalite marks the first time an ornamental stone has been used in the contemporary reinterpretation of this model. The choice of sodalite is not arbitrary. The dial carries approximately 2.8 carats of natural stone — a mineral known for its rich, saturated blue with characteristic white veining. Here is the original thought worth sitting with: in polo, no two chukkas are ever the same. The field shifts, the horses read differently, the light changes. A sodalite dial operates on the same principle — because sodalite is a natural stone, no two dials are exactly alike. Each carries its own unique veining, tonal variation, and character. You are not buying a production dial. You are buying a specific piece of the earth, cut and set for your wrist alone.

Piaget Polo 79 in White Gold Sodalite ref. G0A51151 | Image: Supplied


The gadroons — those signature horizontal ridges that define the Polo's identity — are preserved in polished white gold and run without interruption across bracelet, case, and dial. The seamless transition between case and integrated bracelet is achieved through this gadroon pattern, making the case and dial appear sculpted directly from the bracelet links themselves. Yves Piaget once said it plainly: "It is a bracelet featuring a watch, not a watch featuring a bracelet." That philosophy holds.

Piaget Polo 79 in White Gold Sodalite ref. G0A51151

 

Inside, the Polo 79 Sodalite runs Piaget's ultra-thin Calibre 1200P1, at just 2.35mm thick, with a 44-hour power reserve and a 22K gold micro-rotor engraved with the Piaget coat of arms — visible through a sapphire case back.

At 38mm across and 7.45mm thin, this is a watch built for the man who has graduated from wanting to be noticed to simply being someone. The sodalite does not shout. It simply exists at a frequency most cannot hear.

That, in the end, is the Polo 79's most aristocratic quality. It does not compete.

It presides.

 

Piaget Polo 79 Sodalite (Ref. G0A51151) — CHF 84,500.

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About the Author

Victor Goh

Watch & Features Editor

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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