hile Piaget has always maintained strong ties with the artists of its time, there is one in particular who continues to instill the Maison’s collections with a distinctive aura: Andy Warhol. A compulsive watch collector, the king of pop art possessed no fewer than seven models made by the Maison founded in 1874 in La Côte-aux-Fées. These included the famous reference 15102, a timepiece with a 45 mm cushion-shaped case designed by the Maison’s artistic director of the time, Jean-Claude Gueit, and produced in small series from 1972 to 1977.

While the iconic Andy Warhol watch has given rise to several interpretations since its 2014 reinterpretation under the name Black Tie Vintage, it was only in 2024 that the Maison collaborated under license with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and was granted the right to use the artist’s name on this creation which is closely tied with him. The collection was thus renamed, and the Maison may now design one timepiece per year inspired by the artist’s works.

“Our objective is to take inspiration from Andy Warhol’s creations without strictly reproducing each of his works on a dial,” explains Stéphanie Sivrière, artistic director of Piaget. “The direct connection between Andy Warhol and Maison Piaget is the colour, particularly in the use of ornamental stones, which remains the common thread of this very distinctive piece.”

After presenting the limited series ‘Collage’ in 2025, with its blocks of pink opal, green chrysoprase and yellow serpentine, Piaget unveils the Andy Warhol ‘Camouflage’ watch in 2026 in a limited series of 86. In the series of self-portraits created in 1986, Andy Warhol explored the duality of fame by highlighting its shadow side in the form of a camouflage pattern, cast in deep, lively colours across the image of his face.

“We have deconstructed the original work by Andy Warhol and reinterpreted it through the contemporary lens of Piaget,” continues Stéphanie Sivrière. To do so, the Maison chose to combine the ornamental stones sodalite and turquoise with satin-finished gold and shiny rose gold to bring the camouflage pattern an architectural dimension unprecedented in this type of design. The contrasting materials – between the textures of the two colours of solar metal and the chromatic blue combination of cerulean turquoise and oceanic sodalite - are reminders of Piaget’s level of mastery in crafting gold and in the stone marquetry of the gems that adorn the dial – 27 pieces in total. Since first introducing colour and gold in the early 1960s, the Maison has featured some fifty ornamental stones in its creations, from lapis lazuli to opal and from jade to coral. Over time, this unique use of vibrant colour has become a signature and a language in its own right.

In fact, more than one hundred hours of labour were required to design, research and craft the dial of this ‘Camouflage’ watch. Piaget not only elevates the iconic pattern but also highlights its abstract side, offering collectors the sensation of wearing a true work of art on their wrist. Instead of a frame, the iconic gadrooned cushion case – in white gold on this edition – surrounds the dial of this Andy Warhol watch, further enhanced by dauphine hands and the self-winding manufacture movement, the 501 P1, which powers this model.

On the back of each watch, the Maison engraves Andy Warhol’s famous signature and the number of timepieces in this limited series. This collector’s edition demonstrates Piaget’s virtuosity in channeling its style into art.