Piaget Polo Field new dial texture
Piaget’s chic sports watch returns with a dark emerald dial adorned with a more dynamic pattern.
The Polo is Piaget’s answer to the luxury sports discount watches. A remake of Yves Piaget’s sporty-chic quartz-powered model from 1979, the Polo re-emerged in 2016 in a mechanical steel model, initially positioned as an entry-level candidate. The versatility of Polo watches is reflected in the wide variety of models, from time and date all the way to ultra-thin perpetual calendars and complicated skeleton models. The most immediate entry-level model is the Polo Date, which returns in June with a slightly different name: the Piaget Polo Field. At first glance, it looks like another steel Polo with a green dial. However, Polo Field has a neat design trick that makes the dial more dynamic.
Although initially often compared to “other” luxury sports watch icons, the Polo is indeed a close descendant of the Earl Emperador, and the two families sit side by side on the brand’s website. Like the Emperador, the Polo Date’s case is a hybrid of shapes; the bezel is outwardly round, but the inner portion of the bezel draws a subtle octagon, giving it a prominent cushion shape. To emphasize the geometry, the 42mm stainless steel case features brushed and polished finishes. For example, the bezel has a horizontal brushed surface and beveled polished edges, just like the lugs. Another feature of the Polo Date is its ultra-thin case height of 9.4 mm, pared down for an automatic sports watch with an open caseback and 100-meter water resistance, but in full keeping with Piaget’s tradition of ultra-thin mechanical movements .
Like previous versions of the Polo time and date green dial and green dial with rose gold accents, the signature guilloché grooves across the dial have become as emblematic as the Royal Oak’s tapisserie motif. The deep emerald green of the new Polo Field pays homage to the polo field in West Palm Beach, Florida, where Piaget hosted the Polo World Cup in 1980, making it the ideal venue to promote Yves Piaget’s stylish Polo watches, the brand says.swiss watch men
The novelty here is the different patterns on the dial. Although the alligator pattern is still there, they are thicker and have shorter cutouts to replicate the texture of the interchangeable rubber straps. Shorter cutouts within the broad guilloché run around the periphery of the dial, further accentuating the cushion-shaped minute track and bezel. We haven’t seen the watch in metal yet, but we have to trust the brand’s press release, which describes the chameleon personality of the dial that plays with light. The hour markers are faceted, applied to the dial, and treated with luminescent material like the hour and minute hands. Central seconds hand with ‘P’ counterweight, date window on white background at 6 o’clock.
The sapphire crystal on the case back showcases the ultra-thin caliber 1110P that Piaget has created especially for this collection. It is an automatic movement only 4 mm high and runs at 4 Hz for 50 hours. The movement features circular Côtes de Genève stripes on the bridges and slate gray oscillating weight, as well as beveled bridges and circular graining on the mainplate.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS – PIAGET POLO FIELD
Case: Diameter 42mm x Thickness 9.4mm – Stainless steel, polished and brushed – Weight 68.23 grams – Front and rear sapphire crystal – 100m water resistance
Dial: Emerald – new gadroon motif – applied hour markers, luminescent hour and minute hands – framed date window at 6 o’clock
Movement: Piaget Manufacture Caliber 1110P – Automatic – 25.58mm Diameter – 4mm Height – 28,800vph/4Hz – 50 Hours Power Reserve – Hours, Minutes, Seconds and Date
Strap: Interchangeable green rubber strap – stainless steel folding clasp
Reference: GOA4022