CAPTURING THE LIGHT AND REDIRECTING IT OUTWARD IN ORDER TO INFUSE JEWELLERY WITH EXCEPTIONAL BRIGHTNESS AND SPARKLE IS THE OTHER KEY STYLE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE EXTREMELY PIAGET COLLECTION. AND WITH THIS IN MIND, DIAMONDS HAVE BEEN USED EXTENSIVELY AS CENTRAL STONES IN BRACELETS, NECKLACES, RINGS, AND EARRING MOTIFS, AS
THE COLLECTION OFFERS SEVERAL WATCH MODELS THAT FEATURE A HARD STONE ON THE DIAL, AND SEVERAL SECRET CUFF WATCHES COMPOSED OF INTERLACING DIAMOND MOTIFS COILED AROUND AN OVAL- SHAPED SAPPHIRE OR EMERALD. THE CENTRAL STONE IS USUALLY ENGRAVED. FROM LEFT: SETTING THE 14.73-CARAT CUSHION-CUT SAPPHIRE; EXTREMELY PIAGET SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND HIGH JEWELLERY NECKLACE; SAPPHIRE BEAD AND PEAR-CUT EMERALD (8.54CTS) EARRINGS CHAINMAKING, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS BEEN PRESERVED AT PIAGET FOR THREE GENERATIONS. EVERY STEP IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE COMPANY’S FAMOUS GOLD BRACELETS IS DONE BY HAND BY THESE EXCEPTIONAL ARTISANS. WELL AS WATCHES. THE MARQUISE CUT, WHICH HAS BEEN PRESENT FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY IN PIAGET’S CREATIONS, FINDS ITS MOST BEAUTIFUL EXPRESSION IN THE EXTREMELY PIAGET COLLECTION. SEVERAL DOZEN HIGH JEWELLERY CREATIONS HAVE BEEN CREATED FROM MARQUISE- CUT DIAMONDS WHOSE TAPERED SHAPE GIVES THE STONES EXCEPTIONAL MOVEMENT AND SPARKLE, SUCH AS A SAPPHIRE- SET NECKLACE OF MARQUISE- CUT DIAMONDS ( ABOVE). ANOTHER STAR OF THE COLLECTION IS A NECKLACE ON WHICH MARQUISE- CUT DIAMONDS FRAME TWO MAGNIFICENT EMERALDS ( ON LEFT PAGE), WHICH IS CONSTRUCTED WITH A DETACHABLE DIAMOND AND EMERALD “TAIL” TO HIGHLIGHT THE WEARER’S BACK.