Front view
Dial, hands and bezel as delivered.
Case-back view
Case-back engraving and, where fitted, the sapphire display.
Movement
Calibre with its finishing and decoration.
On the wrist
Worn shot for proportion and strap drape.
Piaget · Piaget Andy Warhol
Piaget Piaget Andy Warhol 40 mm Black Carbon
Reference 53437OR.24
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Piaget
- Collection
- Piaget Andy Warhol
- Model
- Piaget Piaget Andy Warhol 40 mm Black Carbon
- Reference number
- 53437OR.24
- Year / era
- 1952 · 1950s — pre-quartz mechanical era
- Complication
- Minute repeater
- Movement
- In-house manual-winding
- Case material
- Carbon TPT
- Dial type
- Black lacquer
- Strap / bracelet
- Alligator leather with folding clasp
- Water resistance
- 300 m
- Limited-edition status
- Regular production, not a limited edition
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 40 mm
- Case thickness
- 14.1 mm
- Case material
- Carbon TPT
- Bezel
- Fluted 18k gold
- Crystal
- Anti-reflective sapphire, double-domed
- Dial
- Black lacquer
- Hands
- Skeletonised sword hands, white luminescent
- Indexes
- Applied Roman numerals
- Bracelet / strap
- Alligator leather with folding clasp
- Clasp / buckle
- Triple-folding clasp with safety catch
- Water resistance
- 300 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 87F — In-house manual-winding
- Movement type
- High-frequency automatic
- Frequency
- 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 65 hours
- Number of jewels
- 27 jewels
- Complications
- Minute repeater
- Functions
- Hours, minutes, small seconds
- Watchmaker
- The calibre is built in-house and adjusted in five positions before delivery.
Production & market
- Production period
- 1952 – 1966
- Limited-edition quantity
- Not applicable
- Current market information
- Consistently trades above retail; waiting lists at authorised dealers remain long.
Designer
Marc Newson
Marc Newson is an Australian industrial designer whose work spans Qantas cabins, Apple hardware and Jaeger-LeCoultre's Atmos clocks; his watch design reduces the object to pure geometry and legibility.
Historical significance
Piaget Piaget Andy Warhol 40 mm Black Carbon sits within Piaget's Piaget Andy Warhol line, introduced in 1952. It carries the house codes established since 1874 — carbon tpt case, black lacquer dial and in-house manual-winding — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The bracelet tapers across its length, which is why the profile looks thinner on the wrist than the specification suggests.
- The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.
- The case is finished by hand, alternating polished and satin-brushed surfaces in a single pass so the edges stay razor sharp.
The House
Piaget
Brand facts
- Founding year
- 1874
- Founder
- Georges-Édouard Piaget
- Headquarters
- Switzerland
- Tier
- Luxury
- Major collections
- Polo, Altiplano, Limelight Gala, Possession, Piaget Andy Warhol
- Signature technologies
- In-house hairspring production · Certified chronometer regulation · Proprietary case-hardening and polishing
- Famous movements
- In-house automatic, Superlative Chronometer · In-house automatic chronograph · In-house manual-winding · In-house automatic, chronometer certified
- Notable watches
- Piaget Polo 41 mm Salmon 18k (1988) · Piaget Polo 36 mm Salmon 18k (1974) · Piaget Polo 39 mm Black Ceramic (1970) · Piaget Polo 41 mm Ice Grade (1977)
Brand history
Piaget has spent more than 152 years refining a single idea: a watch should outlive its owner. From the earliest workshop pieces to today's Polo, the house has balanced technical ambition with a recognisable design language, and its collections remain among the most closely followed by collectors worldwide.
Georges-Édouard Piaget established Piaget in 1874, working from Switzerland at a time when precision was measured by hand. The founder's obsession with finishing and accuracy still defines every Piaget calibre produced today.
Historical milestones
1874
Georges-Édouard Piaget founds Piaget in Switzerland.
1899
Piaget earns its first international recognition for precision timekeeping.
1969
The quartz era forces Piaget to redefine mechanical watchmaking.
1990
Piaget enters the modern collector market with its signature lines.
2024
Piaget continues to produce Polo, Altiplano, Limelight Gala and other icons in limited numbers.
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