As a possible sign that it will be putting more of a spotlight on its sport-luxury gents’ collections in 2021, Piaget has unveiled the latest iteration of the emblematic Polo, and the first with a skeletonized dial. The new Polo Skeleton watches, offered in blue and gray executions, bring a new look to the Piaget Polo S base design, which has garnered much attention since its 2016 launch, albeit more under the radar in recent years.

The modern Polo collection draws its inspiration from the original Piaget Polo that was popular in the 1980s, defined foremost defined by its ?shape within a shape? case design, which brings together a cushion-shaped dial opening with a classically round case. Some of the contemporary series’ other defining features include its integrated-style (though in fact easily detachable) bracelet, and horizontally textured, cool-toned dials, both of which identify the Polo S as Piaget?s answer to the rising trend in luxury steel sports watches with integrated bracelets and textured dials. These Polo Skeleton models are the watchmaker-jeweler’s latest advancement of that now-familiar design, and like their predecessors strive for a sporty, all-purpose look with luxurious textures, colors, and finishing.
Both the blue-dominant and the gray-dominant model have a 42-mm-diameter steel case, elegantly thin at 6.5-mm (a Piaget hallmark) in the ?shape within a shape? configuration. It has brushed finishing on its bezel, polished ...