A gift of love, roses become pricey in February. The most expensive is the sparkling Piaget Rose with gold petals.
White and rose gold roses bloom in Piaget's Valentine's Day 2020 collection, which showcases goldsmithing and gemsetting savoir-faire nurtured at its atelier in Plan-Les-Ouates, on the outskirts of Geneva.
The watchmaking manufacture remains in La Côte-aux-Fées in Neuchâtel, where the company was founded in 1874 by Georges-Édouard Piaget.
Fourth-generation Yves G Piaget is as passionate about roses as haute horlogerie.
In the mid-1970s, he became involved as a jury member of the Geneva International Competition of New Roses, whose winner would be given a gold rose crafted by the Swiss maison.
In appreciation of his support, the winning variety in 1982 was named after the horologist.
Award-winning Yves Piaget rose.
Created by French rose breeder Meilland, the Yves Piaget Meivildo rose is a variety under the Meilland Jardin & Parfum collection, characterised by double colours and great fragrances.
Resembling a peony, the award-winning Yves Piaget rose features 80 serrated deep-pink petals and a strong scent of classic rose with a slight base note of anise.
Variations are creamy white, ivory or white with pink hedge petals, with mild fragrances.
Since 2012, the beauty of the Yves Piaget rose has inspired a fine jewellery collection featuring sculpted, openwork and lacework rose motifs, embellished with precious stones. In addition, the emblematic flower graces high-jewellery creations and timepieces.
Reinterpretations call on creativity of the maison's designers and artisans, who deliver new bouquets of the Piaget Rose jewellery.
The latest collection ranges from openwork rings and earrings with dainty diamonds to fully paved pieces that symbolise romance.
A design with cascading diamond chains, evoking water droplets falling off petals.
Rose gold ring with a pink sapphire recalling the colour of the Yves Piaget rose.
White gold diamond necklace with a rose bud and shimmering foliage.
Two roses embrace in this white gold ring, to evoke mutual love between two souls.
Openwork rose gold earrings with diamonds and a decorative chain.
White gold diamond-paved ring inspired by the Yves Piaget rose in full bloom. Piaget
White gold earrings with a stylised rosebud and diamond-paved petals.
