Cover The Piaget Possession Vibrant Palace collection features ornamental stones like turquoise, sodalite and dumortierite
The Piaget Possession Vibrant Palace collection features ornamental stones like turquoise, sodalite and dumortierite
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With the new Possession Vibrant Palace collection, Piaget brings ornamental stones to one of its most enduring jewellery lines
The Possession line has been central to Piaget’s identity since the very first rings launched in 1990. What distinguished them then was the turning band at their centre that moves freely within its setting. While the collection has expanded through shapes, metals and finishes over nearly four decades, this distinctive rotating element still defines it—each iteration finding something new within the same essential gesture.
What the new Possession Vibrant Palace range brings to that conversation is ornamental stone, marking the debut of hard stone mosaic work in the line. Three varieties of blue—turquoise, sodalite and dumortierite—honour a design thread running through the brand’s aesthetic identity since the late 1950s, when the colour began appearing in Piaget’s exterior display windows and campaign imagery. The skies above La Côte‑aux‑Fées in Switzerland, where Piaget was founded, and the azure of the Riviera, where the brand has long found its social milieu, also inform this significance of blue that feels true to the house.
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Above Piaget Possession Vibrant Palace ring in rose gold set with turquoise, sodalite, dumortierite and a diamond, Possession Décor Palace ring in rose gold set with diamonds, Possession Vibrant Palace ring in rose gold set with turquoise, sodalite, dumortierite and diamonds
Piaget Possession Vibrant Palace ring in rose gold set with turquoise, sodalite, dumortierite and a diamond, Possession Décor Palace ring in rose gold set with diamonds, Possession Vibrant Palace ring in rose gold set with turquoise, sodalite, dumortierite and diamonds
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The three chosen varieties each occupy a distinct position within the blue spectrum. Turquoise brings brightness and warmth, its surface veined with the natural variation that makes each stone unrepeatable. Sodalite offers depth—a richer, more saturated blue with its own mineral character. Dumortierite—perhaps the least familiar of the three to the general audience—contributes a cooler, more violet‑inflected tone that anchors the composition. Together, the three create a range within the collection rather than a single colourway, allowing pieces to read differently depending on which stones are combined and in what proportion.
The mosaic technique used to set them draws on Piaget’s craft heritage. Each stone is individually cut and fitted, a process that demands considerable precision given the natural irregularities of the material. Across all Vibrant Palace pieces, this hard stone inlay is teamed with the brand’s signature Décor Palace gold engraving—an intricate linear texture that is a beautiful counterpoint to the smoothness of the stones—punctuated by diamonds that add points of light without overwhelming the colour story.
Above Piaget Possession Vibrant Palace large pendant in rose gold set with turquoise, sodalite, dumortierite and diamonds
Piaget Possession Vibrant Palace large pendant in rose gold set with turquoise, sodalite, dumortierite and diamonds
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Rendered in rose gold, the novelties span a wide spectrum to suit different expressions of the Possession language, from the understated to the declarative. At the more restrained end are the small pendant, bracelet and stud earrings, each centred on a 10mm turquoise disc. The face of the motif is elegant, juxtaposing a vibrant half disc of turquoise against a half of grooved Décor Palace engraving, with a single brilliant‑cut diamond, held in the house’s signature half‑moon setting, anchoring the centre axis.
Balancing daily wearability with a more striking statement are the medium and large pendants. The former, measuring 20mm across, combines turquoise, sodalite and dumortierite in a stone mosaic suspended from a round forçat chain via a diamond‑paved jump ring. The latter features the same stone palette on a bigger canvas of 30mm—allowing the natural veining of the turquoise to come through more prominently for a highly textured composition—and hangs from a palm‑mesh chain at lengths between 70cm and 80cm.
Extending this aesthetic to the hands and ears are two rings and a pair of fan‑shaped earrings. The narrower ring, at 4.7mm, carries a single central turning band with one diamond and alternating segments of the same blue trio, all framed by Décor Palace engraving. The wider iteration, at 7.5mm, adds a rotating track of 49 diamonds totalling 0.38 carats, creating a more layered proposition on the finger. Both offer an extensive size range, with made‑to‑order options. The earrings, meanwhile, are anchored by a diamond‑paved round post, and feature Décor Palace engraving and an arc of diamonds framing a centre mosaic band of the three stones. Substantial enough to read across a room, they come set with a collective 62 diamonds totalling 1.22 carats.
Above Piaget Possession Vibrant Palace earrings in rose gold set with turquoise, sodalite, dumortierite and diamonds.
Above Piaget Possession Vibrant Palace cuff bracelet in rose gold set with turquoise, sodalite, dumortierite and diamonds.
Piaget Possession Vibrant Palace earrings in rose gold set with turquoise, sodalite, dumortierite and diamonds.
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At the extreme end is the definitive necklace with 277 diamonds totalling 2.29 carats and five Possession medallions suspended from a 60cm chain of uniquely shaped links. Arranged in graduating sizes (10mm, 20mm and 30mm), the discs are set with veined turquoise, sodalite and dumortierite, and rimmed with diamonds and Décor Palace engraving. These are interspersed with smaller rings, each featuring a Décor Palace‑engraved gold half and a matching semi‑circle of pave diamonds.
Mirroring this design language is the cuff bracelet, where three 20mm stone mosaic medallions alternate with smaller 10mm rings featuring diamonds and Décor Palace engraving. Here, a collective 358 diamonds totalling 1.24 carats catch light with every movement.
Beyond pure aesthetics, the circular form at the heart of the Possession collection holds a deeper resonance, nodding to both a symbol of continuity and wholeness as well as notions of protection and good fortune across cultures. Piaget does not labour these talismanic qualities, but lets them unfold naturally through the way the pieces are conceived: as creations with a life of their own, animated by the wearer’s movement rather than static on the hand—a kinetic energy captured by the collection’s name, Vibrant Palace.
Ultimately, this new range signals a bold new direction for the Possession line, opening a fresh artistic vocabulary for the house and establishing a vibrant blue palette with considerable further potential.
Above Piaget Possession Vibrant Palace necklace in rose gold set with turquoise, sodalite, dumortierite and diamonds
Piaget Possession Vibrant Palace necklace in rose gold set with turquoise, sodalite, dumortierite and diamonds
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Annabel Tan is the Editor of Watches and Jewellery at Tatler Singapore, where she covers all things luxury timepieces and fine jewellery across both print and digital platforms. She is also the Editor of Tatler GMT Singapore, a role that deepens her fascination with the ever-evolving world of watchmaking. Outside of work, she’s usually on the hunt for her next favourite watch that she can’t afford, planning her next beach getaway, or catching up on the latest Formula 1 race.
