What We Loved at This Year’s Salon Art + Design
The renowned fair returns to New York’s Park Avenue Armory, and there’s plenty to see. We gathered a few of our favorite pieces to help collectors get started.
Piaget and Andy Warhol have a long history. Warhol was a close friend of Yves Piaget, the chairman and former president of the Swiss watchmaker, and the two reportedly partied together at the legendary Studio 54. The artist was a client of the brand as well, and owned seven Piaget timepieces, including the Black Tie watch. The original Black Tie model was only available for nine years, and became a collector’s item after Warhol’s untimely passing. Piaget eventually re-released it in 2015, and partnered with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in 2024 to officially rename it in his honor.
The brand’s partnership with the Foundation continues with the new Camouflage watch, which is limited to just 86 pieces. Inspired by Warhol’s self-portraits from 1986, the dial is made of tiny pieces of sodalite and turquoise stones, paired with waves of satin-finished gold and polished rose gold. There are 27 pieces in total—over the years, Piaget has used 50 different types of ornamental stones in its creations, including lapis lazuli, jade, and opal. The Camouflage in particular took the team 100 hours to research, refine, and realize. The stones are “the common thread of this very distinctive timepiece,” according to Stéphanie Sivrière, artistic director of Piaget, bringing together the worlds of Warhol and the Swiss watchmaker.
The mini mosaic is set within an 18-karat white gold case; on the back, of course, is an engraving of the late artist’s signature. Camouflage follows Collage, Piaget’s 2025 collaboration with the Warhol Foundation. Similarly, it paid tribute to one of Warhol’s self-portraits, and was made using Piaget’s stone marquetry know-how. Both deconstruct the original work, rendering it through the brand’s modern lens—they function as tiny pieces of art that you can wear around your wrist.
