Piaget Protocole Tiger Eye / Onyx 9154

This is the Piaget Protocole reference 9154. Founded in 1874 by Georges Edourd Piaget, the brand has been a manufacturer of movements and movement components for more than a century. With a focus on ultra-thin movements, Piaget produced and sold its own wristwatches from as early as the beginning of the 20th century as well as supplying movements and movement parts to other renowned watch brands.

In 1956, Piaget introduced two ultra-thin calibres that the brand would become renowned for - the cal. 9P manual winding at just 2.00mm in height and what was then the world’s thinnest automatic movement with the 2.3mm tall cal. 12P. These two movements would lay the foundations of the Piaget brand as a specialist in ultra-thin dress watches.

Running on the aforementioned cal. 9P, the Piaget Protocole spawns from a Piaget ultra-thin watch introduced in the early 1960s that ran on the same movement and the line was later expanded with the brand introducing other variants of the model such as the Protocole XL and Miss Protocole. What makes this particular Protocole even more special is the uncommon two-stone onyx and tiger eye dial that has withstood the test of time. Known for being fragile, stone dials with no imperfections have become harder and harder to come by.

Highly distinct with its pin-striped case, recessed crown and hidden lugs on the caseback, the Protocole is among the few models from Piaget that has a design language still relevant today. A once-overlooked reference, more Protocoles with uncommon dial variants have started to come to market with the growing interest in moderately-sized dress watches.

This Piaget Protocole 9154 is in excellent vintage condition. The case shows only minimal signs of wear in the form of light hairlines on the caseback while the engravings still remain crisp and sharp. The bezel remains in excellent condition and the dial has no cracks. The crystal has some wear, noticeably on the bottom right near the 4. The watch retains its original 18k gold Piaget buckle and is in full working order.

Brand Piaget

Model Protocole

Reference 9154

Case 25 x 28

Movement Manual Wind

Case material Yellow Gold

Bracelet material Leather

Year Circa 1970s

Condition Very Good

Accessories Original Piaget Buckle

Limited No. Discontinued