Piaget Polo 79 - To mark the 150th anniversary of the Maison. Already the Best Comeback of the Year?

When we published our extensive story on the Piaget Polo almost exactly a year ago, we wondered what the future might hold for this classic watch. Would the horology house ever return to the original design, which differs so very significantly from the modern Polo?
The article was published under the title ‘The Evolution and Revolution of the Piaget Polo’, as the watch has undergone a veritable metamorphosis since Yves Piaget unveiled the sports model to great fanfare in 1979 by having his own polo team ride their horses down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
We came to the conclusion that the modern design of the Polo was so embedded in the minds of watch fans that there was no need to go back to the original design - but we are overjoyed that they have now done so!
To mark the 150th anniversary of the maison Piaget and 45 years of its Polo, the original model is now making a comeback. Not with a quartz drive, however, but rather with an ultra-modern, ultra-flat mechanical automatic movement.