The center-page of the 1982-Piaget catalogue was set for the Zebras: a round men- & women-version and a rectangular men- & women-version of the Piaget Polo in yellowgold with whitegold interlinks set with approx 400 to 500 brilliant-cut diamonds -- each, of course. Not only positioned prominently in the catalogue but also on the top of the price-list in 1982: CHF43'060 for the round Jumbo (7661C705) and even CHF45'080 for the rectangular Jumbo (7131C705). A translation of this price to its equivalent more than 40y later is not easy but would exceed CHF150'000 in 2025, for sure.

And so they might not have been everyones taste, eventually; but they were not everyones budget, for sure. The "standard" model in yellowgold (ref7661C701) without diamond-decoration was available for less than half that price (CHF18'270 in 1982) and thus also not available for everybody but for many, many more -- that is the reason why you can find the standard "Nautilus & Royal Oak of the '80s" (*klikk) today sometimes, but the top-dog is singular and shows up rarely.

NB: The Zebra by Audemars Piguet from the same era was a honorable try of the manufacturer from Le Brassus to copy & catch up to the back-then undisputed top-dog of Swiss watchmaking: Piaget -- but a miss from the start, in steel and with lean & sparing gold-stripes. Thats why it is #makePiagetGreatAgain -- once the best.