The Piaget Altiplano was already the thinnest automatic watch in the world at 5.34 mm in height, powered by the thinnest movement in the world at 2.4 mm in height. And now, Piaget holds the title for the thinnest skeleton watch and movement in the world, with the introduction of the new Altiplano Skeleton.

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Piaget, a leader in ultra-thin watches and movements, unveiled the world's thinnest self-winding tourbillon wristwatch at SIHH 2011, the Emperador Coussin Tourbillon Automatic Ultra-Thin. In the first photo above, it is sitting next to a Piaget Altiplano, which is the world's thinnest self-winding watch, at 5.25mm thick. The Emperador is thin, but because it has a tourbillon, it is almost twice as thick as the Altiplano, at 10.4 mm thick. The Emperador features a beautiful skeleton laser-engraved sapphire glass dial that allows a very nice view of the impressively thin movement. Plus, a platinum monoblock micro-rotor sits on the front of the watch, as opposed to being located on the back side like most watches. And because so much is visible through the dial, Piaget decided to use a mostly solid caseback, with a small window to admire the tourbillon (which means you can see the tourbillon cage from the front or back side), and a small aperture to check the power reserve.

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Debuting at the Salon International de la Haute Horologerie (SIHH 2010), in Geneva is Piaget's thinnest mechanical watch. In fact, Piaget says that the new Altiplano watch is the thinnest self-winding mechanical watch in the world. Piaget has always been know for their expertise with ultra-thin movements, now they have solidified their spot as the leader in this field. At 2.35mm, the 1208P calibre is the thinnest self-winding mechanical movement available. The entire watch is only 5.25mm thick, amazing.

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Piaget will be introducing a new in-house mechanical movement at SIHH 2009, the Calibre 860P (large moon phase). The new calibre will power the Piaget Emperador Coussin (pictured).

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Eva Longoria and Tony Parker recently got married and exchanged Piaget Possession wedding bands. Eva Longoria also had Piaget make a Piaget 'Number 9' watch, that is a customized version of the Piaget Polo watch, for her husband Tony Parker. Pretty cool when you can have a watch company design a custom watch just for you.