Piaget introduced the world’s thinnest Minute Repeater at SIHH this past January. They also added to their Altiplano line with the world’s thinnest automatic watch and movement with a date. Not only did they add a date, but they also reduced the case diameter from 43 mm to 40 mm for this particular model. In comparison to the larger 43 mm Altiplanos, the 40 mm model seems just right on my wrist (see below).
January 22, 2013 | Piaget, SIHH, Videos
Introduced at SIHH 2013 yesterday, this is the Piaget Emperador Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater — the world’s thinnest minute repeater.
December 20, 2012 | Piaget, SIHH
This is Piaget’s new Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater that will be officially announced next month at SIHH. Housed in a record breaking ultra-thin (9.4 mm) Emperador Coussin case, and powered by a super thin mechanical movement (4.8 ) — this is both world’s thinnest mechanical minute repeater movement and timepiece.
November 20, 2012 | Horology, Piaget
Plan-les-Ouates factory and headquarters (just outside of Geneva)
In the village of La Côte-aux-Fées, which is in the Neuchâtel region of Swtizerland, Georges Piaget founded Piaget in 1874. Since the beginning, the company was dedicated to producing pocket watches and high-precision clock movements for prestigious brands. In 1911, Piaget began producing wristwatches, however, it was not until 1943 that they started selling watches under the Piaget name. Previously, all wristwatch movements were sold to other brands (a testament to the Piaget’s watch manufacturing capabilities).
September 28, 2012
Originally unveiled at SIHH 2012, the Piaget Altiplano Skeleton boasts the thinnest mechanical skeleton movement in the world (2.40 mm). It is also the thinnest automatic skeleton watch in the world. Record breaking dimensions are, of course, nice, but does it look good? That is what really matters, and in that regard, I think the Altiplano Skeleton delivers.
The case measures 38 mm in diameter by 5.40 mm thick and currently only comes in one material, 18K white gold. The bezel, lugs and flanks are polished, which contrasts nicely with the brushed skeletonized dial. The case back is clear and allows a perfect view into the back side of the superbly finished ultra-thin 1200S movement, which is based on the record breaking 1200P movement (2.35 mm).
September 27, 2012 | Piaget, Vintage
The Piaget Rectangle à l'Ancienne was inspired by a Piaget timepiece from 1993. It is presented in a beautiful 31 mm x 46 mm 18K white gold rectangle shaped case with soft edges and a curved profile. This example (one of Piaget's longest tenured employee's personal watch) has transferred Roman numerals, as opposed to applied baton markers on the current models, and is no longer in production.
September 19, 2012 | Hands-On, Piaget
Introduced at SIHH 2008, the Piaget Emperador Tourbillon Skeleton has the world’s thinnest flying tourbillon equipped movement. Presented in what Piaget calls a “reverse tonneau” case (rectangle), the Emperador Tourbillon Skeleton is powered by the Piaget 600S manufacture movement that measures a mere 3.5 mm thick. The 18K rose gold case measures 32 x 41 mm and is only 9.6 mm thick.
Piaget’s website says the Emperador Tourbillon is “one of the greatest masterpieces ever created in the workshops in La Côte-aux-Fées” and I wholeheartedly agree — it is exquisite. It is one of the best looking rectangle shaped watches I’ve ever tried on.
The case is thin and elegant but on the wrist the look is very masculine. It is similar to a Reverso, although the Reverso is a bit small for those with bigger wrists, while this fits perfectly.
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