THE UNDISPUTED MASTER OF THE ULTRA-THIN WATCH
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THE UNDISPUTED MASTER OF THE ULTRA-THIN WATCH
Passing from one generation to the next, the brand has grown exponentially, first under the guidance of the founder’ s grandsons, Gérald and Valentin Piaget, and later under that of Yves G. Piaget. In 1945, Piaget devoted itself to the creation of the ultra-thin watch movements, an endeavour that was to become a defining feature of the Piaget identity and synonymous with the name.
The creation of two movements, in particular, revolutionised the watch market and brand itself. The famous 9P hand-wound ultra-thin movement, which is only 2 mm thick and the Calibre 12P which with its thickness of only 2.3 mm was one of the thinnest self-winding movements in the world.
This achievement attracted the attention of numerous connoisseurs and collectors.
Out of a total of 37 movements developed by Piaget, 25 are ultra-thin calibres, including 14 recordholders for thinness underlying the brand’ s uncontested status as a Maison of Haute Horlogerie.
9P Movement
Calibre 12P Movement
As a manufacture dedicated to the ultra-thin watch, Piaget continues to defy the limits of the impossible, for both hand-wound and self-winding movements. The brand is intransigent in its requirements for each timepiece, making no concessions in terms of the elegance of their designs, their technical reliability or their durability.
An example of such virtuosity is the Piaget Emperador Coussin Automatic Minute Repeater watch, which won a double record for thinness in its category in 2013: only 4.8 mm for the new Calibre 1290P, despite its 407 components, and 9.4 mm for the whole case.
G0A38019( 2) Piaget Emperador Coussin Automatic Minute Repeater watch
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