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Monday 10 May, 2010 - 10:10 AM EDT

PIAGET - Altiplano 43 mm - Calibre 1208P

The Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie Piaget presents the Altiplano 43 mm Calibre 1208P model.

In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of its legendary Calibre 12P in 1960, the world’s thinnest mechanical self-winding movement at that time, the Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie Piaget is presenting Calibre 1208P. This mechanism, once again regarding to Piaget, sets new limits by becoming the thinnest self-winding movement currently on the market, at 2.35 mm.

Calibre 1208P will be equipping one of Piaget’s iconic models: the Altiplano, which features a new 43 mm case size and just 5.25 mm thick, the thinnest watch in its category. Piaget has written some of the finest pages in the history of ultra-thin movements and has played, for more than fifty years, a ground-breaking role in doing so. In 1957, Piaget caused a sensation by developing Calibre 9P, the world’s thinnest mechanical hand-wound movement (at 2 mm thick). Two years later, Valentin Piaget filed a patent for Calibre 12P (2.3 mm only), which was marketed in 1960 and set a new record in the category of self-winding watches.



(Piaget Altiplano vintage 1960 with Calibre 12P)


50 years after Calibre 12P was introduced to the market, the 1208P self-winding movement earns Piaget’s for the thinnest self-winding movement, and also enriches an extremely wealthy collection of movements stemming from decades of creativity and inventions. This watchmaking inheritance is sufficient to declare the brand’s figure as one of the truly great Manufactures.


(Piaget Altiplano 43 mm – Calibre 1208P)


This timepiece represents a landmark anniversary setting a new record for thinness and blends it with it’s characteristically reliability.

Piaget Altiplano 43 mm watch equipped with Calibre 1208P sets a new record: the thinnest mechanical self-winding watch, at just 5.25 mm.

TECHNICAL DATA:



Large model 43 mm
18-carat -white or yellow- gold case
Silver-coloured dial, black baton hour-markers, baton hands
Manufacture Piaget 1208P ultra-thin mechanical self-winding movement
Functions: Hour, minute, small seconds (at 4 o'clock)
Movement thickness : 2.35 mm
Casing dimensions : 13 ¼ ’’’ ( 29.9 mm diameter)
Number of jewels : 27
Frequency : 21,600 vph
Approximately 40-hour power reserve
Finishing : circular Côtes de Genève, circular-grained plate, bevelled bridges, blued screws, sunray-brushed wheels, 22-carat pink gold oscillating weight engraved with Piaget coat of arms 18-carat white gold pin buckle Black alligator leather strap



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