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Monday 28 June, 2010 - 10:00 AM EDT

Piaget Emperador Ref.G0A35020

Full-Set Coussin Perpetual Calendar



The one millionth watch bearing the Piaget has just emerged from the workshops of the Manufacture. Representing an perfect expression of the two fields of skill brilliantly mastered by Piaget: haute horlogerie in La Côte-aux-Fées and haute joaillerie in Geneva – the Piaget Emperador Full-Set Coussin Perpetual Calendar enshrines the entire Piaget heritage. Only 20 of these watches will be produced in 2010.

From the workshop set up by Georges Edouard Piaget in La Côte-aux-Fées in 1874, to the contemporary international luxury brand, Piaget has successfully developed its dual watchmaking and jewellery-making skills over the past century and a half. Now firmly established in two sites – La Côte-aux-Fées in the Neuchâtel Jura region and Plan-les-Ouates in Canton Geneva – each of which has specialised in one of these areas, the Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie Piaget now proudly presents its millionth timepiece: the Piaget Emperador Full-Set Coussin Perpetual Calendar. A watch embodying a tribute to the two worlds in which Piaget has chosen to excel.

In order to celebrate the production of its millionth timepiece, Piaget has thus chosen to highlight this twofold expertise by presenting the Piaget Emperador Full-Set Coussin Perpetual Calendar. An authentic mechanical time-programming instrument, capable of handling calendar irregularities until the year 2100,the perpetual calendar is one of the major horological complications and also one of the most widely appreciated. This watch houses Calibre 856P, a mechanical self-winding movement beating at a cadence of 21,600 vibrations per hour and boasting a 72-hour power reserve. Loyal to the tradition of the many ultra-thin movements created by Piaget, this diminutive 5.6 mm thick calibre houses an impressive array of functions: hours, minutes, small seconds at 4 o’clock, month and leap year at 12 o’clock, retrograde day of the week and date indications at 3 o’clock. In addition to these two retrograde displays, it is distinguished from the majority of ordinary perpetual calendars by the addition of a dual time zone displayed by two hands in a subdial at 9 o’clock, as well as a day/night indicator indexed to the central hour.

This masterpiece of technical complexity designed and developed in-house is also naturally crafted and assembled in the brand Manufacture in La Côte-aux-Fées. Piaget’s historical cradle is entirely dedicated to complications and it is here that the watchmaking heart of the firm continues to beat. Movements are also decorated there in the traditional manner, and Calibre 856P is no exception: its mainplate and bridges are circular-grained and bevelled, their flanks are hand-drawn, and the decoration is enhanced with blued screws and circular Côtes de Genève. The movement is also cased up in La Côte-aux-Fées, while the case is gem-set at the Manufacture in Plan-les-Ouates. Located in the Canton of Geneva, this more recently built production facility


Piaget iaget Emperador Coussin Full-set Perpetual Calendar

18-carat white gold case set with 314 brilliant-cut diamonds (approx 2,5 cts), 60 baguette-cut diamonds
(approx 5 cts)
Dial set with 263 brilliant-cut diamonds (approx 1.2 cts), guilloche and satin-brushed counters, applied 18- carat white gold hour-markers, case-back fitted with sapphire crystal revealing the movement
Crown set with 12 baguette-cut diamonds (approx 0.4 ct)
Manufacture Piaget 856P mechanical self-winding perpetual calendar movement with retrograde day
and date display, and dual time zone
Oscillating weight set with 25 brilliant-cut diamonds (approx 0.2 ct)
Functions: Hour, minute, small seconds (at 4 o'clock), dual time (at 8 o'clock), month/leap year (at 12
o'clock), day (retrograde indicator at 9 o'clock) and date (retrograde indicator at 3 o'clock)
Movement thickness: 5.60 mm
Casing dimensions: 28.4 mm
Number of jewels: 38
Cadence: 21,600 vph
Approximately 72-hours power reserve
Finishing: circular Côtes de Genève, circular-grained plate, bridges bevelled and drawn with a file, blued screws, oscillating weight engraved with Piaget coat-of-arms
18-carat white gold pin buckle set with 7 baguette-cut diamonds (approx 0.6 ct)
Black alligator leather strap
Ref.G0A35020



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