Words: Gentleman's Journal
Imagine the challenge to create the world’s thinnest watch? Well Piaget has done it with the 38mm 900P Altiplano, officially the world’s thinnest mechanical watch.Piaget may already reign supreme in the field of ultra-thin watches and this luxury watch testifies to the sheer excellence of the Maison’s two integrated manufactures where watchmakers, case makers and designers join forces to breathe life into this masterpiece of reliability and precision. The secret of this extreme thinness lies in the case itself, which also serves as a main plate.
This most complex of architectures also required the reverse construction of the movement, with bridges fitted on the dial side, thus rendering them visible and requiring close attention to aesthetics. Offering an elegant contrast to the white gold of the case, the sunburst chamfered bridges are black. To gain a few more precious millimetres, the entire mechanism and hand system are contained within the thickness of the balance, with an off centred hours and minutes display as a consequence, perfectly in tune with the emblematic codes of the Altiplano range.
Piaget’s newest 900P first time available in red gold that was revealed at this year’s SIHH:
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