SLEEK SILHOUETTES

TO DATE, PIAGET HAS UNDER ITS BELT AN IMPRESSIVE 27 MOVEMENTS THAT HAVE BROKEN 15 ULTRA-THIN RECORDS; THEY ARE, HOWEVER, NOT CLOSE TO FINISHED. THIS YEAR, THE MANUFACTURE PURSUES ITS BATTLE OF THE SLIM WITH THE PIAGET EMPERADOR COUSSIN TOURBILLON SKELETON, FITTED WITH THE 1270S CALIBRE, WHICH AT A MERE 8.85MM THICK HAS BEEN PROCLAIMED THE THINNEST TOURBILLON AUTOMATIC SKELETON WATCH ON THE MARKET. THE PIECE IS A DESCENDANT OF PIAGET’S 1270P CALIBRE, THE MANUFACTURE’S ULTRA-THIN TOURBILLON AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT, BUT STRIPPED DOWN TO ITS BARE ESSENTIALS. PIAGET’S ESTEEMED ALTIPLANO COLLECTION MAKES HISTORY AS WELL AS IT WELCOMES A NOTABLE COMPLICATION TO THE FAMILY, A NEW ULTRA-THIN FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH. THE PIECE IS DRIVEN BY THE PIAGET CALIBRE 883P, WHICH AT A MERE 4.65MM HAS SET YET ANOTHER RECORD FOR THE BRAND AS BEING THE THINNEST HAND-WOUND FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH EVER PRODUCED. THE CASE LIKEWISE BREAKS A RECORD, MEASURING ONLY 8.24MM IN WIDTH. ACHIEVING THIS—WHICH WAS BY NO MEANS AN EASY FEAT, CONSIDERING THE CASE HAD TO ACCOMMODATE A FLYBACK FUNCTION WITH VERTICAL CLUTCH AND COLUMN-WHEEL—TOOK TWO YEARS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.