Piaget, the end of fine watchmaking

Admittedly, it is a world record in terms of finesse. But the essential is not there. You have to enter the mysteries of its design to try to understand the high-flying horological exercise that the design of this Altiplano Ultimate Concept (AUC for the intimate), just unveiled by Piaget, will have supposed. "The ultra-flat is the complication of Piaget",sums up Quentin Hébert, marketing manager for watches. Precisely, here, only 0.12 mm of cobalt separates the movement of this watch from your skin. Suffice to say three times nothing. Unveiled as a concept in 2018, at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, this extreme piece then pushed the limits of watchmaking prowess. But what was still only a concept has become a piece capable of being produced in (small) series, at the rate of a few copies per year.

“We have two watchmakers who are fully dedicated to it. It takes more time than a minute repeater to assemble, details

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