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The 2020 Watchmaking Oscar for a Piaget watch only 2 mm thick

2020-11-12T23:02:39.100Z


NEW - The Altiplano Ultimate Concept, the thinnest mechanical watch in the world, won the Aiguille d'Or of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de la Ville de Genève.


This is a justified reward, as this watchmaking creation signed Piaget pushes the limits of superlatives.

The 2020 winners of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) were unveiled on November 12 at the 20th GPHG awards ceremony, from Geneva.

The Aiguille d'Or, the most prestigious award, was awarded to Piaget for its Altiplano Ultimate Concept.

Altiplano Ultimate Concept.

“The race for records is one thing,”

confided Quentin Hébert, the brand's “watches” marketing manager, at the time of its launch.

But if our house is endowed with real know-how in terms of ultra-flatness, we don't do technique for the sake of technique.

This Altiplano Ultimate Concept was meant to be the end of the end

, but the beauty of the story is that by pushing the limits of the quest for finesse, we realized that the aesthetic dimension would also be there. ”

Thick like two credit cards

It was in 2018 that Piaget created the event at the Salon International de la

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Source: lefigaro

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