SIHH 2018: Piaget Watches: Altiplano Ultimate, Altiplano Ultimate, Concept Vintage Inspired

Please Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@the1916company/?sub_confirmation=1 Piaget’s 2018 novelties reinforce the brand’s claim to be the “Master of The Ultra Thin.” The Altiplano Ultimate 910P offers a 4.3mm total case thickness and a micro-rotor automatic with base plate that doubles as the caseback. The new Piaget Altiplano reclaims the model line’s record as the thinnest automatic watch in the world. The 41mm watch boasts a surprising 50-hour power reserve and a rare successful implementation of a peripheral winding rotor. Piaget has recessed the hands of the dial below the openworked movement bridges in order to prevent the sapphire crystal from contacting the hands when stressed by a buckled strap. Two versions of the Piaget Altiplano Ultimate 910P will be offered in rose gold and white gold. Piaget offered showgoers one of SIHH 2018’s top concept watches, the Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept. The cobalt-alloy case is 41mm in diameter and only 2mm thick – the thickness of a 2-franc Swiss coin. Piaget’s record-setter is the subject of five patents, and it must be wound and set with a special key tool. Piaget declares the Altiplano Ultimate Concept to be a statement of intent for future product directions. Piaget’s Vintage Inspiration line gains two credible contenders for 2018. Formerly the “Black Tie,” this 1970s-inspired quadruple gadron case can be had in either rose gold or white gold, 43mm lug-to-lug and 45mm wide. The white gold case is matched to an exquisi