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Polo Tourbillon Relatif © Piaget
Polo Tourbillon Relatif © Piaget
Piaget's jazz gets complicated. The captivating Piaget Polo Tourbillon watch swings to the beat of technical challenge and creative genius. This exceptional and one-of-a-kind piece in champlevé enamel springs from the age-old expertise of enamellers and engravers who work with watchmakers in a celebration of technique and beauty. Indicated by a central disc, the hours become musical notes. The black enamel of the dial, fashioned like the grooves on a vinyl record, is graced with a flurry of quavers, while the F-clef is perfectly pitched to depict the figure 9. The white-gold case in black, fired enamels strikes a musical note with a delicate engraving: a jazz player takes shape on the caseback while musical instruments enliven the sides. Piano, horn, cello, drums and saxophone follow the rhythm of Calibre 608P — a manually wound movement with a flying tourbillon that sets the pace with the regularity of a metronome. It delights the eye with the magic of perfect balance. Suspended at the tip of the minutes hand, the tourbillon carriage seems in free flight, as if disconnected from the movement that drives it.
Polo Tourbillon Relatif © Piaget
TECHNICAL DATAS
18-carat white gold watch with grand feu enamelling according to the champlevé
technique
18-carat white gold case and dial, black grand feu enamelling depicting jazz
music instruments
Manufacture Piaget 608P mechanical hand-wound tourbillon movement
Movement thickness: 3.28 mm
Movement thickness including hand fitting: 9.14 mm
Casing diameter: 11 1/2''' (ø 25.60 mm)
Number of jewels: 27
Frequency: 21,600 vph
Oscillating organ - diameter of balance: 7.75 mm
Power reserve: approximately 68 hours (double barrel)
Flying tourbillon: the minute hand, which has its centre of rotation at the centre
of the watch, performs one complete rotation per hour. The tourbillon carriage,
suspended from the minute hand, spins once per minute on its own axis
Tourbillon carriage: 3 titanium bridges
Weight of the tourbillon carriage: 0.2 g
Finishing: circular Côtes de Genève, mainplate and bridges circular-grained by
hand, bevelled and hand-drawn bridges and carriage, blued screws
18-carat white gold and black grand feu enamelled case-back portraying a
jazzman
18-carat white gold folding clasp
Black alligator leather strap
One-of-a-kind model
The profile at 3 o'clock pictures musical instruments such as a drum kit and a trumpet.
The crown evokes the bass drum of the Limelight Jazz Party drum kit.
The profile at 9 o'clock shows a piano and a double bass.
Ref. G0A35174
