For this 8th edition, Piaget continues to support Only Watch and offers a one-of-a-kind timepiece, specifically designed for the event. Chabi Nouri, Piaget’s CEO, shares: “Piaget is thrilled to help with the much-needed research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Not only does Only Watch raise funds, it also raises awareness about this degenerative neuromuscular disease through its worldwide travelling exhibition. This year, the Maison is proud to offer a unique masterpiece: a watch that is defying the limits of feasibility through its ultra-thin profile.”
Piaget presents an Altiplano Ultimate Automatic in rose gold in a never-seen-before blue colour combination, especially designed for this year’s event. The Maison’s designers, developers, engineers, and watchmakers worked together for three years on each stage of development, production and adjustment to give life to this ultra-thin timepiece – for which each technical choice has had an aesthetic impact and vice versa.
The Altiplano Ultimate Automatic 910P movement and case form an indivisible whole. As some of the components are barely thicker than 0.15mm, the whole watch is 4.30mm thick, which makes it one of the thinnest mechanical watches in the world. Driven by the same concern for space optimization, the oscillating weight in 22K gold with blue PVD coating is positioned on the movement periphery so as to be incorporated into its thickness and thus further contribute to the overall slimness.
The hour and minute display is also integrated within the calibre, featuring a blue dial, a colour that is dear to Piaget and part of its heritage. Engraved on the case-back, the “Only Watch Unique Piece 2019” inscription pays tribute to the exclusivity of the watch specifically designed for the charity event.
