The Altiplano Ultimate Concept is the result of four years of R&D involving three full-time engineers working alongside watchmakers, designers as well as case and movement constructors. The record holder until 2013, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra-Thin Jubilee is simply twice as thick, at 4.05mm. The Piaget Altiplano 900P, the thinnest mechanical Piaget watch until now, is 3.65 mm thick. The previous world record holder, the Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Master Ultra-Thin Squelette, is 3.60 mm thick. With this stunning development, Piaget conquers the battle of thin. To get an idea of the leanness involved, 2mm is thinner than a Swiss five Franc coin or a one Euro coin ( which measures 2.35mm thick).
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Following a radical re-engineering, the hand-wound movement has been whittled down a height of just 2mm, the same height as the historical calibre 9P of 1957 ( not the full watch, the movement only). In its quest for infinite slenderness, Piaget has smashed all records for slimness with the unveiling of the 2018 Altiplano Ultimate Concept watch: the thinnest mechanical watch in the world. The thinnest automatic watch, the Piaget Altiplano 910P Just a few weeks ahead of SIHH 2018, Piaget regained the record of the thinnest automatic watch with the unveiling of the Altiplano 910p (4.30mm thick, with a peripheral rotor).
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Over the years, the brand has set numerous world records of thinness with automatic or manual movements, with or without complications. In 1960, calibre 12P – with a thickness of just 2.3mm – marked another milestone as the world’s thinnest automatic movement. Piaget wrote an important chapter in watchmaking history in 1957 when Valentin Piaget presented the ultra-thin, hand-wound 9P calibre measuring just 2mm thick. Following decades of investment on technical and aesthetic levels, Piaget’s mastery of ultra-slim movements has helped forge the brand’s reputation and identity. Since then, the brand has cultivated a unique horological legacy, specializing in the crafting of ultra-thin watches. Edouard Piaget set up his workshop in 1874 in La Cote-aux-Fées, a small village in the Jura Mountains. It requires a focus on the essentials while working with the most extreme tolerances. The domain of a few specialist watchmakers, the creation of ultra-thin watches is a challenging art uniting elegance and the most precise horological technology. What you see in front of you simply is the thinnest mechanical watch ever created… And by far.
Piaget smashes all previous records and unveils the ultra-lean 2mm Altiplano Ultimate Concept.
To follow with the video we just published, it is now time for us to go into all the details about what certainly is THE main technical achievement of the beginning of the year.
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