“Founded 1874 in La Côte-aux-Fées, Vallée de Joux, by Georges-Edouard Piaget as an ébauche (movement-blank) supplier to other brands.”

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La Cote-aux-Fees, Switzerland

Piaget

Brand history

Founded 1874 by Georges-Edouard Piaget in La Cote-aux-Fees (Neuchatel Jura) as a movement supplier to established houses. The family brand launched under its own name in 1943 and began setting ultra-thin records in 1957 with the 2 mm-thick hand-wound caliber 9P. Today Piaget operates a second facility in Plan-les-Ouates (Geneva) for high jewellery and precious-metal production, but the La Cote-aux-Fees manufacture remains the movement heart, producing all calibers including the record-setting 1200P (2.35 mm automatic) and the 900P (hand-wind, 2 mm). Piaget is part of Richemont Group.

Founded 1874 in La Côte-aux-Fées, Vallée de Joux, by Georges-Edouard Piaget as an ébauche (movement-blank) supplier to other brands. The brand pivoted to selling finished watches under its own name in 1943. Piaget achieved its modern identity through ultra-thin mechanical movements: the caliber 9P (1957) at 2mm thick was the world's thinnest mechanical movement at the time; the 12P automatic (1960) at 2.3mm was the world's thinnest automatic. The Altiplano line of ultra-thin dress watches carries this DNA and holds multiple world records for thin-watch specifications. Piaget became part of Richemont in 1988. The Polo (sport-dress) and Limelight Gala (high-jewelry) complete the modern catalog alongside the Altiplano. The buyer's note: Piaget's ultra-thin engineering is genuine and technically demanding, achieving 2mm case-height watches requires in-house integration of case and movement that most brands cannot execute.

• Altiplano Automatic 38mm · G0A39112

  luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1200P: in-house automatic, 28,800bph, 44h PR, 27j; only 2.35mm thick, a world record for thinnest self-winding caliber for years; ultra-flat Altiplano benchmark38mm2010–presenteditorial
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  Polo S Automatic 42mm · G0A41003

  luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1110P: in-house automatic, 28,800bph, 50h PR, 25j; used in Polo S Auto; robust integrated Polo caliber with central rotor winding system42mm2016–presenteditorial
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• Altiplano Date Automatic 40mm · G0A43112

  luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1203P: in-house automatic with date, 28,800bph, 44h PR, 29j; used in Altiplano Date Auto; ultra-thin case-integrated architecture40mm2018–presenteditorial
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• Polo S Chronograph 42mm · G0A41006

  luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1160P: in-house automatic chronograph, 28,800bph, 50h PR; used in Polo S Chrono 42; peripheral winding system; Piaget thin sport architecture42mm2016–presenteditorial
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• Altiplano 41mm Ultra-Thin · G0A43001

  luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1200P: in-house ultra-thin automatic, 28,800bph, 44h PR; only 2.35mm thick; used in Altiplano Ultimate; total case thickness 4mm, a world record41mm2016–presenteditorial
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• Altiplano Ultimate Concept 910P · G0A45502

  luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 910P (hand-wound, case-integrated, 2mm total watch thickness, world record)41mm2020–present
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• Polo Skeleton 42mm · G0A45009

  luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1200S (in-house manual-wind skeletonized, 44h reserve)42mm2019–present
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• Gouverneur 38P · G0A38010

  luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 500P (hand-wound, in-house, 43h reserve)38mm2013–2019
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• Polo Date 42mm · G0A45001

  luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1110P: in-house automatic, 28,800bph, 50h PR, 26j; integrated bracelet movement architecture; 4.6mm movement height enabling slim integrated sport case42mm2019–present
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• Altiplano 60th Anniversary Hand-Wind 40mm · G0A42105

  luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 430P: in-house manual-wind, 18,000bph, 43h PR, 18j; used in Altiplano 60th; only 3.65mm thick; launched to celebrate 60 years of ultra-thin expertise in 201740mm2017–2022
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