Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept | Altiplano 2018

Altiplano Ultimate Concept

2mm of exceptional horology for
the world’s thinnest mechanical watch

The year 2018 will prove an excellent vintage for the Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie Piaget! Demonstrating inexhaustible vitality in its quest for infinite slenderness, the Maison is establishing two world records setting the crowning touch to the 60th anniversary celebrations of its iconic Altiplano collection. The first with the Altiplano Ultimate Automatic, the world’s thinnest self-winding watch at just 4.30mm thick. The second with the Altiplano Ultimate Concept, developed by the Piaget “Research and Innovation” division: the world’s thinnest mechanical hand-wound watch at just 2mm thick, the same size as the historical movement – Calibre 9P – to which it pays eloquent tribute.

A new high point in the quest for supreme thinness, stemming from a combination of tradition and creative strength. This technical and aesthetic prodigy stems from four years of research and development and involved a team of three engineers working in closer cooperation with watchmakers, designers, case and movement constructors at every stage of its creation.

It also called for the implementation of unprecedented technical solutions pushing the boundaries of micromechanics and for the filing of five patents. This model represents a successful feat of miniaturisation that only Piaget could pull off, as it perpetually lives up to its motto “Always do better than necessary”.

Nurtured by its unique history and its exceptional mastery of ultra-thin horology, Piaget once again reaffirms its singularity and boldly raises the issues of miniaturisation’s technical limits that the Manufacture continues to roll back… and does so while unfailingly demonstrating its extreme concern for elegance.

[alexp]

Once again, bravo! Mr. Georges Piaget would be more than proud!

[silkdestroyer]

At Christmas I bought a 1962 12P, and love it.

[qmechkeys]

As if the previous version wasn't thin enough

[staffansvahn]

My hat off to you my friends.
Best wishes

[Shadowwalker]

Wow absolut stunning. What a Timepice I am almost speechless. But the thin Glas make me worry.

[olivercillian]

How thin can you make the watch?

Piaget: Yes

[dynamicsinesdynamicsines]

gorgeous/ incredible/ wonderous/ spectacular/ awesome & glorious...

[manofactiont]

My fat fingers cant handle such a beauty.

[MrBanegasgaleas]

This kind of things I'd like to see before I pass away.

[jumboJetPilot]

Amazing! Thin is cool, but personally, I prefer a meatier watch. I’d really like to see you expand the Polo S line; many new dial colors (such as forest green, bordeaux red, both patina’d and non-patina’d copper, bronze, etc.), various hand, indices, and dial printing materials (such as blue’d steel), yellow and red gold versions, etc. all while maintaining a very nice pricing point.

I’d love to see a dive watch come next. 300M water resistance is just fine. And most definitely on a ceramic rotatable bezel! Lots of dial and bezel colors, a few hand/indices/printing variations, and in steel and gold versions.

And when you’re ready to design a GMT/Travel watch then holler. As a professional traveler, I can help you create the ultimate travel companion!

[howdepressing]

People at Piaget: *"We can go thinner!"*

[subimaginos]

how do they service it when it is sealed?

[yamoslimon]

جميلة جدا جدا جدا وأنيقة كثيرا كثيرا كثيرا

[djbeth]

But, but…




All i want, is to SEE and TELL the TIME!

That is one COOL ASS watch!
But I don’t think i would even *FEEL* it on my wrist for the first 30 years of owning it!🤣

[gauravg]

Request Piaget to make this kind of watch under 10k price point to make their excellent and rare slim watchmaking skills accessible to the normal watch buyers as well

[leehazlewoodism]

Astonishing. My only criticism is the actual display seems to be secondary to all the engineering brilliance. Because the dial is so busy I'd like to see the face in a different colour so it's easier to actually read the time.