Piaget Altiplano Chronograph. Introduced in 2015. It houses the Piaget Calibre 883P manual-winding movement that is 4.65mm thick with 50 hours of power reserve and comes in a 41mm diameter 18K pink gold case that is 8.24mm thick. The Piaget Altiplano Chronograph features the flyback chronograph and a second time zone display. At the time of its launch in January 2015, Piaget laid its claim as having the world’s thinnest chronograph flyback movement and chronograph flyback watch. Photo: © TANG Portfolio. 2015 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. Special thanks to Angela Tea
Piaget’s Altiplano Chronograph is sleek and slim. Presented at the 25th Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie held in Geneva in 2015, it houses the new Piaget Calibre 883P flyback chronograph movement that is just 4.65 thick. What’s more, its case is 8.24mm thick.
This is an extremely slim movement and likewise, for its case. This explains why Piaget is laying its claim to not one but two world records, what the brand states as “the double slimness” records for the thinnest flyback chronograph movement and the thinnest flyback chronograph watch.
It required two years of development time to create the Calibre 883P column wheel flyback chronograph movement.
What’s more, this ultra-thin flyback chronograph wristwatch also features the second time zone, indicated on the sub-dial at the nine o’clock position.
The Piaget Altiplano Chronograph is powered by the Calibre 883P manual-winding movement that is 4.65mm thick. With this, Piaget lays its claim to having the world’s thinnest chronograph flyback movement. Housed in a case that is 8.24mm thick, Piaget’s second record for this watch is the world’s thinnest chronograph flyback watch. Photo: © TANG Portfolio. 2015 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie
“We are expressing our true philosophy in watchmaking. The ultra-thin [movement] is a true Piaget complication. By reducing every component to the bare minimum, such ultra-thin movements have allowed us to break 14 records.
“Today, we have a full range of 37 calibres. Out of the 37, a total of 25 are among the thinnest in their category,” says Franck Touzeau, international watch marketing and creation director, Piaget.