In the ongoing battle of ultra-thin watches, two names tower above all others: Piaget replica and Bvlgari. Piaget replica has the distinction of being the forerunner in the field of ultra-slim movements with the inauguration of its 2mm manual-winding 9P calibre in 1957 followed by the automatic 12P calibre with a height of just 2.3mm presented during the Basel Fair of 1960.
The History
Hailed by the Journal de Genève as “an event destined to be a milestone in the history of watchmaking,” the impressive degree of slimness of the 12P was made possible by the incorporation of a gold micro-rotor. Piaget replica’s mastery of ultra-thin movements allowed designers to create some of the most extravagant women’s watches with vivid colours and hard stone dials, capturing the zeitgeist of the late 1960s and 1970s. For men, Piaget’s slender movements became the epitome of the sophisticated, minimalist dress watch.
To celebrate its 60th anniversary, replica Piaget introduced the 38mm manual-winding Piaget Altiplano calibre 900P in 2016 with an ingenious construction that integrated the calibre into the case of the watch. The revolutionary architecture of the 900P transformed the caseback into the mainplate of the movement with wheels, gears, barrel, escapement, regulating organ mounted directly on the caseback with bridges to hold the moving parts in place.
The Case
The construction of the 41mm Altiplano Ultimate Automatic calibre 910P is truly revolutionary and worth exploring in detail. Like the earlier manual-winding 900P movement, there is no distinction between the movement and the exterior elements. Three years in development, Piaget’s watchmakers, developers, engineers, designers and case makers worked together to produce the replica Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Automatic.
The solution was to design an inseparable unit with the movement and case comprising a single entity. The complex architecture inverts the traditional construction and fits the bridges on the dial side, while the caseback is the mainplate to which the 219 parts are affixed. As such, this construction removes at least one layer of the traditional architecture of a watch and thus maximizes its thinness.
The Dial
Given the Lilliputian space available, a 22k gold peripheral rotor, with blue CVD and grey PVD coating on the present edition, was incorporated. The blue-coloured rotor spins on the periphery of the movement and benefits from its gold base to provide weight, inertia and robustness. The off-centred hours and minutes disc picked out in replica Piaget blue on this 2021 model allows an expansive view of the openworked dial.
Working in these diminutive confines, the barrel is suspended by a single bridge o the dial side and can store up to 50 hours of power reserve. Another ingenious solution offered by placing the bridges on the dial side means that the raised bridges prevent the watch from stopping if pressure is exerted on the sapphire crystal protecting the dial.
The Movement
he hour and minute hands are fitted below the bridges so that if the crystal is accidentally pressed. The raised bridges prevent the crystal from touching and stopping the hands, a patented design that extends to several of Piaget’s ultra-thin movements. With so many components on view, Piaget has also taken great pride in the finishings of the replica Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Automatic calibre 910P.
The mainplate is satin-brushed and sandblasted, the bridges are chamfered, and the wheels display sunburst or circular satin finishes. The automatic movement remains identical, though, and beats at 21,600vph, has 238 components, 30 jewels and a power reserve of 50 hours. You can learn more info and buy replica Piaget watches online at watch-demo.co, during May 2021, all watches at 10% discount, and the price cannot be further lowered.
Technical specifications
Case: 41mm diameter x 4.30mm height, 18k white gold, polished, sapphire crystal on the dial side, solid 18k white gold caseback, 20m water-resistant
Dial: openworked construction with dial integrated into the movement, sunray-brushed blue sub-dial with polished hands and baton markers, blue-coated automatic peripheral rotor
Movement: Calibre 910P, in-house, automatic ultra-thin with a peripheral rotor, 238 components, incl. 30 jewels, 21,600 vibrations/hour, 48h power reserve, hours and minutes
Strap: blue alligator leather, 18k white gold pin buckle
Reference: G0A45123
