PIAGET – ALTIPLANO Ultimate Concept Edition La Cote-Aux-Fees

PIAGET – ALTIPLANO Ultimate CONCEPT Edition “La Côte-aux-Fées” Cobalt 41mm 2023

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THE ALTIPLANO ULTIMATE CONCEPT La Cote-Aux-Fees

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Not fully green, not blue…. This new expression of the now iconic Altiplano Ultimate Concept is one-of-a-kind. Playing on subtle cobalt-alloy variations on the mainplate and dial, Piaget brings a new unexpected texture and depth to this innovative design. 

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Still ultra-thin and a landmark in its category without ever making compromises on the comfort and the watchmaking standards like the water resistance in an open-work watch. And just like the Piaget Polo Perpetual Calendar in steel or pink gold, green is this season Piaget’s new shade of bold.

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The lineage of the Altiplano Ultimate Concept is being celebrated in a special version dedicated to the Swiss Jura village of La Côte-aux-Fées. The Altiplano Ultimate Concept Watch has a bridge, screws, hands and a dial in a deep, forest green and complemented by a matching strap in alligator leather. 

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The highly polished, cobalt alloy case contrasts beautifully with the richness of the green detailing, evoking the feeling of a typical spring or summer's day in the hills and fields around the village that has been Piaget's home for almost 150 years. As a reminder of that, the main plate is subtly engraved with the year of the company's founding, 1874. 

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The Altiplano Ultimate Concept watch houses our 900P-UC movement, one of the world thinnest mechanical watch that we have produced entirely in-house. This re-energized version of our iconic 9P movement, is based on our concept of fusing the case and the movement. 

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The Altiplano Ultimate Concept mechanical watch has won the prestigious "Aiguille d'Or" at the 2020 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG). This prize, awarded to the best overall watch in terms of creativity and quest for excellence, comes as a celebration of our maison's savoir-faire and expertize.

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The latest Altiplano Ultimate Concept is embellished with tones of forest green applied to the hour and minutes dial and hands, as well as the bridge and screws on the dial. The green areas are satin-brushed and coated with an atomic layer deposition (ALD) for additional protection. 

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The 41mm case is a cobalt alloy and beautifully polished throughout to contrast with the rich green details and the bright pink colour of the rubies. The grainy white mainplate framing the movement is engraved with Piaget and 1874 in reference to the year Piaget was founded. Echoing the green details on the dial, the alligator leather strap is also forest green. 

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The movement connected to the Altiplano Ultimate Concept watch is the Piaget caliber 900P-UC. It operates at 4Hz (28,800 bph) with a power reserve of about 42 hours. The mainspring barrel is carefully mounted on one single ceramic ball bearing. 

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Time is indicated off-center via its own dial at the 12 o’clock position. The entire movement is meant to minimize the thinness of parts and maximize space. Assembling these watches requires incredible skill because of how unforgiving the tolerances are.

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The challenge at this thin size is structural integrity. Too thin and brittle, and the watch case parts will snap or bend. The sapphire crystal, for example, is just 0.2mm-thick. There really isn’t a separation of case and movement, as the case is the mainplate for the movement, a design detail that allows for the watch to be considerably thinner than most other wristwatches.

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The case back, bezel and lugs have all been satin brushed making a nice contrast to the case band that is polished. The timepiece is paired with an extremely thin green alligator strap that does not exceed 1.5mm, in keeping with the watch’s ultra-thin design. 

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ABOUT PIAGET Piaget epitomizes daring creativity – a quality that has continued to permeate through the Maison since its beginnings in 1874. From his first workshop in La Côte-aux-Fées, Georges-Edouard Piaget devoted himself to crafting high-precision movements in a feat that formed the very foundations of our pioneering name. In the late 1950s, Piaget unveiled the ultra-thin movements that would later become the Maison’s trademark and the cornerstone of the Alti-plano collection. As a true innovator of the watch and jewellery world, Piaget strongly believed in creativity and artistic values. It is within the walls of our “Ateliers de l’Extraordinaire” where master artisans continue to harness rare skills that have been preserved and perfected from generation to generation, transforming gold, stones and precious gems into dazzling works of art. Through its pursuit of masterful craftsmanship, the Maison has created emblems of daring excellence channeled into its collections including Piaget Altiplano, Piaget Polo, Limelight Gala, Possession, Sunlight, Piaget Rose and Extremely Piaget.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: ALTIPLANO 

Model: ALTIPLANO Ultimate CONCEPT Edition “La Côte-aux-Fées”

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 Ref.  G0A46503

Movement
Type: Self-winding mechanical ultra-thin skeleton manufacture movement
Calibre 900P-UC skeletonised version movement, in-house 
Power reserve (in hours): Approx. 40
Frequency : 28,800 vibrations/h (4Hz)
Number of jewels: 13 jewels 
Number of components: 167 parts (whole watch) 
Super-LumiNova on the main plate representing the sky above the manufacture at the date and time when the first AUC started beating
Functions:  Hours, Minutes offset at 12 o'clock
Finishing:
Beveled bridges, Circular satin-brushed back, Sunburst satin-brushed bridges, Circular or sunburst-brushed wheels, Grey colored screws
Piaget historical logo on the hour disc, with 2 circles at 7 and 4 and small plat at 2:30.
“La Cote-aux-Fees” and the Manufacture's coordinate engraved onto the ratchet wheel.
Case
Case and movement merged as one 
Polished cobalt-based alloy 
Dark slate green PVD finish - 0.2mm thick crystal 
Flat crown recessed into the case band
Crystal: Sapphire with double-sided antireflective coating
Back: Screwed with sapphire crystal
Diameter: 41 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Waterproofness: 30 ATM
Metal weight:  14.2 g  
Dial
Sskeletonised
Bracelet
Strap: Delivered with an green alligator leather strap
Buckle:  Ardillon buckle

• Development time: 6 years
• Five patents pending

PRICE:   available CHF 408,000 /$ 425,000 / € 410,000  💰

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Press release - 2023
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