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.

#Piaget #PiagetAltiplanoUltimate #AltiplanoUltimate 

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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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LOUIS MOINET – IMPULSION Chronograph Tourbillon Edition

 

LOUIS MOINET – Mechanical Wonders IMPULSION Chronograph Tourbillon Gold Edition 2023

   IMPULSION
The greatest show on your wrist !

Abraham-Louis Breguet and Louis Moinet were close friends and key figures in watchmaking. The former invented the tourbillon, the latter the chronograph. 

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Today, Les Ateliers Louis Moinet draws on a veritable wellspring of modern creativity that has succeeded in integrating these two high complications in a new mantel, one that generates strong emotions.

The project

The idea of combining a chronograph with a tourbillon is not entirely new. What does differentiate this timepiece from previous creations is its original and bold character. The first idea was to make the chronograph mechanism entirely visible on the dial side, a world premiere, in fact. The magic of a tourbillon was then added.

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The result is impressive, a remarkable spectacle and a feast for the eyes. A single pusher activates the chronograph hand, which ticks away the seconds and sails over the rotating flying tourbillon, whose off-centre cage does one revolution per minute.

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This creation was named IMPULSION, a word that highlights the energy that transfers life to the chronograph and the tourbillon and coalesces the two visual effects to produce a full-fledged “show” as it were.

Genesis

At the heart of the IMPULSION is the in-house Memoris calibre. It bears the Louis Moinet DNA, with its column wheel, classic horizontal clutch, and a single pusher. So, we made sure these characteristics would be maintained.

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However, it is easier said than done. The movement is made up of 301 parts, many of which had to be completely designed from scratch and manufactured. Incorporating the tourbillon required significant innovations, for example, in terms of energy creation:

1) The ”volte-face” double spring barrel
To ensure sufficient energy, the automatic winding system had to be replaced by a manual double-barrel winding system. The system is called "volte-face" because the two barrels are arranged upside down in series. They release their energy at the same time, delivering a power reserve of ninety-six hours.

2) Technical and aesthetic outcome
The innovation is coupled with outstanding performance by the complex mechanisms. All in all, it produces beautiful mechanical art never seen before.

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The three-dimensional architecture of the two powerful mechanisms is expressed on the wrist thanks to the high-end finishing by Louis Moinet craftsmen in collaboration with our traditional partner Concepto. The watch is assembled in our own workshops in Les Breuleux, in the Swiss Jura Mountains. It is signed Moinet, independent watchmaker.

A new case

The IMPULSION comes in a case that was custom-designed to underscore the originality of its character.

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The technical and aesthetic design is unique. The heart of the case houses and protects the movement. Not surprisingly, it is made of grade 5 titanium, a material with the best strength to weight ratio. Its lightness naturally contributes to the comfort of the wearer. The case core is available in Moinet blue or intense black, which contrasts harmoniously with the frame cut in 18-carat pink gold. The hollowed-out lugs and the case middle are as much a part of the Moinet stylistic vocabulary as the quest for minimal weight.

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 A particularly evocative detail is the curved crystal, which reveals the power of the mechanism and optimises the reading of the chronograph indications. 

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As for the chronograph counters, they are disposed in such a way as to blend in smoothly and allow for rapid reading.

Limited edition

Only twenty-eight pieces of the reference LM-114.40.20 will be released by the Louis Moinet workshop in Saint-Blaise. A confidential number, which means that only twenty-eight owners will guard these treasures.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: Mechanical Wonders Edition

Model:  IMPULSION Chronograph Tourbillon Edition

 Limited editions     

• 3 watches       Artist’s proof
• 28 watches     Black dial | Onyx cage bridge
• 28 watches     Aventurine mainplate

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Reference LM-114.40.20

CASE
Material :   18 K 5N rose gold |  Grade 5 titanium in blue, Moinet or black.
Diameter :   42.50mm
Water resistance   30 metres
MOVEMENT
Memoris calibre Flying tourbillon Chronograph

Functions:    Hours | Minutes | Seconds | Flying tourbillon | Chronograph with 60-seconds and minutes counter
Complication:   Flying tourbillon |Mono-pusher chronograph with column wheel control
Type:    Manual winding, double spring barrel
Oscillations:  28,800 vibrations/hour
Jewels: 36
Power reserve: 96 hours
STRAP
Material: Blue/Black alligator leather with blue top stitching
Clasp: Triple-blade folding clasp with fine adjustment

Fine adjustment | Curved "Fleur de Lys"

 

🔰  Limited Edition: of ✅only 28 pieces

🔴 Price:  Rose Gold  $ 151,000 USD / 141,290 EUR 💰

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