About Piaget

Piaget has been making watches since 1874, and since the 1960's applying their expertise to jewellery watches with incredible success. Both their watches and more recently their jewellery embody the innovative and original craftsmanship of the company that over fifty years ago took the bold decision to only work with precious metals. Watchmaking feats include the ultra-thin Calibre 9P manual winding movement in 1957, and then in 1960 with the automatic Calibre 12P movement at 2.3 millimetres thick, making it the thinnest self-winding movement in the world. The house's ultra slim movements have made an icon of the Altiplano, as it allowed the house to experiment with exotic stone dials in the 1960's, a spirit that fuelled later design audacity such as the Emperador, or the perennially popular Piaget Polo.