In the race for ultra-thin watches, Piaget and Jaeger-LeCoultre have been on a par for 50 years. The Piaget ateliers were founded in 1874, but it was not until 1943 that the Maison began to manufacture and sell watches under the brand's name, and became famous for its ultra-thin movements. In 1957, Piaget launched the 9P hand-wound calibre, which was only 2 mm thick, and the industry also set off a wave of ultra-thinness. In 1960, Piaget released the 12P calibre, which became the world's thinnest self-winding movement with a thickness of 2.3 mm.
In 1988, Piaget decided to create a collection with ultra-thin movements, and Altiplano was born. Since its inception, new products have been introduced, including the 2.1mm 430P movement, the 2.5mm 830P movement, and the 3.5mm 600P tourbillon movement.
In 2014, Piaget released the 900P ultra-thin watch, with a thickness of 3.65mm, breaking the 4mm limit for the first time, and 1mm thinner than Swatch's ultra-thin quartz watch Skin. Usually the watch is composed of a case, a dial, and a movement, but 900P puts all three on the same plane, using the bottom case as the base plate, and the dial makes an eccentric design, and the other space on the same plane is given to the movement, 145 parts, each of which strives to be thin and light. Although a year later, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Squelette took the title of "thinnest" with 3.6mm, no one knows when Piaget will launch a new model that is even thinner. It's a pity that the public price of the 900P is 200,000, while the Master Ultra Thin 1907 of Jaeger-LeCoultre, with a thickness of 4.1mm, is only 105,000 in red gold, and the Master Ultra Thin Jubilée platinum limited edition is priced at more than 120,000 yuan, which is better than the 900P in terms of price.
In 2016, Piaget launched the new Polo S, a very competitive product. The reason is simple, Piaget has always claimed to "only use precious metals to record time", but the Polo S is a steel watch, which is already very attractive, and the public price of the large three-hand model is 72,000 yuan, and the chronograph model is 95,000 yuan, which is also very reasonable. At a glance, the Polo S does have the shadow of a nautilus, but if you look closely, the shell is round, which is quite different from the nautilus, and most luxury sports watches have a similar shape, not to mention the royal oak and nautilus of the same door, and the Engineer is not a bit similar? Between the big three hands and the chronograph, the chronograph is more recommended for no other reason, except that the scale of the Polo S is slightly smaller, which makes the dial a bit empty, and the two small dials of the chronograph can just make up for this small defect.