Piaget Launches the World’s Thinnest Automatic Tourbillon Watch
In 1957, Piaget introduced the 9P calibre: the first ultra-thin hand-wound mechanical movement, measuring just 2 mm thick.
This feat was followed, in 1960, by the 12P calibre, with a micro-rotor: the world’s thinnest automatic movement at 2.3 mm thick, earning a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Piaget became an emblem of quality and creativity in the field of ultra-thin complication calibres.
In 2011, Piaget unveiled the world’s thinnest automatic tourbillon watch. At 10.4 mm thick, the Emperador Coussin Tourbillon Automatic Extra-Thin houses a 5.35 mm movement made up of 200 components, some of whose gear-train parts are no more than 0.12 mm thick.
Its elegant 46.5 mm case, in rose gold or white gold, features a laser-engraved sapphire crystal and an open caseback. The calibre is wound automatically via the micro-rotor, and its tourbillon is visible on the dial side.
Emperador Coussin Tourbillon Automatic Extra-Thin specifications
- 46.5 mm case in white gold or rose gold.
- Ultra-thin tourbillon calibre with micro-rotor automatic winding (1270P), off-centred hours.
- Power reserve: forty hours.
- Water resistance: 3 atm.
- Alligator strap.
- Price: €150,000.
