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News: Presenting the Piaget Altiplano Tourbillon Infinite Blue Collection

In 2017, Piaget celebrated the 60th anniversary of its ultra-thin movement with the ultra-thin Altiplano flying tourbillon, putting the movement at the service of the design. This manual-winding movement, featuring the time at eight o’clock and the tourbillon at two o’clock, is entirely made and assembled in Piaget’s Manufacture. With 157 ultra-thin and ultra-light components, such as the carriage measuring a mere 2.88mm, three titanium bridges weighing no more than 0.2g, and some components measuring no more than the thickness of a human hair, the Piaget Altiplano Tourbillon is a feat of engineering. It also holds a patent for its stem mechanism, featuring an intermediate wheel that looks like a staircase and enables the user to set the time of the off-centered dial —another first in the watch industry.

Today, Piaget is unveiling three new watches with a 41 mm case in 18K white gold. The new Altiplano Flying Tourbillon Infinite Blue Collection features a blue color that is reminiscent of the immense night sky above our heads and the mysterious depths of the ocean. These three novelties feature dials that have been designed with a gem-set motif that echoes the Infinite symbol formed by the juxtaposition of the tourbillon carriage and the off-centered hour and minute counter. This Infinite shape is handcrafted in Piaget’s Ateliers de l’Extraordinaire and requires the utmost precision and expertise to cut the shape and set the array of sparkling diamonds.


Piaget Altiplano Tourbillon Infinite Blue 38-Piece Limited Edition

The Piaget Altiplano Tourbillon Infinite Blue Limited Edition of 38 pieces is fitted with an exquisite blue sunburst PVD dial and is adorned with 135 diamonds —approx. 2.29 carats— on the bezel, lugs, buckle, and dial with an Infinite diamond figure encircling the 670P flying tourbillon movement and the off-centered hour and minute counter. The timepiece is completed with a blue alligator strap. Reference G0A45043.

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Piaget Altiplano Tourbillon Infinite Blue 18-Piece Limited Edition

The Piaget Altiplano Tourbillon Infinite Blue Limited Edition of 18 pieces takes a creative design to the limit with a hypnotizing swirl of diamonds that continue the Infinite symbol across the blue sunburst PVD dial. The bezel, lugs, and buckle are also embellished with diamonds, totaling 276 diamonds —approx. 3.41 carats. The timepiece is powered by Piaget’s 670P flying tourbillon at two o’clock that forms the Infinite sign with the off-centered hour and minute counter at eight o’clock. The timepiece is completed with a blue alligator strap, limited to 18 pieces. Reference G0A45045.

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Piaget Altiplano Tourbillon Infinite Blue 8-Piece Limited Edition

This limited-edition version of eight pieces has been decorated with baguette diamonds —a precious and elegant cut that brings out the intense blue of the sunburst PVD dial, the 670P tourbillon movement, and off-centered hour and minute counter. Baguette diamonds adorn the bezel and the dial while brilliant-cut diamonds grace the lugs, the buckle, and the case —profile & back— making this timepiece even more precious. The timepiece is set with a total of 386 diamonds —approx. 6.05 carats— and comes fitted with an elegant blue alligator strap. Reference G0A45044.

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