Founded 1874 by Georges-Edouard Piaget in La Cote-aux-Fees (Neuchatel Jura) as a movement supplier to established houses. The family brand launched under its own name in 1943 and began setting ultra-thin records in 1957 with the 2 mm-thick hand-wound caliber 9P. Today Piaget operates a second facility in Plan-les-Ouates (Geneva) for high jewellery and precious-metal production, but the La Cote-aux-Fees manufacture remains the movement heart, producing all calibers including the record-setting 1200P (2.35 mm automatic) and the 900P (hand-wind, 2 mm). Piaget is part of Richemont Group.
Founded 1874 in La Côte-aux-Fées, Vallée de Joux, by Georges-Edouard Piaget as an ébauche (movement-blank) supplier to other brands. The brand pivoted to selling finished watches under its own name in 1943. Piaget achieved its modern identity through ultra-thin mechanical movements: the caliber 9P (1957) at 2mm thick was the world's thinnest mechanical movement at the time; the 12P automatic (1960) at 2.3mm was the world's thinnest automatic. The Altiplano line of ultra-thin dress watches carries this DNA and holds multiple world records for thin-watch specifications. Piaget became part of Richemont in 1988. The Polo (sport-dress) and Limelight Gala (high-jewelry) complete the modern catalog alongside the Altiplano. The buyer's note: Piaget's ultra-thin engineering is genuine and technically demanding, achieving 2mm case-height watches requires in-house integration of case and movement that most brands cannot execute.
luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1200P -- in-house automatic, 28,800bph, 44h PR, 27j; only 2.35mm thick -- world record for thinnest self-winding caliber for years; ultra-flat Altiplano benchmark38mm2010–presenteditorial
luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1160P -- in-house automatic, 28,800bph, 50h PR, 27j; used in Polo S Auto; robust integrated Polo caliber with peripheral rotor winding system42mm2016–presenteditorial
luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1203P -- in-house automatic with date, 28,800bph, 44h PR, 29j; used in Altiplano Date Auto; ultra-thin case-integrated architecture40mm2018–presenteditorial
luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1160P -- in-house automatic chronograph, 28,800bph, 50h PR; used in Polo S Chrono 42; peripheral winding system; Piaget thin sport architecture42mm2016–presenteditorial
luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 1200P -- in-house ultra-thin automatic, 28,800bph, 44h PR; only 2.35mm thick; used in Altiplano Ultimate; total case thickness 4mm -- world record41mm2016–presenteditorial
luxurymodernPiaget Cal. 430P -- in-house manual-wind, 18,000bph, 43h PR, 18j; used in Altiplano 60th; only 3.65mm thick; launched to celebrate 60 years of ultra-thin expertise in 201740mm2017–2022
