Piaget

A distant family member has offered me her late brother's Piaget. It is essentially rectangular faced with a mildly television  case all in 18ct gold with integral Milanese bracelet. I understand that it is a mechanical movement and that the setting crown has a small jewel decoration.

bentleyboy,

 

Here are some examples of Piaget watches with television-shape cases from the 1970s.

One is manual wind and the other is automatic wind; both are mechanical movements.

There are variations of decoration and metal colour.

 

I suspect you have the manual version with the 9P movement because you mentioned only the brand name is seen. An auomatic watch would be marked 'Piaget Automatic'. 

 

Is yours similar?

 

Yes:  a Piaget service centre can receive the watch for assessment of service costs.

 

Regards,

MTF

 

   This message has been edited by MTF on 2013-08-29 23:31:56

Model number is 9591 B11, it has a screwed back. I would be delighted if you can offer any further information before I commit.

bentleyboy,

 

I have nothing specific to add as we cannot "authenticate" the watch that you are looking at.

We have no lists of vintage Piaget serial numbers.

If it is a Piaget watch from the era, then "Lucky You" since they are not that common.  I have only seen them in the Piaget Private Collection in Geneva.

Just make sure of the Swiss gold hallmarks and that the watch/bracelet is gold.  In those days, Piaget did not make steel or titanium watches.

Check the movement is marked as PIAGET and the movement reference number. In those days, the manual wind version was 9P and automatic version was 12P.

 

 

 

Good luck and show us your goodies if you go ahead.

 

Regards,

MTF