The pictures capture why Piaget insists

that they are a Watchmaker and Jeweller at the same time!

Founded as a Swiss watchmaker and by acquisition of gem-setting businesses in the 1960s became a jeweller as well. This is opposite to their Richemont stable-mate - Cartier - that started as a French jeweller and opened their 1000-worker watch mega-factory (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) in 2005.

With all the diamond-like carbon on show, one could be forgiven to think that the Piaget watches are mainly with quartz movements. Actually, Piaget recovered from the 'quartz crisis' and surpassed the 50% mechanical movement production milestone about a decade ago.

Today, the majority of watches contain mechanical movements. Piaget watches only contain Piaget movements.

As for the quartz movements, Piaget were founder members of the pioneer consortium that made the first Swiss quartz movement -- the Beta 21 project.

Thank you FrX for capturing the ambience inside the Grand Palais and showing to our Piaget fans.

Regards,

MTF

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Biennale des Antiquaires: Piaget

By: foversta : September 16th, 2012-09:19

Piaget is participarting for the second time at the Biennale des Antiquaires which takes places in one of the most prestigious places in Paris: le Grand-Palais. From the 14th to the 23rd of September, the Biennale welcomes the visitors who wish to discove...

I think Piaget is the best...

By: dxboon : September 16th, 2012-11:03

...at gem-set watches. Their settings when louped look very, very NICE. They put a lot of attention into their settings and the gem-set bridges on the Dancer are just amazing. My favorite watch from your report was the jeweled Piaget Polo Tourbillon Relat...

Arrghh! Your comments are same as Philippe Leopold-Metzger

By: MTF : September 19th, 2012-01:19

Daos, I questioned the Polo case around the Tourbillon Relatif when it first lauunched. I thought it should be in a different case. But Piaget CEO Philippe Leopold-Metzger comments were very strong for the iconic Polo case. Now, your comments seem to matc...

You know how it goes.

By: dxboon : September 19th, 2012-06:56

Different strokes for different folks. :-) Maybe in the future there will be a more traditional dress watch utilizing the tourbillon relatif. :-) Daos

Thank you for a nice report

By: Artoxares : September 17th, 2012-08:03

As usual, really nice report. Made the stupid mistake of visiting this exhibit with my girlfriend this Sunday... She seemed to appreciate the Piaget watches a lot, putting my bank account in jeopardy. All the best Nicolas

It is only a mistake if the girlfriend

By: MTF : September 19th, 2012-00:14

gets a watch and does not become Mrs Artoxares. Or is it the other way around? hmmm She gets the watch and becomes Mrs Artoxares and wants more..... :-) Still, at least you can discuss your problems on this Piaget forum and not some faceless Facebook or T...

Great Report

By: pingtsai : September 17th, 2012-09:52

Some exquisite pieces of jewelry and impressive watches too. definitely not for the modest and shy. I didn't even know you could fit so many diamonds on a watch, lol. Thanks for the report!

Piaget can do the difficult work (see photo)

By: MTF : September 19th, 2012-00:18

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The pictures capture why Piaget insists

By: MTF : September 17th, 2012-14:02

that they are a Watchmaker and Jeweller at the same time! Founded as a Swiss watchmaker and by acquisition of gem-setting businesses in the 1960s became a jeweller as well. This is opposite to their Richemont stable-mate - Cartier - that started as a Fren...