Piaget Emperador Skeleton Tourbillon

Thursday, December 3, 2009

As part of the Richemont Group, the Piaget Company fulfils the important and honourable function of a manufacturer, producing and putting together complex assemblies for many members of the Group. The Flying Tourbillon with the letter P on its carriage was first shown to the public a little more than a year ago, and this is now a new premiere. The skeletonized rectangle of the new Emperador Skeleton Tourbillon is decorated with 42 titanium parts, weighing a total of 0.2 grams. The mechanism is no more than 3.5mm thick – and so far nothing slimmer has been built. Basically, the Emperador Skeleton Tourbillon recalls an artistic miniature in the abstract art deco style. And you can spend an unconscionably long time trying to understand the purpose of the representation, and read into it whatever you like – except that it is actually a watch-face.

Only 22 models have been made: half in pink and half in white gold