Piaget Introduces Two New Pieces Ahead Of SIHH 2016

Piaget Introduces Two New Pieces Ahead Of SIHH 2016

Adrienne Faurote
By Adrienne Faurote December 15, 2015

Piaget Emperador Coussin XL 700P

As the sun sets on a year full of exciting watch news, Piaget is announcing a new duo of timepieces just ahead of next year’s SIHH 2016.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the brand’s first in-house quartz movement, the ultra-thin 7P calibre, Piaget has unveiled the Emperador Coussin XL 700P. The peculiar concept watch, limited to only 118 pieces, is the brand’s first hybrid movement and features a self-winding calibre and a quartz generator.

Piaget Limelight Gala Milanese

With this new generator-regulated mechanical movement, Piaget has combined the reliability and precision of Swiss Made electronic regulation with its iconic reverse-construction calibre, at once showing their definitive expertise at two very different forms of watchmaking.

This innovative new movement is housed in a 46.5 mm cushion-shaped case, and thanks to the piece’s inverted construction, many functional elements of the watch are visible from its display side. The lack of a dial allows the wearer to peer into the black-coated movement and admire its traditional finishes, such as the guilloché micro-rotor adorned with the Piaget coat-of-arms, sunburst and chamfered bridges, circular stain-brushed wheels and silver-toned screws. The black hue of the calibre is matched by the black ADLC-coated gold bezel. The Emperador Coussin XL 700P is a member of Piaget’s Black Tie collection.

Piaget Limelight Gala Milanese 2

On the ladies’ side of things, the new Piaget  Limelight Gala Milanese boasts the same elegant aesthetics that made the original Limelight Gala a classic, but now adds a supple Milanese mesh strap that works perfectly with the watches sumptuous curves and asymmetrical lugs. The silky, comfortable band is easily adjusted  thanks to a sliding buckle that is as easy to handle as a pin buckle.

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