Piaget Takes Polo to Next Level.
The collection's main design codes remain sacrosanct. Most sacred of all is the round bezel within a cushion-shaped steel case measuring 42 mm in diameter, used for Polo S since 2016. The second design cue is the model's refined slenderness.
Piaget set out on this journey in 1957, when the watchmaker launched the ultra-thin manually wound 9P movement. This was followed by 12P, the world's thinnest automatic movement in 1960.
It used a micro-rotor and remains Piaget's preferred solution used in thin movements to this day. For a brief period, Piaget was even running neck and neck with the leaders in the race to make the thinnest watch.
In 2020, the brand unveiled the Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept Watch measuring a mere 2 mm in height. It conceded defeat to the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra, which was later overtaken by Richard Mille's RM UP-01 Ferrari.
The Piaget Polo Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin still has a lean case height when you consider it houses a calendar. Its case measures 8.65 mm in height, while the movement itself is just 4 mm.
Piaget Polo Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin
The novelty is equipped with the new Piaget 1255P: a movement from the ultra-thin 1200P line complemented by a calendar module.
The third design cue is a trait inherited from pioneering Polos made in 1979. The gold quartz watches stood out back then for their original bracelets with links alternating between horizontal polished and satin finishes.
The same pattern was also continued onto the dial. A similar striped gadroon pattern modified for the new Polo bracelet appears on the central links of the Piaget Polo Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin.
These links only used to stand out from the rest of the satin-finished ones, but now they've been given new H-link contours. Another reference to the historic design can be seen in the horizontal gadroon grooves on the dial. This year's bracelet has acquired the new SingleTouch system for quickly changing between the bracelet and strap using pushers behind the lugs.