Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie Piaget, in Geneva
Piaget Polo, the new generation, 2001
Magic Reflections collection, 2002
Limelight jewellery watch
The world's slimmest tourbillon movemenent
In 2001 Piaget launched its new Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie on the outskirts of Geneva. This high-performance workspace gathered together masters of more than forty different professions in watchmaking and jewellery, and complemented the activity of the La Côte-aux-Fées workshops. Their integration meant Piaget could become even more reactive. Launched in 2001, the new Piaget Polo gave a new, youthful thrust to the watch, an emblem of the 1970s which had traversed the decades with ease. In 2002 came Magic Reflections, a jewellery collection conceived on the theme of the garden. The following year, jewellery watches added their lustre to the Limelight collection, which embodies the glamour of Piaget. Master watchmakers, meanwhile, continued to develop new watch movements. A new peak was reached in 2002, with the presentation of the Calibre 600P: just 3.5 millimetres thick, it was the thinnest tourbillon movement in the world.
