1290P Movement
1290P
4.8 mm ultra-thin self-winding mechanical minute repeater
1290P
4.8 mm ultra-thin self-winding mechanical minute repeater
1290P
4.8 mm ultra-thin self-winding mechanical minute repeater
-
1290P Movement
Manufacture Piaget 1290P ultra-thin self-winding Minute Repeater Mechanical movement, one of the thinnest in the world (4.8mm thickness).
Designed around the 1200P movement - one of the world's thinnest self-winding movements - the 1290P self-winding minute repeater movement measures a mere 4.8 mm thick. Operating the sliding bolt at 9 o’clock triggers the minute repeater function that indicates the time by sounds, generated by the vibrations of a gong struck by hammers. These were developed in steel for an optimum trade-off between stability and weight. The gong has been designed in one piece to allow better transmission of vibrations - and therefore sound - through the cushion-shaped movement and case. The case was hollowed out to a maximum to provide the best possible resonance. The movement is equipped with a flywheel to ensure a regular chiming rate from start to finish. Whereas a conversation reaches on average 65 decibels, the 1290P self-winding minute repeater movement offers an impressive sound intensity of not less than 64 decibels of incredible purity. Sounding in the fifth octave, the hours are chimed in G-sharp, while the minutes are counted in A-sharp. Not content with simply designing the chime to be both intense and regular, the Piaget watchmaking Manufacture has also worked on the timbre and managed to create a rich sound with three almost harmonic partials.
This movement inaugurates the most prestigious level of finishing ever made by Piaget: what it calls “finitions image” (“image finish”). Embodying the motto ""Toujours faire mieux que nécessaire"" (""Always do better than necessary""), these decorations are entirely crafted by hand using a file on all the movement's components. The movement features decorations demanding the most advanced know-how of the only the best craftsmen: bevelled bridges, finely hand-drawn, sunburst or circular satin-brushed wheels, rose gold coloured platinum oscillating weight and screws, and a polished mirror finish. -
Minute repeater - ultra-thin - self-winding
- Type:
- Self-winding mechanical
- Functions:
- Hours, Minutes, Minute repeater
- Technical features:
- Ultra-thin movement
- Power reserve (in hours):
- Approx. 40
- Frequency (vph):
- 21,600
- Frequency (Hz):
- 3
- Diameter (lines):
- 15.50
- Diameter (mm):
- 34.9
- Number of jewels:
- 44
- Thickness (mm):
- 4.8
- Number of components:
- 407
- Finishing:
- Back: Circular Côtes-de-Genève, bridges hand-bevelled and hand-drawn with a file, surnburst satin brushed wheels, pink or black coloured platinum oscillating weight engraved with the Piaget coat-of-arms, rhodium and rose gold or black plated polished screws, “P” fixed to the regulator assembly as Piaget signature, ProductProperty.FINISHING.Front: sunburst satin brushed and guilloche mainplate hand-bevelled and handdrawn with a file, sunburst or circular satin brushed steel components handbevelled and hand-drawn with a file, black or polished screws
*Piaget luxury watches and jewellery are individually produced and thus the weight and carats of each product can vary from the displayed data.
