{"id":5993,"date":"2013-10-18T09:25:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T08:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.gmtmag.com\/?p=5993"},"modified":"2016-06-17T16:51:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T14:51:01","slug":"piaget-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/nouveaute-en-n-en\/focus-2\/piaget-22.html","title":{"rendered":"Piaget : A first Minute Repeater"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Emperador Coussin Minute Repeater Automatic<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Case\u2009:<\/strong> ultra-thin in pink gold, sapphire back\u00a0<strong>Diameter\u2009: <\/strong>48mm <strong>Movement\u2009:<\/strong> ultra-thin, automatic (Calibre 1290P), 407 parts, 21,600 vph, 40-hour power reserve, exceptional Fine Watchmaking finishes <strong>Functions\u2009:<\/strong> hours, minutes,\u00a0minute repeater <strong>Dial\u2009: <\/strong>sapphire crystal\u00a0<strong>Strap\u2009\u2009:<\/strong> chestnut brown alligator leather\u00a0 <strong>Water resistance\u2009:<\/strong> 20m<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"contenu_article\">\n<p><strong>Piaget assigned six engineers <\/strong>for a full three years to the task of developing its first Minute Repeater calibre. The 1290P is a (naturally ultra-thin) self-winding model housed in an Emperador Coussin shape that is also especially slim. Their respective 4.8 and 9.4 mm-thin sizes represent a double record in this category. Achieving such slenderness without jeopardising the technical quality of a major complication implied making some careful choices. The micro-rotor in platinum thus features a weight that optimises winding\u2009; the hammers are placed on the bridge side; the repeater slide is pushed downwards rather than upwards; and the \u201csurprise\u201d mechanism ensures an optimal hour jump at the end of the 59<sup>th<\/sup> minute as well as perfect coordination with the striking mechanism. The latter features exceptional acoustics thanks to steel hammers, an all-of-a-piece gong construction and an ideally hollowed case connected to the calibre by four braces. An inertia flywheel regulates the rhythm from start to finish. Finally, the <strong>Emperador Coussin Minute Repeater Automatic<\/strong> chimes with an intensity of 64 decibels \u2013 compared to an average 65 dB for a normal conversation \u2013 with the hours pitched at G sharp and the minutes at A sharp. Its finishes are the most sophisticated ever performed by Piaget to date.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Piaget assigned six engineers <\/strong>for a full three years to the task of developing its first Minute Repeater calibre. The 1290P is a (naturally ultra-thin) self-winding model housed in an Emperador Coussin shape that is also especially slim. Their respective 4.8 and 9.4 mm-thin sizes represent a double record in this category. Achieving such slenderness without jeopardising the technical quality of a major complication implied making some careful choices. The micro-rotor in platinum thus features a weight that optimises winding\u2009; the hammers are placed on the bridge side; the repeater slide is pushed downwards rather than upwards; and the \u201csurprise\u201d mechanism ensures an optimal hour jump at the end of the 59<sup>th<\/sup> minute as well as perfect coordination with the striking mechanism. The latter features exceptional acoustics thanks to steel hammers, an all-of-a-piece gong construction and an ideally hollowed case connected to the calibre by four braces. An inertia flywheel regulates the rhythm from start to finish. Finally, the <strong>Emperador Coussin Minute Repeater Automatic<\/strong> chimes with an intensity of 64 decibels \u2013 compared to an average 65 dB for a normal conversation \u2013 with the hours pitched at G sharp and the minutes at A sharp. Its finishes are the most sophisticated ever performed by Piaget to date.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[277],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15727,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5993\/revisions\/15727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}