(H) Piaget - Polo FortyFive
08/04/10
Piaget Polo FortyFive An even stronger sports watch collection in 2010
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the legendary Piaget Polo in 2009, the Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie Piaget unveiled its sporting chic version: the Piaget Polo FortyFive – a titanium watch featuring an elegant sporty design matched by remarkable technical mastery. This year, in response to the enthusiasm generated by this new line, Piaget is presenting two new interpretations: the Piaget Polo FortyFive with an openworked dial expressing a more technical sporty mood, and the Piaget Polo FortyFive Lady, a model entirely dedicated to women.
The new Piaget Polo FortyFive with openworked dial – available as a chronograph or in a version with three hands and date display – carries within it the full DNA of the original FortyFive model. This timepiece exuding a sporty and contemporary spirit is an aesthetic reinterpretation of the Piaget Polo watch created in 1979. It features the same contrasting polished and satin-brushed finishes, along with seamless integration of the bracelet into the case, bracelet gadroons subtly echoing those on the case, an harmoniously curved case middle guaranteeing remarkable comfort on the wrist, and the iconic trapeze-shaped appliques. The case measuring 45 mm in titanium – as its name implies – is water-resistant to 100 metres. The latest Piaget Polo FortyFive, like the previous 2009 version, is distinguished by a daring combination of grade 5 titanium, vulcanised rubber and steel, while the transparent case-back enables one to admire the finishing of its mechanical movement designed, developed and produced in-house, like all mechanical movements equipping Piaget watches.
The Piaget Polo FortyFive chronograph version houses Calibre 880P, a mechanical self-winding movement with vertical clutch. In addition to the chronograph and its flyback function, this movement drives the hours, minutes, small seconds, date display and a 24-hour time-zone indication. Thanks to its twin barrels, its power reserve lasts a full 50 hours with the chronograph in operation. Meanwhile, the second version is equipped with mechanical self-winding 800P powering the hours, minutes, seconds and date functions. Representing the classic Piaget signature, the finishing of these two movements is entirely in harmony with the prestigious codes of fine watchmaking: bevelled bridges with hand-drawn sides and surfaces adorned with circular Côtes de Genève, a circular-grained mainplate, blued screws, a balance with adjustment screws and a black PVD-coated oscillating weight engraved with the Piaget coat-of-arms.
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