WATCHES & WONDERS 2024︰Piaget如履薄冰
這趟可是今年「鐘錶與奇蹟」錶展最低調的宣布，那就是伯爵實現了製錶史上的一項重大創舉。在品牌成立150周年之際、發布了全球最纖薄的Altiplano Ultimate Concept陀飛輸腕錶。
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早在2018年，伯爵發明首款全球最纖薄、搭載9P超薄機芯的Altiplano Ultimate Concept腕錶，6年後，伯爵再度超越其製錶極限。在搭載陀飛輪機芯的同時，也保留了與前款腕錶相同的2毫米厚度，超級厲害。Altiplano Ultimate Concept陀飛輪腕錶的直徑41.5毫米，防水深度達20米，其鈷合金錶殼經過藍色PVD處理，是一款適於日常佩戴的時計。2毫米的厚度和環形陀飛輪更使其達到了登峰造極的境界。
Altiplano Ultimate Concept陀飛輪腕錶的陀飛輪框架由環繞其周圍的橋板帶動旋轉，顛覆了當前的技術原理。人們可透過腕錶底部特別設置的藍寶石水晶玻璃視窗觀賞此陀飛輪，而陀飛輪的引導將從其週邊進行。因此，Altiplano Ultimate Concept陀飛輪腕錶配備了一款環形陀飛輪。其圓周由陶瓷滾珠軸承所支撐，以帶動六十秒轉動。在大多數情況下，它是由鈦金屬製成，也可能由精鋼製成。最後僅需解決動能提供的問題。
Polo Date
兩款PoloDate分別有42毫米和36毫米的限量版精鋼腕錶配備風雅的橡膠錶帶——此乃36毫米錶款首次如此配搭，每款皆僅發行300枚。Polo Date腕錶呼應經典的品牌的口號——「Piaget Time（伯爵時光）只能用黃金來衡量」的廣告標語，採用了最高貴的材質來雕塑其優雅線條，並以同時裝飾著錶鏈與錶盤的橫向圓模條紋賦予腕錶迷人的韻律感。這兩款收藏家時計（42毫米錶款搭載1110P自動上鏈機芯，而36毫米錶款則搭載500P1機芯）向往昔Piaget Polo系列的標誌性橫向圓模條紋致意，其錶盤飾有與先前錶款具有相同輝光效果的元素。
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