
Piaget Polo Minute Repeater: 64 Decibels of Ultra-Thin Chiming
Piaget drops its ultra-thin minute repeater into the Polo. Calibre 1290P, 9.3mm thin, 64 decibels, and only five numbered pieces for 2026.
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Piaget drops its ultra-thin minute repeater into the Polo. Calibre 1290P, 9.3mm thin, 64 decibels, and only five numbered pieces for 2026.

Two years after the prototype that auctioned for CHF 508,000 at Phillips, Konstantin Chaykin has finally cracked the production version of his record-breaking ultra-thin: the ThinKing Mystery holds the same astonishing 1.65 mm thickness, adds a transparent sapphire-disc 'mystery' display where the hands should be, and is limited to just 12 pieces priced at CHF 400,000.

Arnold & Son fits the irregular swirling chatoyance of Namibian pietersite — the 'stone of storms' — into its 39.5mm × 7.82mm HM ultra-thin case, powered by the in-house manual A&S1001 calibre with a 90-hour power reserve. Each dial is naturally unrepeatable. Steel limited to 18 pieces (CHF 16,200), red gold to 8 pieces (CHF 27,100).

At Watches & Wonders 2026, Bulgari finally brings the Octo Finissimo Automatic down to 37mm, powered by a new in-house micro-rotor movement — the Calibre BVF 100. Three references: sandblasted titanium, satin-polished titanium, and yellow gold. 72h power reserve, just 65 grams.

For W&W 2026, Piaget gives the modern Polo 79 its first-ever ornamental stone dial — natural sodalite, set into a 38mm white gold case powered by the ultra-thin Calibre 1200P1 micro-rotor. Reference G0A51151. CHF 84,500.

Vacheron Constantin unveils the Calibre 2550 at Watches & Wonders 2026 — a 2.4mm automatic movement with a platinum micro-rotor, double barrel, and 80-hour power reserve that took seven years to engineer. Debuting in a 7.35mm platinum Overseas case, it is the most technically significant new in-house ultra-thin automatic in a generation.

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