Frederic Piguet Website Launched

Frederic Piguet, a distinguished manufacturer of high-grade mechanical movements and a company of the Swatch Group, has launched its own French-language website.  In addition the requisite contact information, the site enables visitors to acquaint themselves with the rich history of Frederic Piguet, all the way from its founding in 1858 by Louis Elisée Piguet to the present day, and become familiar with the many design and production steps in the creation of Frederic Piguet movements.

The new Frederic Piguet website displays a palette of the firm's current creations, among them such well-known calibers as the Cal. 1150, a self-winding movement with dual mainspring barrels and 100 hours of power reserve, and the Cal. 1185, a slender chronograph movement with automatic winding, column wheel, and vertical clutch coupling.   The manufacture's hybrid mechanical-quartz chronograph caliber is also shown, along with the Frederic Piguet 69, a new grande date mechanism.  

Frederic Piguet is perhaps best well known to connoisseurs for its association with Blancpain, for whom it produces a number of exclusive executions.  However, other Swatch Group companies also utilize FP calibers, among them Breguet and Jaquet Droz.   Additionally, a handful of elite watchmaking brands outside of the Swatch Group make use of Frederic Piguet movements, or have in the past.