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Piaget Limelight
Ref. G0A41213
Sits in Piaget’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Piaget watches we list, which start at £11,400.
Price range £11,400 to £44,100 across 16 Piaget watches in stock.The Limelight Gala exists at the point where Piaget's watchmaking and its high-jewellery work become indistinguishable from each other. The round case grows into two elongated, fluid lugs — a silhouette that reads as sculpture before it reads as a watch — and the bezel and lugs together carry 62 brilliant-cut diamonds totalling between 1.64 and 1.75 carats. At 7.40mm thick in solid 18k rose gold, it lies almost flat against the wrist in a way that cases of this weight rarely manage. The silver dial is finished with a fine sunray that shifts with the light, and the hour markers are rendered in powdered rose gold Roman numerals — a quieter choice than applied indices, and a more considered one. The Milanese mesh bracelet is 18k throughout, moving with the wrist rather than against it, and the sliding buckle — itself set with a single brilliant-cut diamond — adjusts to a precise fit rather than a notched approximation of one.
- Reference
- G0A41213
- Brand
- Piaget
- Collection
- Limelight Gala
- Case size
- 32mm
- Case thickness
- 7.40mm
- Case material
- Rose gold
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Silver
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Quartz
- Calibre
- 690P
- Water resistance
- 30m
- Bracelet / strap
- Mesh bracelet
- Strap colour
- Rose gold
- Clasp
- Buckle
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Gem set
- Yes
Learn more about Piaget
Georges Piaget set up a workshop on the family farm in La Côte-aux-Fées in 1874, producing movements for other houses. The name did not appear on dials until 1943, and the decision that defined the company came a decade later.
In 1957 Piaget released the calibre 9P, a hand-wound movement two millimetres thick. The 12P automatic followed in 1960 at 2.3mm, then the thinnest automatic in the world. Thinness became the house obsession and its competitive territory, pursued through decades of records and continuing in the Altiplano line — including complete watches, case and all, under four millimetres.
Extreme thinness forced Piaget into a distinctive aesthetic. There was no room for conventional dials, so the company used hardstone: lapis, opal, turquoise, tiger's eye. The 1960s and 70s cuff watches, with woven gold bracelets and gem-set bezels, made Piaget as much a jeweller as a watchmaker, and the Polo of 1979 gave it an integrated gold sports watch of its own.
The company remained family-run until 1988, when it was acquired by Cartier — later folded into Richemont — and it continues to manufacture ultra-thin calibres at La Côte-aux-Fées while assembling and gem-setting in Geneva.
- 1874
- Georges Piaget founds the workshop at La Côte-aux-Fées.
- 1943
- The Piaget name is registered as a brand.
- 1957
- The 9P sets an ultra-thin benchmark at 2mm.
- 1960
- The 12P becomes the thinnest automatic movement.
- 1979
- The Polo launches.
- 1988
- Acquired by Cartier, later Richemont.
Also in 7 collections
This watch appears in the Piaget Limelight Gala range (5), Back in Stock (2,749), Watches Under 37mm (1,793), Women's Watches (1,690), Silver Dial Watches (756), Mesh Bracelet Watches (249) and Solid Gold Watches (162).
What the specifications mean
Strengths
- 32mm wears small and slips under any cuff
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- One of Piaget's more premium watches
Worth knowing
- 30m means keeping it away from water
Your new watch
Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
No. At 30m it will survive rain and handwashing, but not submersion of any kind.
Will the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Does it need a battery?
Yes. It is quartz, so expect a battery change every two to three years at a jeweller.
Is it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as women's.
Cheapest place to buy
Mappin & Webb is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference new, at £44,100. There is nothing to compare it against today.
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