Piaget Altiplano 9791 AB2 - 18K White Gold Onyx & Diamond Dial

Piaget Altiplano 9791 AB2 - 18K White Gold Onyx & Diamond Dial

Name: Piaget Altiplano 9791 AB2 - 18K White Gold Onyx & Diamond Dial
Brand: Piaget
SKU: 10365
Price: 17500.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Details

The dial tells you exactly what this is

This Piaget comes from the brand’s most confident jewelry era, when ultra thin construction met real stone dials and integrated gold bracelets. The onyx dial with diamond accents is the entire point. It's flat, deep black nature allows the wearer to get lost in the dial. The integrated bracelet complements the watch perfectly, creating a seamless balance where neither the dial nor the band steals attention from the other.

Why this configuration matters

Onyx dials are fragile and difficult to work with. Many cracked during production or did not survive decades of wear. Finding one that remains intact is increasingly uncommon. This dial is clean and uncracked, which is the first thing serious collectors look for.

The integrated 18k white gold bracelet and bezel complete the design. Piaget did not treat the bracelet as an accessory. It is part of the architecture of the watch. When these bracelets stretch or are separated, the watch loses its identity. This one remains tight and well preserved. Manual wind suits Piaget’s design philosophy here. It allows the case to stay slim and keeps the focus on form and material rather than mechanics.

What you need to know before wearing it

Condition is very good. The bracelet is in great shape. The onyx dial is perfect and intact. The crystal shows small scratches near six and nine o’clock that are visible only upon close inspection. The watch runs exceptionally well at approximately zero seconds per day after passing by the test bench.

For one looking for their statement dress piece.

This is Piaget doing what it did better than anyone else in the 1980s. Stone dial, precious metal, integrated design, and ultra thin proportions. Nothing here was meant to be common. It works for someone who values material rarity over complication and understands that condition on stone dial Piagets is everything. Clean, intact, and increasingly difficult to replace once it leaves the market.

Key Specs

Reference: 9791 AB2

Year: 1980s

Movement: Manual wind

Case Size: 29 × 32mm

Bezel: Integrated 18k white gold

Bracelet: Integrated 18k white gold

Dial: Onyx dial with diamond accents

Wrist Size: Fits approx. 6.85 inches

History

Georges Edouard Piaget founded his manufactory in La Côte-aux-Fées in 1874, and for decades the company's reputation rested on its ability to produce movements of exceptional thinness — calibers that other high houses bought and put in their own watches. When Piaget began producing watches under its own name in the late 1950s and 1960s, it brought that ultra-thin expertise directly to the dial.

The Altiplano is Piaget's flagship ultra-thin collection, a direct expression of that founding expertise. The Grenade is a bold gem-set cocktail watch — all pave diamonds, colored stones, and sculptural bezels — occupying the space between watch and jewel without apology. The Limelight Gala, produced from the 2010s onward, is the modern heir to that cocktail tradition: an 18-karat white gold round case set with diamonds, a slim quartz movement, and a leather strap. All three collections reflect the same dual mastery that Piaget has always commanded: the thinnest movements in the world, in cases worth wearing.

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Piaget Altiplano 9791 AB2 - 18K White Gold Onyx & Diamond Dial

$17,500.00 USD

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