18ct yellow gold Piaget ref. 91500 bracelet watch featuring coral dial with Royal Standard of the House of Saud & signature of King Fahd. Made 1977

18ct yellow gold Piaget ref. 91500 bracelet watch featuring coral dial with Royal Standard of the House of Saud & signature of King Fahd. Made 1977Although best known for their haute joaillerie timepieces, the history of the House of Piaget lies in fine watchmaking with an emphasis on ultra thin mechanical movements, the most famous being the Calibre 9P. Released in 1957, the 9P was only 2mm thick and allowed Piaget to create watches where the size of the movement was negligible and the focus could be solely on design. This was most famously the demonstrated in the 21st Century collection from

Bracelet/strap: Integrated 18ct white gold herringbone link bracelet

Bracelet/strap: Integrated 18ct white gold 'feather link' bracelet

Manufactured as a water-resistant version of the Patek Philippe Calatrava reference 96

The calibre 861 was a hand-wound movement that had a power reserve of approximately 48 hours and was equipped with a cam-operated chronograph mechanism

5mm and in four different case materials

Bracelet/Strap: Leather strap

Dial: Silvered dial featuring printed outer minute track with Arabic hour markers and sword shaped hands with a seconds sub-dial

Case dimensions: -mm

Made: 1924

Case dimensions: 22 x 28mm

The discolouration of the light silver dial is likely from small amounts of moisture trapped within the case and reacting with the paint

Calibre: 552