Scrimshaw

But I’m personally more bothered by the case diameter than by the size of the moon: it takes a lot of space on the dial, that’s for sure, but I quite like this original way of displaying the moon phases. The Altiplano Scrimshaw is much more wearable, thou

The Piaget Altiplano Scrimshaw , launched in 2014, features a dial made from fossilized mammoth ivory that is then engraved with a map of the Eastern Hemisphere using traditional scrimshaw techniques. Coming from the Inuits and other tribes in the colder

The Piaget Emperador Coussin XL (46,5 mm) and the Grande Lune (large moon) complication (powered by calibre 860P) have been used as a base for some beautiful dial decoration work by both: Anita Porchet (enamel) and Richard Maier (scrimshaw) Does any of th

Sorry for my late reply... The technique is the scrimshaw engraving for the first time used by Piaget. It is a form of engraving exclusively practiced on ivory or bones... like whalers in the past! The dial is made of fossilized mammoth which are engraved