PIAGET ASPREY 18K GOLD GALBE CASE BETA 21 ELECTRONIC RARE 1970

The Beta 21 movement was the fruit of a collaborative effort spanning from 1962 through 1969, which was sponsored by over 20 leading Swiss watch brands, and named the Centre Electronique Horloger. The resulting movement was introduced at the 1970 Basel Fair, and was put into watches by various brands. Each brand was apportioned their quantity of movements based on their commensurate financial support for the Centre Electronique Horloger project. The movement itself has 13 jewels, quartz standardization and was named the Caliber XP4 by Piaget.

Yves Piaget proudly and personally presented the Beta 21 watches that Piaget was apportioned to his friends as a gifts. With a solid 18k gold heavy Galbe case (rectangular with rounded corners), Asprey signed champagne dial, gold hands and, of course, the important Beta 21 Caliber beating inside, this is an important and extremely rare timepiece.

The gold case measures 41mm long by 33.5mm wide by 9.4mm thick. Case construction is a two tiered stepped bezel mounted to a mid-case body and case back secured by 4 gold screws. Crystal is sapphire. Impressively, the movement holder ring inside is solid 18k gold (whereas 99% of watches with a movement ring use a base metal ring to save money, even from high-end manufacturers). You can tell this is an important watch to Piaget from this gold movement ring.