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Brand: | Frédéric Piguet | 
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| Height: | 5.55 mm | ||
| Jewels: | 37 | ||
| Reserve: | 45 hours | ||
| Frequency: | 21,600 A/h | ||
| Winding: | Automatic, Central Rotor Automatic Winding, Clockwise Automatic Winding, Uni-Directional Automatic Winding | ||
| Diameter: | 25.60 mm (11.5 ligne) | ||
| © F. Piguet F. Piguet's Cal. 1185 was the thinnest automatic chronograph movement produced to date | Complications: | 2-Button, 6-Column Chronograph, Chronograph, Column Wheel Chronograph, Date, Modular, Modular Chronograph, Quick Date Correction, Vertical Clutch Chronograph | |
| Hands: | 12 Hour Chronograph Hand at 9:00, 30 Minute Chronograph Hand at 3:00, Central 60 Second Chronograph Hand, Central Hour Hand, Central Minute Hand, Date Window at 4:30, Small Seconds Hand at 6:00 | ||
| Distinguishing Technical Characteristics | |||||||||||
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 Ultra-Thin Automatic Chronograph  Central-Rotor Automatic  Clockwise Balance Cock  Triovis Regulator  6-Column Chronograph |
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| Production: 1988 – Current | |||||||||||
| 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
Cal. 1185 (also called FP 11.85, Piguet, F. Piguet, etc) is an automatic column wheel chronograph movement produced by Frédéric Piguet. It is widely used by high-end watch manufacturers including Blancpain, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, and Chopard. It is based on the hand-winding Cal. FP 1180 which was introduced a year earlier as the thinnest column wheel chronograph movement ever produced.
Cal. FP 1185 includes many high-end features, including a column wheel, vertical clutch, ball bearing rotor, Triovis micrometer regulator, and Kif Ultraflex anti-shock. The uni-directional automatic winding runs clockwise.
Cal. 1185 was the basis for many other movements:
- Audemars Piguet Cal. AP 2385
- Blancpain Cal. 68F5
- Blancpain Cal. F185
- Cartier Cal. 205
- Vacheron Constantin Cal. VC 1137
Note that Omega uses a F. Piguet ebauche for many of their chronograph movements. This is called Cal. FP 1285 and is quite similar to this Cal. 1185 but is thicker and has a 28,800 A/h beat rate. Cal. FP 1285 also switches the 12 hour register and small seconds. These are known as Omega Cal. 3301, 3303, and 3313.
Watches using the F. Piguet Cal. FP 1185 include the following:
- Alain Silberstein Bolido Krono
- Blancpain Leman Chronograph, Ref. 2100
- Breguet Marine Chronograph (known as Cal. 576)
- Cartier Pasha Chronograph, Ref. 2113
- Franck Muller Conquistador Chronograph, Ref. 8000
- Harry Winston Premier Chronograph
- Panerai Luminor Chronograph 2000, PAM045 (known as Cal. OP V)
- Panerai Luminor Chronograph AMG, PAM105 (known as Cal. OP V)
- Daniel Roth Papillon Chronograph (highly modified)
- Gérald Genta Octo Chrono Quattro Retro (highly modified as Cal. GG7800)
