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FP 1186

Last Update: December 11, 2019

Brand:Frédéric Piguet
Family:
FP 1180 Family
Height:6.90 mm
Jewels:38
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)
  Complications:3-Button Chronograph, 6-Column Chronograph, Chronograph, Column Wheel Chronograph, Date, Modular Chronograph, Quick Date Correction, Rattrapante Chronograph, 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
Central-Rotor Automatic
Clockwise Balance Cock
Triovis Regulator
6-Column Chronograph
Balance, Balance at 10:30, Column Wheel, Column Wheel at 2:00
Production: 1989 – Current
1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Cal. 1186 (also called FP 11.86, Piguet, F. Piguet, etc) is an automatic rattrapante column wheel chronograph movement produced by Frédéric Piguet. Introduced in 1989, it was the first automatic rattrapante chronograph movement ever produced. It is closely related to Cal. FP 1180, introduced in 1987 as the thinnest column wheel chronograph movement ever produced, and the popular automatic Cal. FP 1185. In 1994, F. Piguet released Cal. 1186 for use by watchmakers other than Blancpain.

Cal. FP 1186 includes many high-end features, including a column wheel, vertical clutch, ball bearing rotor, Triovis micrometer regulator, and Kif Ultraflex anti-shock. The rattrapante function is controlled by a pusher at 10:00. The uni-directional automatic winding runs clockwise.

Note that Omega uses a F. Piguet ebauche for many of their chronograph movements. This is called Cal. FP 1286 and is quite similar to this Cal. 1186 but is thicker, uses a coaxial escapement, and has a 28,800 A/h beat rate. Cal. FP 1286 also switches the 12 hour register and small seconds. The Omega version is known as Cal. 3612.

ManualAutomatic
ChronographFP 1180FP 1185
RattrapanteFP 1181FP 1186

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