In 1887 the Piguet brothers founded the first ruby stone manufacture for watches.
In the fifties, Piguet Frères diversified rapidly in the micro-fabrications incorporating extra-hard materials such as ruby, sapphire, ceramics, quartz, carbide, etc..
Currently, thanks to the expertise of its employees and the quality of its products, Piguet Frères is a key partner in such areas as medical engineering, metrology and instrumentation.