Wiget was a school teacher, education councilor and school inspector. In the 1860s he was active in Altstätten and in the 1870s in Rorschach. In 1876 he published a manual for the production of school reliefs.

[1] This article bases on Mair, Toni. Grieder, Susanne. Das Landschaftsrelief – Symbiose von Wissenschaft und Kunsthandwerk. Mit Schweizer Reliefkatalog. Verlag hier+jetzt. Baden, Schweiz. 2006. S.170.