April 2021 may seem far away but in fair organisation terms, especially amidst COVID-19, it is not, and so the perhaps expected announcement by Watches & Wonders that next year’s Geneva fair will again be solely digital, has come to… Read More ›
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Watches & Wonders Shanghai 2020
This year’s inaugural Watches & Wonders Geneva 2020 went digital, and the releases are still filtering down to worldwide markets, but the W&W-branded expansion continues, with the announcement of their first event in Shanghai. Remembering, of course, that there were… Read More ›
NEW: Parmigiani Tonda Tondagraphe Tourbillon
Following on from the previous post about a new model combining a chronograph and a calendar function, today’s post it is also about a newly announced piece combining a chronograph with other complications – in this case, with a tourbillon…. Read More ›
SIHH 2019: Parmigiani Toric Capitole Rose Gold Brown
Let’s first go back a bit. In 2011, to mark the ‘Mechanical Wonders’ exhibition in New York, Parmigiani launched the Toric Minute Repeater, a modern tribute to the early 19th century Perrin Freres pocket watch that they restored for the… Read More ›
PARMIGIANI : Revival of the Kalpa
The tonneau-cased Kalpa with its teardrop lugs and Delta-shaped hands is perhaps the case design most characteristically recognised as being from Parmigiani Fleurier. It is also of great sentimental value to Michel Parmigiani; in 1998, the Kalpa was where his… Read More ›
PARMIGIANI : Tonda 1950 Lune
This year Parmigiani added a moon phase variant to their Tonda 1950 collection, called the Tonda 1950 Lune, which also features a date indicator. It comes in a stainless steel case with a black dial featuring rhodium-plated indices and luminescent… Read More ›
SIHH 2017 : PARMIGIANI Tonda Metrographe
This year Parmigiani has released some new watches but also given some an update (or face lift, if you will). Today is about one of the latter, the Parmigiani Tonda Metrographe, whose look has been refreshed in what I think… Read More ›
PARMIGIANI FLEURIER & LALIQUE : Le Jour et La Nuit project
Today’s post is not about watches but about clocks – the Le Jour et La Nuit clock project of Parmigiani Fleurier and Lalique. Based on René Lalique’s original Le Jour et la Nuit table clock of 1926 which depicts a… Read More ›
SIHH 2015 : Parmigiani Tonda 1950 Meteorite
SIHH 2015 brought not one but two meteorite models from participating brands. If you had wanted to make a bet with me before the fair about the chances of this happening, I’m pretty sure I’d have lost it. Parmigiani’s ersion… Read More ›
WATCH PROFILE : Parmigiani Fleurier Pershing 002 Asteria
Perhaps better known for their men’s watches, Parmigiani Fleurier also has a number of women’s collections, including a chronograph collection called ‘Pershing 002’, which is also the name of a similar men’s collection. At a size of 42mm, which probably… Read More ›
