Horological Meandering

first encounter with Mr Parmigiani and his two master timepieces with telescopic hands

 

i was invited by The Hour Glass Singapore to attend a collector dinner with Mr Michel Parmigiani who was in town this week. was honored of meeting him in person first time.

despite of seeing lot of stunning Parmigiani watches, at the event, the most exciting thing for me was able to see two timepieces with telescopic hands, one is the original pocket watch restored by Mr Parmigiani himself and another one is the ever first watch to house telescopic hands into a wrist watch which inspired by this pocket watch.

was happy to talk to Mr Parmigiani in person, i was very impressed by his passion on watches and also his detailed explanation to us on how complicated and what challenges when transported the idea of having the telescopic hands from a pocket watch into a wrist watch.

by the way, the pocket watch inside and outside are just awesome, the front of the case is in blue enamel when beautiful engravings are inside. for the wrist watch, it was built based on their 8-day movement, the watch itself is very well made, and it is really amazing and fun when looking at the hands being turning.

stefan