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Hi again, and thank you. What impresses me is not just by how you've dug deep into PF. It's the specific selection.
I love your Ionica because first and foremost it's a form watch, and I don't have enough of them (that may change soon with my fourth or fifth about to enter the fold). I don't do regret but if I had a second bite at the Tonda GT I might have gone for the model above in red gold with the blue rubber strap. What a delicious combination.
I try to hold back from double dipping. It's hard, because there are a number of watchmakers that I could easily entertain several times over. As it is, I dip a toe then move on in order to enjoy breadth of learning, experience, and so on. As for the specific watches that I pass by, I'll of course continue to appreciate them whenever fellow collectors share them on fora like this.
That said, I have one or two sub-collections discernible to a knowing eye. For instance, family connections in Brazil have given me cause to explore watches with some or other association to the country. Ergo, a Patek Philippe, a Tissot, a Seiko and a Zenith so far. This may extend in time to a particular Universal Geneve from the 1940s. I'll give the Hublot Paraiba a pass and - yes, the PF Pershing made for the Brazilian Football Confederation too
SOTC as of now is a pot pourri:
Audemars Piquet | Breitling | Chronoswiss | Daniel Roth x3 | Farer | Favre-Leuba | Franck Muller | Furlan Marri | Girard Perragaux | Grand Seiko | G-Shock x2 | Habring2 | IWC | Jaeger-LeCoultre | Kudoke (incoming) | Laine | Longines | LU Chopard | Montblanc (incoming) | Omega x2 | Parmigiani Fleurier | Patek Philippe (soon to be x2?) | Rolex | Seiko x2 | Tissot | Urban Jürgensen | Wessex | Zenith x2
Bringing out the family: Parmigiani
The discussion in another thread with holdemchamp encouraged me to start a thread on Parmigiani. There is lots of respect towards this brand by quite a few in this forum but his pieces don‘t get much screen time. So I decided to take a family shot of my P...
The need of a Parmigiani forum section
So many Parmigiana enthusiasts here, so why no Parmigiani forum section? It is a good idea to create.
I would strongly agree
A very under noticed and under appreciated brand. Amazing quality and value for money and yet ignored by many.
I see how much love for Parmigiani
It deserve a forum place in the left row. There is also a suggestion for a separate timeout section for audio equipment. ? Explain, music and high end audio. High end audio is translate to watches, the haute horlogerie of stereo equipment. Huge amounts of...
Toric Hemispheres Retrograde
Two independent time zones; Independent AM/PM indicator for each time zone; 270° retrograde date with split second return at end of month; hand-turned coin edged bezel; In house movement and virtually everything made in-house from case, to dials, hairspri...
Deserve
Good to read your text. Everything in-house, satisfied owners. So, where are we waiting for?
That‘s a real marvel!
Combines many of Parmigianis signature concepts and complications in one stylish package. Huge congrats on this great piece, chintu, and thanks a lit for sharing!
Here are some factoids
Parmigiani is owned by Sandoz Foundation, which needs no introduction. The Sandoz group owns; Parmigiani Fleurier. Vaucher - which produces all the Parmigiani movements and also for others including Hermes. In fact Hermes bought 25% stake in Vaucher in 20...
The knurling is handmade by one person
I read in a statement by The Hour Glass, that the knurling on the bezels of all Toxic watches is being done by a single artisan since the year 1996. So each piece will have a unique count of the number of knurls on the bezel!!
Lots of knowledge here, thanks chintu
The only thing I‘d like to add is that the founder, Michel Parmigiani, started his career by restoring historical clocks and watches. I think in their designs you can see strong roots in tradition and heritage of the Vallée-deJoux horology, which he tries...
The Ionica has its very own charm, I like it a lot!
And the Tonneau shaped 8-days movement is a real stunner. Thank you for the appreciation, dedestexhes! Daniel
Hot damn, you bringing out some big heavy weights!!
Parmigiani is one of my fav watch brands in the entire world, especially their Toric models, it is fantastic!!!! thanks for sharing and please share any more pictures you have!!
Thanks, Spencer.
Which one you you like best? I can take a few more pics and post them in nthe next few days.
Thank you very much!
The 8 Day watch and Toric Qualité Fleurier would be awesome and anymore pics of the Perpetual Calender would be awesome!! Thank you very much and I wish for your health, wealth, happiness, and overall well being
The '8 Days' is killer...
...the stepped bezel design makes the watches a bit thicker than they have to be but totally worth it. I've always liked the slightly off-beat design of these watches, and was fortunate to have dinner with the man himself many years ago and he was very ni...
I fully agree
The Ionica has one of the best movements in my humble collection. And the 8 Days complication is really useful in daily life. I used the Ionica as the „master clock“ to set the time on the watch I was going to wear that day. Thanks for sharing your commen...
Am a fan of ‘non-traditional’ case shapes...
...and this one in particular. What makes it really special is the shaped movement...going the extra mile : )
Yes. Who builds a tonneau shaped movement these days?
And the finishing is really good. Maybe not on par with my Laurent Ferrier, but quite close. Cheers, Daniel
Absolutely.
The Toric are very well executed, perfectly proportioned, timeless designs.
Those are some amazing watches Daniel. My favorite of the group would be your Toric Perpetual but the movement in the Ionica is special 😉👍
As we discussed in the other thread, I have 2 of the Transforma Rivage special editions in carbon fiber and titanium as well as a Kalpa Hebdomadaire in SS on SS bracelet which is in a bank safe. I totally agree that Parmigiani is such an underrated and un...
A great pic of an outstanding watch
I already said everything I could say about your Transforma in the other tread. Looking forward to pics of your Kalpa 8 Days 👍🏻 Thanks for motivating me to start this post on Parmigiani, Champ! Have a great Sunday. Daniel
Very individual taste and colllection!
I always appreciate people like you. Great pieces!
This one is a LE in steel, made for Cellini. Here‘s another pic for you
I‘m a sucker for these Côtes de Genève dials... Daniel ...
PF 317 is a fantastic caliber
Very well constructed ( base PF331 - dia 28mm) with a diameter of 35.6mm including the calendar module; height of 5.4 mm; 50 hour power reserve; 316 components, 22KT gold rotor adorned with barleycorn guilloche and even the screw heads polished to perfect...
Thanks for the in-depth info on the movement
No gold rotor on my watch. AFAIK, they put the guilloche gold rotor only on the gold versions of the Hemispheres. On my watch, there is a steel rotor, in line with the case material. Enjoy! Daniel ...
The Toric steel hemispeheres has 22kt rotor
It appears you have the Tonda Hemispheres which has a steel rotor. The Toric steel hemispheres has 22K gold rotor
Ahh.. the 1950! Probably the best piece in PF‘s current collection for me.
Thanks for sharing, jlux! Best, Daniel
I've been a fan for years. Finally added one to my collection. Besides how nice the watch is I found the AD, rep, distributor and company to be extremely helpful in making sure I was
100% satisfied with my purchase.... a long story regarding some minor issues that they all went out of their way to rectify. I'm very impressed with the brand! ...
Does your Tonda have a meteorite dial? I would like to add this reference to my collection in the future but with a meteorite or aventurine dial 😁👍
So if it is a meteorite or aventurine dial and you ever wish to move it on, please let me know 😉
Its just the standard dialed previous version of the Tonda (which I prefer). The newer version has skeletonized hands and they've removed the thin gold oval ring
around the name (which has been enlarged).
A stunning Tonda!
Very classy front, and a fantastic back! Thanks for posting them here! Enjoy, Daniel
Bravo. This is what it means to be 'all in.'
I'll echo others who've mentioned how you've pretty much covered everything that makes (made?) PF stand on its own. Let's see how that goes with the new man at the helm... I have just the one - the 2020 steel Tonda GT. It's a relatively safe toe-dip into ...
Many thanks for the kind words!
Always great to see other fans of PF here. You have a very nice Tonda here - love the guilloche! The black dial Toric was my first serious watch, and I still love it a lot. The Ionica is terrific, but sadly gets too little wrist time lately. And the QPF (...
Hi again, and thank you. What impresses me is not just by how you've dug deep into PF. It's the specific selection.
I love your Ionica because first and foremost it's a form watch, and I don't have enough of them (that may change soon with my fourth or fifth about to enter the fold). I don't do regret but if I had a second bite at the Tonda GT I might have gone for the...