Yes, the Kalpa Grande should fit your wrist very well. I understand the desire for the XL because of the movement. You also might look at the Parmigiani Ionica. It preceded the Kalpa XL and was the original case for the 8-day hebdomadaire movement. The Io
My wrist is about a touch less than 17cm. I have been trying to decide between: a Grande, (rose gold case, automatic) which is perfectly comfortable, and a Grande XL (stainless hebdomadaire movement, black dial blue accents), which fits less well than the
There are three Men's size Kalpa watches. From smallest to largest they are the Kalpa Grande, Kalpa XL, and Kalpagraphe. In the course of completing my Kalpa collection, I experienced more than a little frustration with misinformation and misidentificatio
Parmigiani celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016. A special watch it introduced that year was the Kalpa XL Hebdomadaire Anniversaire in a limited edition of 10 pieces. This anniversary Kalpa edition was cased in steel with a gold movement that was beaut
Parmigiani cut its teeth as a restorer of antiquities: watches, clocks and automatons. This background in restoration was the inspiration behind the Ovale Pantographe first shown as a prototype in 2011 and followed with a production release in 2013, shown
Parmigiani was founded in 1996. For a couple of years the focus was restoration work, then came the first watch in probably 1998, the Memory Time and the first movement shortly after, the 8-day Hebdomadaire cased in the Ionica watch. Thanks for the pics!
Missing the interior angles, that's the "industrial" version of the hebdomadaire movement Should I hold my breath for an Ionica Jumping Hour release, lol? Thanks for the comment. M4
The "hebdomadaire" 8-day manual winding movement, caliber PF110, is well known to Parmigiani enthusiasts. It was the brand's first in-house movement and found its way first into the Ionica watch followed by the Kalpa XL watch. Here we have the Ionica with