Kalpagraphe

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 Kalpagraphe in blasted titanium, blue subdials, gray spiderweb skeletonized dial, and 5 Hz movement. A limited edition of 28. Enjoy the rest of the week. M4

First things first, this is a large watch. 58mm - case length including lugs 41mm - case width excluding crown 14mm - case thickness With that out the way, let's look at the many intriguing details of this watch. The dial is skeletonized showing an intere

Although I am a huge fan of the brand, PF really needs to up its warranty repair game. The time to service a watch is far too long and the results aren't always good (my Kalpagraphe is in Fleurier now for the third time to fix the same problem). I try to

First, I'm delighted to finally have my titanium Kalpagraphe back from warranty repair (for the second time). I sent the watch to PF in late February so it has been all of six months in Fleurier which is about four months too long in my humble opinion. Ne

. . . to the horological world beyond round cases. Parmigiani Kalpa XL Hebdomadaire, circa 2017. The Kalpa XL has become one of my favorite daily wearers and has led me to expand my collection of tonneau/rectangular cased PF pieces to include a Kalpagraph

One of my guys at PF told me they had mistakenly made four pieces with gold rotor. I assumed that meant four gold rotors that weren't coated in black. But as you spotted the blackened rotors are in platinum. Anyway, that's the Paul Harvey "rest of the sto

One of my very favorite Parmigianis, this semi-skeletonized, matte-finished titanium Kalpagraphe Chronometre. This watch is waaaay under the radar and under-appreciated. I unreservedly love the fit, feel and finish of this watch. It will be glued to my wr

I've been without my Kalpagraphe for too long now (at PF in Switzerland for service). It's just a fun watch to wear. Plus it reminds me of summer M4

I had the opportunity to try this one on some months ago. It was a very substantial piece. I found the dial with the various guilloches and treatments quite attractive.