For a time-and-date watch, the Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Micro-Rotor evokes a disproportionate quantity of dialogue. We ourselves have devoted house to it on-line and we’re removed from the one ones paying consideration. That is exactly why we wished this watch on the duvet of WOW Singapore’s Festive concern, though we had the choice of that includes the Break up Seconds Chronograph as an alternative. In our view, if the Tonda PF assortment is profitable, it’s as a result of the bottom watch, this Micro-Rotor, has all the best substances. Parmigiani Fleurier CEO Guido Terreni wished this assortment to talk to his imaginative and prescient of minimalistic luxurious, or perhaps that ought to be luxurious subtlety, and the Micro-Rotor delivers.

Contemplate the truth that this mannequin dispenses with monitoring the seconds and, in fact, performs it coy with the branding. These are large dangers, and fairly opposite to the typical collector’s expectations. We’re fairly sure that these strikes are much more shocking to established collectors of Parmigiani Fleurier. The brand is the most important deal, and we spend many paragraphs ruminating on this within the cowl story. Within the extra sophisticated fashions, you nearly don’t discover it, however within the 40mm Micro-Rotor there is no such thing as a escaping it. Like all Tonda fashions, the watch sports activities utilized hour markers, scaled down even additional within the Tonda PF assortment, so every thing on the dial within the time-and-date mannequin takes on exaggerated significance.

The classically styled watch even has gold open-worked geometric Delta arms, merely inviting even additional scrutiny. And the bezel, nicely, we are going to get to that quickly sufficient. For now, this data would have been sufficient to say the Micro-Rotor mustn’t work as a tremendous timepiece at this stage — and but it does. The truth is, it does such a powerful job that we now dare to ask if Parmigiani Fleurier ought to simply badge all its watches just like the Tonda PF. Parmigiani Fleurier has been round for 25 years now, however one may argue that it stays an insider’s watch. Terreni and his workforce simply doubled down on this delicate presence, creating a convincing whisper of a watch. Simply how does a whisper resound? The reply is the Tonda PF Micro-Rotor.

About that knurled bezel with its raised polished lip, within the metal model of the Micro-Rotor, it’s in platinum. It performs as an exquisite visible counterpoint to the oval ring of the gold brand. Equally, the truth that the bezel is hand-worked matches the engine-turned Grain d’Orge of the dial. As for the date at 6 o’clock, it’s a tone-on-tone triumph that even makes do with no body, remaining completely legible all the identical. Parmigiani Fleurier has lengthy talked up the design chops of Michel Parmigiani’s fascination with the Golden Ratio. The Tonda PF Micro-Rotor provides a lesson to watchmakers at this stage on how superlative wristwatch design must be.

Now, we have now come all this fashion with out speaking concerning the actions or the ending, which we are going to go away to our cowl story, and which we have now already lined for the Micro-Rotor. As an alternative of retreading, we are going to as an alternative word that you’re trying on the daybreak of a brand new actuality at Parmigiani Fleurier. Years from now, fans will say that that is the watch that modified issues for the model, whereas additionally arguing about whether or not the Tonda GT ought to obtain the credit score as an alternative. We sit up for that debate.

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