Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day: Parmigiani Fleurier Pershing Tourbillon Abyss

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day selected by Carmelo Anthony is The Pershing Tourbillon Abyss by Parmigiani Fleurier Parmigiani’s latest addition to the Pershing Collection, The Tourbillon Abyss represents the luxury and craftmanship their partners at Italian yacht manufacturer Pershing follow as well. The Parmigiani Pershing Tourbillon Abyss features a PF 510 hand wound 30-second movement, hand decorated with […]

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Parmigiani Fleurier and Lalique Unveil New Clock 15 Days

Luxury watchmakers Parmigiani Fleurier have unveiled a new interpretation of the Clock 15 Days in collaboration with the French master glassmaker Lalique. The Clock 15 Days, which comprises a patented movement encased in the finest crystal, will be available in three limited editions of white, deep blue, and red. Only fifteen of the clocks will be produced each […]

Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day: Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda Woodstock

The Tonda Woodstock by Parmigiani Fleurier is today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day selected by Carmelo Anthony. This unique timepiece by Parmigiani Fleurier celebrates the music culture along with the marquetry details used in creating the dial. The round 42 mm case is 18K polished rose gold and houses a PF 510 hand-wound movement […]

Watchmakers Struggle With Supply Bottleneck As Swatch Parts Cut-Off Comes Into Effect

Luxury watchmakers are fighting for market shares of the lucrative Swiss watch industry, which the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH pegs at a worth of US$23 billion. With growing demand in Asian, European and American markets, luxury watchmakers are scrambling to secure production means in order to maintain growth, but Reuters reports that there […]

Parmigiani Rocks at SIHH

Boutique brand Parmigiani Fleurier’s watches may get less hype than some of the giant SIHH brands, but they do not take a back seat in terms of watchmaking innovation and sheer beauty of finish. Take the Toric Quaestor Labyrinthe, a minute repeater with a dial designed as a tribute to the maze-like pattern of Greek […]

Bugatti and Parmigiani Fleurier: Synergy by Design

Michel Parmigiani has made no secret of his love for the aesthetics of Italian ultra-car maker Bugatti, with his company Parmigiani Fleurier having designed several timepieces in collaboration with the car company. Their most recent effort is La Parmigiani Fleurier Vitesse, an eccentric racing watch designed from the same palette as Bugatti’s new convertible Veyron […]

Time Travel

Millions of tourists visit Switzerland every year for its famous Alpine ski resorts and five-star spas on pristine lakes, but watch lovers know another Switzerland that combines the thrill of horological discovery with breathtaking scenery. Instead of the resorts and casinos of Lugano or the glamour and excitement of St. Moritz and Gstaad, they are […]

Parmigiani Fleurier Presents Solid Silver Table Clock

Michel Parmigiani has accumulated 192 years of experience in horology since going into business in 1975. His company, Parmigiani Mesure et Arts du Temps, got its start restoring antique clocks that were considered beyond repair, like the 1820 Breguet Sympathique. In 1996 the company evolved into Parmigiani Fleurier, taking its turn at producing high quality […]

Hotel Palafitte: 5-Star Hotel in Watch Valley

  Among the many things the Swiss do very well are two standouts: watchmaking and hospitality. The Swiss Jura, off the beaten track as far as tourism in this country is concerned, offers prime examples of both. Just as a trip to Neuchatel would not be complete without a watchmaking manufacture or museum visit, nor […]

Luxury Watches Breaking Into The Brazilian Market

Showing little signs of slowing down, the luxury watch industry has reported yet another rise in exports at the start of 2012. While Chinese tourist and China have always been a big driver of export growth, U.S. and Japan are also showing an acceleration of exports. Brazil has been noted as having potential to become […]

Thirty Days Hath September: The Parmigiani Fleurier Annual Calendar

The perpetual calendar is one of the best known complications in watchmaking and one of the most useful: it’s a miniature computer that automatically corrects the date at the end of each month, since some months (as the children’s rhyme reminds us) are 30 days long, and some 31.  The odd man out is February: […]

THIRTY DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER: THE PARMIGIANI FLEURIER ANNUAL CALENDAR

  The perpetual calendar is one of the best known complications in watchmaking and one of the most useful: it’s a miniature computer that automatically corrects the date at the end of each month, since some months (as the children’s rhyme reminds us) are 30 days long, and some 31.  The odd man out is […]

MAGIC HANDS: THE PARMIGIANI FLEURIER TORIC OVAL WATCH WITH TELESCOPING HANDS

Parmigiani Fleurier is on every watch lover’s radar in a big way right now, thanks to an unprecedented exhibition it’s brought to the United States for the first time in history.  The collection is the Maurice Sandoz Collection of clocks, watches, and mechanical automata, which was assembled by the son of the founder of Sandoz […]

A Swiss Tradition: Parmigiani Tonda 1950 Watch

There are times when the watch makes the man, and there are times when the man makes the watch. The last several years have given the world a range of truly intense luxury watches with designs so bold, they often threaten to steal attention from the person wearing the watch. No doubt there are times […]