Under Guido Terreni, Parmigiani Fleurier has made brisk strides from a niche, slightly patrician enthusiast brand to one of the most interesting and dynamic names out there with the Tonda PF collection. Terreni had already demonstrated his talent at Bulgari with the Octo Finissimo, a collection that would cement the reputation of the brand as a major disruptor in the industry. At the helm of Parmigiani since early 2021, Terreni has quickly taken advantage of the brand's potent vertical manufacturing capabilities, and the result is a hit.
The appeal of the Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF is apparent. A sports watch on bracelet with top-notch finishes, excellent in-house movements and particularly impressive attention paid to detail: In a market starved for precisely this type of product, the Tonda PF has done nothing short of transforming the brand. The collection debuted with a time-only micro-rotor model, a chronograph, an annual calendar and a split-seconds chronograph. This year at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2022, we saw the release of the second batch of
Tonda PF watches. While the GMT Rattrapante deservedly got the most attention for its novel application of a split-seconds mechanism to a GMT complication, I found myself just as enamored with the pair of Tonda PF Skeleton watches.
I recently spent just shy of a week with the red-gold iteration of the Tonda PF Skeleton and walked away impressed - if not also relieved at no longer having to worry about scratching a nearly six-figure watch. Indeed, I'm impressed at how successfully the Tonda PF collection has matured in just a couple of years under Mr. Terreni's stewardship but also at the immaculate design, execution and watchmaking on display here.
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Mirror of Civilizations
With the new Tonda PF Xiali Calendar (Ref. PFH982-1022301100182), Parmigiani Fleurier celebrates the Chinese New Year (Jan. 22, 2023) with a world premiere: a Chinese complete calendar that is covering a period of 12 years. This model follows the maison's earlier Gregorian Annual Calendar and the Tonda Hijri Perpetual Calendar, or Muslim calendar, a feat of miniaturization that was awarded the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) in the Innovation category in 2020.
Return Flight
Longines brings back the famous \"Majetek\" pilot watch from 1935 with a 43-mm case and new bezel system.
Black Capsule
On January 31, Carl F. Bucherer unveiled five new versions of some of its most popular models in a different cosmopolitan city on the same day - each city having played an important role for the three generations of the Bucherer family over the past 135 years.
Touchdown in Le Locle
Aaron Charles Rodgers (born Dec. 2, 1983) is a quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).
Flat Floor
Just three months after Bulgari had unveiled the world's latest thinnest watch, the 1.8-mm Octo Finissimo Ultra (Ref. 103611), Richard Mille set a new world record with the RM UP-01 Ferrari (in 2021, Ferrari and Richard Mille had announced a multi-year partnership agreement).
Tourbillon Waltz
On June 26, 1801, Abraham-Louis Breguet (Jan. 10, 1747 Sept. 17, 1823) was granted a patent for a new type of regulator.
Tudor's Tool Watch Is Back
Two years ago, Tudor started to quietly decommission its ETApowered Heritage Ranger from 2014, perhaps one of its most quintessential time-only models that had first appeared in the collection in the 1960s.
License To Dive
Underwater explorers and frogmen play as prominent a role in the history of Omega's dive watches as do the seahorse and the world's most famous secret agent.
HEART-STOPPING MOMENTS
The TAG Heuer Autavia embodies the excitement of 1960s motorsports and the optimism of the time. The new 2022 models reflect the Autavia's beginnings as a cockpit instrument and build on this history.
The Lasting Influence of The Nineties
A look back at the decade that saw an industry recover from crisis and steady itself at the cusp of a new millennium.