At the time of writing, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is just about to begin, making it the perfect time to feature the Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Hijri Perpetual Calendar. The complication itself is not new for Parmigiani because its namesake founder, Michel Parmigiani, actually created a table clock with this complication in 2011, inspired by a pocket watch with an Arabic calendar. Just like a perpetual calendar, the Hijri version is a horological expression of the Tabular Islamic calendar that takes into account its full 30-year cycle accounting for the 12 months of the year which are either 29 or 30 days long, the 19 common years consisting of 354 days, and the 11 abundant years each with 355 days..
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