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Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda Chronor

In 2019, Parmigiani Fleurier is delighted to unveil the Tonda Chronor Slate, a watch with a dial in rich slate grey. This timepiece is uniquely symbolic of the expertise of the Watchmaking Centre. All of its components, excluding the strap and sapphire crystal, have been produced by the different manufactures (Atokalpa, Elwin, Les Artisans Boîtiers, Quadrance & Habillage, and Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier).

The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda Chronor Anniversaire features a grand feu enamel dial, in either white or royal blue. For me there’s only one potential gotcha: a two-tailed hand in a running seconds, or chronograph, sub-register usually seems a little affected to me.

The sporty, yet elegant designs embody Parmigiani’s years of expertise and design ethos following golden ratio parameters. The case shape is inspired by the Tonda Chronor watch, which was awarded the Chronograph Watch Prize from the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève in 2017.

The first integrated chronograph from the Parmigiani Fleurier manufacture is a hand-wound movement that includes a chronograph, a split-seconds function and a large date, all on a single main plate. The solid gold PF361 movement incorporates several state-of-the-art technological developments that increase its reliability and reveal the true prowess of the watchmaking industry.

The Tonda Chronor Slate, a watch with a dial in rich slate grey. This timepiece is uniquely symbolic of the expertise of the Watchmaking Centre. All of its components, excluding the strap and sapphire crystal, have been produced by the different manufactures (Atokalpa, Elwin, Les Artisans Boîtiers, Quadrance & Habillage, and Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier).

TONDA CHRONOR ANNIVERSAIRE. To mark its 20th anniversary, Parmigiani Fleurier unveils the Tonda Chronor Anniversaire, with an integrated chronograph movement in solid gold. To manufacture this complication on an industrial scale is a rare feat in watchmaking because the chronograph relies on kinematics with a chain of actions, each one determining and triggering the next, and each sequence …