By Kien Lee
Thirty years ago, Michel Parmigiani gave form to a vision: to preserve the great traditions of mechanical watchmaking while projecting them into the future. The Toric was its first manifestation, serving not simply as a watch, but as a language that synthesized classical architecture, mathematical harmony, and exceptional craftsmanship.
Three decades later, Parmigiani Fleurier returns to this founding gesture through an exceptional trilogy that explores distinct dimensions of purity, calendar intelligence, and chronographic mastery. This collection conveys a clear position where mechanical intelligence, artisanal mastery, and aesthetic restraint are held in perfect balance.
The Toric collection
The contemporary Toric embodies a distinctive approach to watchmaking rooted in cultivated elegance, intimacy, and modernity. In a world increasingly saturated with visible symbols of status, the Maison proposes another idea of luxury that reveals itself progressively to those who recognize it, a philosophy defined as Private Luxury.
Through this approach, the collection opens a new chapter in the evolution of the dress watch, designed for a new generation of collectors for whom elegance is defined by a personal relationship with horological culture.
The hammered dial: light, sculpted by hand
For its 30th anniversary, the Maison introduces a new decorative signature: the hand-hammered gold dial. This technique is rooted in ancient metalworking traditions and requires a single artisan to shape the surface through a succession of precise manual strikes. Because the process is entirely manual, the rhythm, depth, and distribution of impacts vary with each gesture, ensuring that no two dials can ever be identical.
This process creates a subtly irregular surface that diffuses light in a uniquely vibrant way, turning the dial into a living surface.
Creating a Parmigiani hammered dial is a demanding process spanning around sixty individual operations. To provide contrast, the counters are finished through a delicate azuré process where fine grooves are cut using diamond tools to capture light with precision.
The contrast between the vibrancy of the hammered surface and the optical calm of the counters produces remarkable depth and clarity.
Toric Petite Seconde
Within the trilogy, the Toric Petite Seconde represents the most essential interpretation of the brand's philosophy. The dial reveals the quiet vibrancy of a hammered surface in Morning Blue, crafted from 18-carat white gold. The watch is housed in a platinum case with a finely knurled bezel, now echoed by a similarly knurled case back, which is one of the most distinctive architectural signatures of the collection.
The movement is structured by two large bridges in solid 18-carat rose gold, decorated with a rare double hand-guilloché motif. Manually wound, it preserves the tactile ritual that connects the wearer directly to time. This piece is limited to 30 units, each individually numbered from 1 to 30.
Toric Quantième Perpétuel
The Toric Quantième Perpétuel embodies one of watchmaking’s most sophisticated complications, accounting automatically for the irregular lengths of months and leap years. Parmigiani Fleurier approaches this complexity with restraint, utilizing a coaxial display architecture that preserves the purity of the dial. The dial itself is crafted in 18-carat rose gold in a refined shade of Bright Peony with a hand-hammered finish.
Inside beats the calibre PF733, which reveals rose gold bridges decorated with hand-guilloché Clou de Paris and Filet sauté. Once correctly set and continuously wound, the movement requires correction only once per century. Limited to 30 pieces, the watch balances mechanical intelligence with aesthetic clarity.
Toric Chronographe Rattrapante
The Chronographe Rattrapante represents the most technically complex creation of the trilogy. This split-seconds chronograph measures two simultaneous events with different end times, enabled by a fully integrated movement. Operating at 5 Hz, it allows measurements to the tenth of a second and features an open-worked architecture that reveals two column wheels and steel chronograph components.
For this anniversary edition, the 18-carat rose gold movement reveals a striking dialogue between polished steel components and warm gold surfaces. The dial, in hand-hammered white gold, appears in Agave Blue and is framed by a platinum case with the signature knurled bezel. The piece is limited to 30 units, individually numbered to mark three decades of living watchmaking.
