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Parmigiani Fleurier

Restoration first, manufacture second. Michel Parmigiani spent two decades restoring complications before he made one. That order matters: it is the difference between a watchmaker who knows what nine generations of mistakes look like, and one who is about to make a few new ones.

Founded1996 · Fleurier, SwitzerlandTypeIndependent manufactureAt PalladioSince 2018

The case for the house.

Parmigiani Fleurier began as a restoration atelier — work on the Sandoz Foundation's archive of antique movements that, even now, very few houses are equipped to perform. Modern Parmigiani movements bear that lineage: they are made by people who have spent half their lives putting other people's mistakes right.

The Tonda PF is the firm's quiet, perfectly resolved sports watch. The integrated bracelet tapers cleanly from a case that reads as one piece. The dial is grained, not stamped. The micro-rotor calibre — the PF703 — runs on a single barrel for 48 hours and reads, on the case-back, exactly the way the dial reads on the wrist.

“It is the watch we put on the wrist of a client who has stopped wanting to be noticed for their watch.”

History · in brief

Three decades, in five chapters.

1976

Michel Parmigiani opens his restoration atelier

Originally working on the Sandoz Foundation's collection of antique watches and automata, an archive few were equipped to service.

1996

Parmigiani Fleurier becomes a manufacture

The Sandoz Family Foundation backs the founding of the manufacture and a small portfolio of in-house calibres.

2003

Vaucher Manufacture, a calibres workshop

Established to make movements for Parmigiani and, on contract, for other serious independents.

2021

The Tonda PF arrives

The house's most resolved sports watch — an integrated bracelet, grained dial, micro-rotor calibre. Our most-recommended steel piece since.

2026

At Palladio · on the wall

Parmigiani Fleurier has held its place at Palladio since 2018. Our collection is deliberately selective, representing timepieces created for collectors who value exceptional craftsmanship over recognition.

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