IN ASSOCIATION WITH Ineichen AUCTIONEERS AND
Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants
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In the early days of Parmigiani Fleurier, under the leadership of its founder Michel Parmigiani, the brand mainly offered collector’s watches. They were characterized by a special aura, which we prefer to call “museum spirit” and which was cultivated in the collection thanks to the efforts of Mr. Parmigiani. His background as a watch restorer and his refined esthetics brought a “museum” approach to the design of the brand’s watches, which played an important role in the development of the early collection.
The museum spirit is most clearly expressed in the early Torus collection by Parmigiani Fleurier, which was renamed Toric around the year 2000. In the Torus/Toric models, we find similar design features, such as the refined design of the bezel and caseback. Particularly noteworthy is the high-quality workmanship of the caseback, which often receives little attention – in relation to the Torus/Toric watches, this reflects and confirms the high positioning of the Parmigiani Fleurier collection from the very beginning. The multi-level architecture of the bezel and the edge of the caseback creates a symmetrical case profile when viewed from the side, while from the front the stepped shape of the bezel is emphasized by two rings with fine fluting, a kind of “filet sauté” (or “cremaillère”) guilloché contours. The wide bezel of the Torus/Toric, necessary for this design, allowed the brand to follow the trend towards large watches that emerged and gained momentum in the late 1990s, as it enabled a harmonious design with calibers that had previously been developed with the aim of producing smaller watches.
The Toric Automatic with black lacquer dial No. 6444 in rose gold would be an excellent opportunity for the collector to acquire an extremely rare, harmonious and noble wristwatch from Parmigiani Fleurier, a world-famous brand of haute horlogerie. Early in its history, the brand established a reputation for museum-class collector’s watches, and this watch was definitely made to cement that status. The sophisticated and contrasting combination of rose gold case and hands and black lacquer dial, as well as the laconic overall concept that makes the watch look like a museum piece, is a typical feature of the best early Parmigiani Fleurier watches. The Toric Automatic line is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful pages in the history of the brand.
This Toric Automatic represents the best that can be found in the legacy of the early Parmigiani Fleurier, if we do not speak of complications. But the laconic style of this watch, the simplest model in the brand’s early collection, is of great value in itself. This 18k rose gold watch dates back to the early 2000s, but has lost none of its appeal for the modern connoisseur. This applies to all aspects – the design, the perfect 1/5 proportions and the 40 mm size of the case, the finishing of the dial and the high-quality Parmigiani Fleurier caliber PF 133 with automatic winding, which is a personalized Nouvelle Lémania 8810. The now iconic stepped bezel with double “filet sauté” and caseback with single “filet sauté”, a classic black lacquer dial with Arabic "Breguet" numerals and an outer “pearl” minute track, both printed with gold powder, an oval cartouche with the logo and the early "Javeline" hour and minute hands by Parmigiani, which definitely give the watch a special character – all of this ensures a harmonious classic style and a laconic overall concept in which there is no detail you want to part with.
D= | 40mm |
Glass | Sapfire glass |
Functions | Date |
Dial | Black |
REF: | PF000479 |
Box: | Yes |
Papers: | Yes |
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