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Michel Parmigiani's foundational watch celebrates its 30th anniversary with gorgeous hand-hammered gold dials.
Master watchmaker and restorer Michel Parmigiani’s original Toric QP Rétrograde was Parmigiani Fleurier’s foundational watch marking the brand’s launch in 1996. Following the appointment of Guido Terreni in 2021, many of Michel Parmigiani’s models were put on standby to allow Terreni to chart the brand’s new design direction, with a primary focus on the Tonda PF collection, followed by the fabled Toric, which was reintroduced in 2024. Positioned as the brand’s top-tier dress watch, the Toric is only available in precious platinum and gold cases with manual-winding gold movements, dials, hands and indices. Coinciding with the Toric’s (and the brand’s) 30th anniversary, Parmigiani releases an exceptional Toric trilogy – Small Seconds, Perpetual Calendar and Rattrapante Chronograph – with gorgeous hand-hammered gold dials.
Reflecting Michel Parmigiani’s quest for aesthetic harmony, his design for the Toric case was rich in references to classical architecture, with proportions inspired by the Golden Ratio. Adapted to reflect Guido Terreni’s vision of understated refinement, the Toric was revived in 2024 with a Small Seconds and a Rattrapante Chronograph, followed a year later by the Toric Perpetual Calendar. Respecting the signature knurled bezel of Michel Parmigiani’s Toric, the new-generation Toric models strip away the Arabic numerals, javelin hands and guilloché decoration of earlier Toric watches. Defined by opulent materials and minimalist dials with small, applied indices, elegant delta hands and a cartouche with the letters PF at noon, the new Toric collection epitomises elegance and quiet luxury.
While the case materials, dimensions and functions vary from model to model, they all share hand-hammered gold dials. Executed by a single artisan, the dial is hammered with precision strikes that displace the metal while preserving the flatness required for a watch dial. Given the manual component of this decorative technique, the dimpling varies from dial to dial.
Unlike a smooth, polished surface, the dial’s concave, dimpled surface catches light at different angles, producing brighter highlights on the raised edges and darker shadows in the pits. Overall, the chaotic scattering of light creates a warmer, artisanal appearance in contrast to the more technical yet refined snailing featured in the sub-dials. And speaking of dials, I can’t think of another brand that understands subtle dial colours as well as Parmigiani.
Toric Small Seconds
The most straightforward member of the 30th anniversary trilogy, the Toric Small Seconds is presented in a 40.6mm platinum case with a knurled bezel and caseback. Its slim 8.8mm silhouette perfectly matches its dress watch personality.
Aptly named Morning Blue, the soft light-blue hand-hammered gold dial works beautifully with the gleaming, polished surfaces of the platinum case. A narrow chapter ring on the periphery houses the hand-applied gold indices, while the central area of the dial features the oval PF cartouche at noon counterbalanced by the recessed and finely snailed small seconds counter at 6 o’clock.
Compared to the discreet, minimalist dial, the reverse side reveals a wonderfully rich spectacle of the PF780 manual-winding movement, with rose gold bridges decorated with a hand-guilloché Clou de Paris motif (pyramid-shaped studs) and hand-bevelled chamfers. Just 3.15mm thick, the movement beats at 28,800vph and delivers a 60-hour power reserve.
The Toric Small Seconds is a limited edition of 30 individually numbered pieces and retails for CHF 75,000.
Toric Perpetual Calendar
Introduced in 2025, the Toric Perpetual Calendar is yet another ode to understated, minimalist elegance. For the 30th-anniversary trilogy, the QP returns in a 40.6mm rose gold case with a knurled bezel and caseback, and a svelte 10.9mm profile. A far cry from overcrowded QPs with busy sub-dials and tracks, the Toric concentrates all the calendar information in two co-axial sub-dials: day and date on the sub-dial at 8 o’clock; months and leap years at 4 o’clock.
Matching the case, the Bright Peony rose gold dial, with its undulating hand-hammered surface, conveys warmth and luxury. The caseback reveals components of the calibre PF733, including the double barrels housing the 60-hour power reserve and the 4Hz regulating organ, surrounded by the magnificent rose gold bridges decorated by hand with Clou de Paris guilloché.
The Toric Perpetual Calendar is a limited edition of 30 individually numbered pieces and retails for CHF 113,000.
Toric Rattrapante Chronograph
The largest and most technically complex reference in the anniversary trilogy, this 42mm platinum Split-Seconds Chronograph has a more pronounced height of 14.4mm and round chronograph pushers. Capable of measuring two simultaneous events with different end times, the fully integrated 5Hz movement captures measurements of 1/10th of a second.
The gleaming knurled platinum bezel frames the Agave Blue hand-hammered gold dial, a beautiful blue-green colour that only Parmigiani could have conjured, hosting three recessed and finely snailed sub-dials. To distinguish the hands, the central chronograph hand is rhodium-plated, while the central split-seconds hand is rose gold-plated for contrast.
The 285-component integrated split-seconds manual-winding chronograph movement with a 65-hour power reserve is revealed on the caseback beneath an intricate web of curved openworked rose gold bridges emanating from the centre of the balance wheel. Decorated with satin finishes and hand-bevelled and polished chamfers, the mainplate is frosted, and the steel parts are decorated with straight graining. Like the other anniversary models, the Toric Rattrapante Chronograph is a limited edition of 30 individually numbered pieces. It retails for CHF 158,000.
More information at parmigiani.com.
