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Parmigiani Fleurier L?armoriale Pocket WatchÂ
Sometimes we get word of a watch that is just too beautiful and special not to feature. It?s become a tradition for Parmigiani Fleurier to create a special, completely unique pocket watch every year to celebrate founder Michel Parmigiani?s birthday, and this year they?ve really outdone themselves with a watch they?re calling L?armoriale.Â
The heart of the timepiece is a mechanical caliber dating to 1890 that was restored by Parmigiani in 1985. Originally a chronograph minute repeater, the movement now features both of those complications as well as a perpetual calendar with a moonphase, a pretty incredible demonstration of Parmigiani?s skill as a watchmaker as well as his devotion to restoration and preserving and sometimes even enhancing horological history. The white gold case features a beautiful enameled caseback, and of course virtually everything here is completely handmade and hand finished, down to the intricate chiseled adornments that run across the case band. It?s a real work of art, worth spending some time gawking at, whi...
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