CARILLON TOURBILLON 30TH ANNIVERSARY
Created for our thirtieth anniversary, the Carillon Tourbillon is one of the most accomplished expressions of our Maison’s culture: a rare acoustic timepiece born from restoration, shaped by the hand, and conceived as an instrument of memory.
Some anniversaries invite reflection on the path travelled. Others remind us of the enduring strength of an origin.
The thirtieth anniversary of Parmigiani Fleurier belongs to the latter. It does not merely celebrate the founding of an independent watchmaking Maison. It honours the work of a man who dedicated his life to understanding time, before seeking to create it.
Michel Parmigiani has never approached watchmaking as a realm of appearances. He approached it from within: through restoration, through listening to historic objects, through the patience of the hand, and through a profound respect for what previous generations had conceived, transmitted, and at times left unspoken.
From him, restoration has never meant looking at the past with nostalgia. Restoration meant learning. Deciphering. Understanding the intelligence of an architecture, the logic of a movement, the memory held within the hand. It meant discovering, within every object entrusted to his gaze, not only beauty, but thought.
Parmigiani Fleurier was born from this conviction.
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Pictures
Front view of the Carillon Tourbillon in white gold on a white alligator strap, its hand-hammered pale blue dial carrying only a central hand and two shaped apertures at the left
The Carillon Tourbillon seen straight on against black, its hand-hammered pale blue dial crossed by a single central hand, two shaped apertures cut into the chapter ring at the upper left, on a white alligator strap
Profile of the polished white gold case on a mirrored surface, showing the finely knurled caseband and the blue Parmigiani Fleurier medallion set into its flank
The sapphire caseback on a blue ground, the skeletonised movement and its tourbillon cage framed by an engraved rim reading Parmigiani Fleurier and Édition Limitée 05, hallmarked Au750 and numbered 102936
Three-quarter view low to a reflective surface, the domed crystal standing clear of the fluted caseband above the hammered blue dial
The watch upright against a blue grey ground, dial and white alligator strap seen straight on
Three-quarter view from above, the domed crystal catching the light across the hammered dial, the fluted caseband and lug visible below
The caseback at an angle, the skeletonised bridges and tourbillon cage open to view inside an engraved rim reading Édition Limitée 05
Close view along the caseback rim, the words Édition Limitée 05 engraved beside hand-engraved bridges, gear teeth and blued screws
Macro of the movement, hand-engraved bridges around a blue crescent indicator, the rim engraved Forty-Two (42) Jewels
Macro of the tourbillon cage and surrounding gear train, the caseback rim engraved Au750, numbered 102936 and Swiss Made
Macro through the caseback, the barrel bearing the Parmigiani Fleurier monogram above the gear train and tourbillon, a blue crescent indicator at the left
Three-quarter view against a blue grey ground, the hammered blue dial under its domed crystal above a fluted caseband
Close view of the dial's upper left, where two shaped apertures and two exposed screws interrupt the hammered blue surface beside the monogram
Three-quarter view of the complete watch on its grey alligator strap, the crown set with the Parmigiani Fleurier medallion
The white gold pin buckle on the grey alligator strap, its face cut with fine parallel flutes
The caseback straight on against black, the full engraving legible around the skeletonised movement: Parmigiani Fleurier, Édition Limitée 05, Au750, 102936, Swiss MadeCraftsmanship
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