At Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023, we had a lot to talk about as brands to liberty with designs that they typically don’t do: dials with balloons, dials with painted…
(This article by Roberta Naas first appeared on Forbes.com.) For decades, I have been traveling to Switzerland for all of the biggest watch exhibitions. They are always a great…
Swiss watch brand Parmigiani Fleurier understands how important traditional watchmaking is to passing on the centuries-old craft from generation to generation. This is a brand that excels when it comes…
Next week, the Chinese New Year, Year of the Rabbit, comes into full swing (as of the 22nd of January 2023). That means that the finest watch brands on the…
By Nancy Olson Michel Parmigiani’s early practice in the restoration of important timepieces has served him well throughout his watchmaking career, evident in the exceptional authenticity of his…
Whether you are shopping for a last-minute holiday gift, or for yourself, this season there are a few must-see (and possibly own) watches to indulge in. With prices ranging…
Long awaited, the fruits of a collaboration formed a couple of years ago now comes to fruition: Giorgio Armani enters the fine watch world with Swiss watch brand Parmigiani Fleurier.…
Swiss watch brand Parmigiani Fleurier has been busy behind the scenes of its Tonda PF Automatic watch –releasing three new 36mm versions that are powered by a new in-house automatic…
The annual Grand Prix d’Horologerie de Geneve to place last week. After months of reviewing the nominations and narrowing the finalists down to just a few in each category, the…
With the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) award ceremony around the corner, the top watches currently in the running for the win in than a dozen categories…
By Nancy Olson The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda ladies timepieces combine serious watchmaking with the lavish icacies of the jeweler’s art—two things that grab my attention when considering a watch I’d…
There were a lot of watches to be seen during Watches & Wonders Geneva 2022. Exactly 38 brands at the show, and then dozens outside the show. Today, we focus…
By Nancy Olson The Tonda PF, which debuted last fall, is welcoming the just-introduced Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante to the collection of elegant, understated, and often-complicated timepieces. But…
In today’s watchmaking world, it is not unusual for the finest brands to create some one-of-a-kind watches from time to time to show off their technical prowess or strength at…
Despite the pandemic wreaking havoc in so many ways, including forcing most watch brands to shutter doors for a few weeks or months, certain watch brands managed to release some…