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Parmigiani Fleurier launches the Tonda PF Micro-Rotor No Date, creating an even more minimalistic option within its Tonda PF Micro-Rotor series.

 

The new Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Micro-Rotor No Date.

The debut comes alongside a terrific new Toric collection that the watchmaker launched as its primary Watches and Wonders 2024 highlight. (We’ll have much more about the new Toric in a future post.) 

At Watches and Wonders 2024, Parmigiani Fleurier launched a new Toric collection, including a manual wind model (pictured) and a chronograph rattrapante (pictured below).
The new Parmigiani Fleurier Toric Chronograph Rattrapante

The Tonda PF Micro-Rotor No Date

In the full Parmigiani Fleurier collection since 2021, the initial Tonda PF Micro-Rotor watch displayed only minutes, hours and date on its signature, ultra-clean Grain d’Orge guilloche dial. 

The newest, cleaner dial echoes the existing date-free models within the Tonda PF Automatic series and the Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante collection, the latter of which was a highlight of the 2022 Watches and Wonders exhibit.

With this new iteration, the watchmaker strips the 40mm by 7.8mm watch of even its date display, leaving only the 18-karat gold, rhodium-plated skeletonized delta-shaped hands to offer the sole time display.

Parmigiani Fleurier retains the eye-catching guilloche dial pattern here, creating a specialized Golden Siena color.  The watchmaker describes the hue as “a shade with moiré effects directly inspired by the rich “sienna” palette, thus celebrating the subtle nuances and naturalness of the earth.”

Turn the watch over for a busier display. From the back, you’ll see the platinum oscillating weight as its powers the highly decorated PF703 automatic caliber.

Here more of the underlying movement plate can be viewed than is typical in other watches with micro-rotors. That’s because Parmigiani Fleurier watchmakers have created a specialized, slightly smaller rotor built with a unique shape.

Price: $25,300. 

Specifications: Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Micro-Rotor No Date

FUNCTIONS: Hours, minutes

MOVEMENT: PF703 – Automatic Manufacture movement with platinum 950 micro-rotor. Power reserve: 48 hours

Frequency: 21,600 Vph (3 Hz)
Jewels: 29
No. of components: 160
Overall diameter: 30.6 mm
Thickness : 3.07 mm
Decoration : Côtes de Genève, Perlage Oscillating weight: platinum 950 micro- rotor, Grain d’Orge guilloché

DIAL: Color: Golden Siena
Finishing: Grain d’Orge hand-guilloché Indices: hand-applied rhodium-plated appliques
Hands: 18-karat gold rhodium-plated, skeletonized delta-shaped

CASE: Polished and satin-finished stainless steel with platinum 950 with knurled bezel Diameter: 40mm
Thickness: 7.8mm, Crown: 4.3mm, screwed-in
Glass: ARunic anti-reflective sapphire. Case back: sapphire glass
Engraving on case back: serial number – “PARMIGIANI FLEURIER”
Water resistance: 100 meters.

BRACELET:

Polished and satin-finished stainless steel bracelet
Closure: stainless steel folding clasp

Price: $25,300.