PARMIGIANI FLEURIER

Master watchmaker Michel Parmigiani was one of the watch industry’s leading restorers of antique timepieces when he established his own eponymous brand in 1996, supported by one of his restoration workshop’s most prestigious customers, Switzerland’s Sandoz Family Foundation. Twenty-five years on, Parmigiani Fleurier is solidly positioned as one of the most distinctive and creative independent maisons of the 21st century, with timepiece concepts still guided by Michel Parmigiani and his design philosophy based on the Golden Ratio. With five separate specialized ateliers under the Parmigiani umbrella, making every component from the cases to the dials to the movements, Parmigiani is also one of the most vertically integrated brands currently operating. Its watch collections, which include the Greek architecture-inspired Toric, the elegant Tonda PF and stylishly sporty Tonda GT, feature hallmark elements like the cases’ teardrop-shaped lugs, the dials’ Delta-shaped hands, and a“grains d’orge” guilloché motif on the movement and/or dial. 

Founded: 1996

Headquarters: Fleurier, Switzerland

Ownership: Sandoz Family Foundation

Notable models: Tonda PF, Tonda GT, Toric, Kalpa

Did you know: Antique clocks and other vintage timepieces restored at Michel Parmigiani’s workshop can be found in the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Milan.