Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

Watch of the Week: Parmigiani’s New Toric Chronomètre

Watch of the Week: Parmigiani’s New Toric Chronomètre

Martin Green
By Martin Green July 17, 2017

In the world of Parmigiani, the Toric is not nearly the most complicated watch the master has put together, but it might be the most significant. When we talked with Michel Parmigiani a few weeks back, he gave us an insight into what this watch means to him.

New Parmigiani Toric

Was the Toric due for an overhaul? Yes and no. The original Toric was designed in 1996, making it over two decades old, but more so, it was crafted for a different generation. That is also the biggest change with the new, or second-generation Toric: the size of the case, which now measures a very modern 40.8mm in diameter. This is not the only change the case went through, as the double knurled bezel is now reduced to just one. Interesting fact: Parmigiani still does this knurling by hand!

Parmigiani Toric Chronometre
Parmigiani knows however very well that when you make a watch larger, you should also make it slimmer, especially when you want to retain its elegant profile. By keeping it at 9.5mm, this is ensured for the new Toric. Overall the watch becomes less of a classical Roman beauty, in exchange for a more universal, contemporary elegance, in which the dial also plays an important role.

New Parmigiani Toric on the wrist

By going full Arabic numerals, Parmigiani gives the watch a more dynamic look, which is amplified by the moving the date function from three o’clock to six o’clock. It now also shows coming and past date, in a more generous sized date window. While I prefer to see this on sports watches, and not so much on dress watches, Parmigiani makes it work, and work well. The contrasting background and colors of the dates most certainly play an important role in this.

Inside the watch is a movement as you would expect from a brand like Parmigiani. Manufacture caliber PF331 has a power reserve of 55 hours and was created with precision in mind. As the full name of the watch already indicates, Toric Chronomètre, it has a COSC-certification. Available in both 18K white gold and rose gold, the watch is priced at $18.500,- for either version.