Parmigiani Fleurier introduced a beautiful skeleton timepiece last year, the Pershing Openwork Tourbillon. And Peter Chong recently had a chance to photograph it.

The Pershing Tourbillon is available in either a palladium (rare metal similar to platinum) case with a rubber strap (limited to 30), 18k rose gold with a Hermes alligator strap (limited to 30) or palladium with diamond bezel and rubber bracelet (limited to 10). The 45 mm diameter by 14.2 mm tall case is rugged, sporty and capable of water-resistance down to 200 meters.

Powering the Pershing is Caliber 511, a beautiful in-house manufactured manually wound movement. The movement features an openworked maninplate and bridges. Power reserve is 168-hours (1 week). 30-second tourbillon. Sapphire crystal front and back.

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At SIHH 2012, which begins January 16th, Parmigiani Fleurier will unveil their first annual calendar. The Fleurier manufacture developed this new complication based on their PF 331 automatic caliber, with the addition of a new module, creating the PF 339 Annual Calendar caliber.

An annual calendar automatically adjusts for the variation in the number of days each month, as opposed to having to manually adjust like on most timepieces. It does, however, need to be manually adjusted once each year (for the month of February in non-leap years). In a leap year, which coincidentally is coming up in 2012, the date will display February 29 and will automatically move to March 1 the following day.

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The manufacture Parmigiani Fleurier has created a special oval timepiece with telescoping hands as a homage to a famous oval pocket watch (pictured on right) that was made by British watchmakers Vardon & Stedmann in the 19th century.

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The Parmigiani Fleurier Transforma, a unique timepiece that effortlessly transforms between wristwatch, table clock, and pocket watch.

Considering the Tranforma's ability to adapt to three different configurations, you would think the case would have to be pretty big. However, the size is actually pretty conservative at 43 mm in diameter x 12.6 mm thick.

Available in a stainless steel case with polished finish. In-house automatic mechanical caliber PF334 powers the hours, minutes, small seconds, date and 1/4 second chronograph. Anti-reflective sapphire crystal.

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Originally launched in the summer of 2010, I first had a chance to view the Parmigiani Fleurier Bugatti Super Sport at SIHH 2011. Parmigiani Fleurier partnered with Bugatti, like they did in 2007, and although both wristwatches are based on a Bugatti automobile, the Super Sport is based on the world's fastest car, the Bugatti Veryon 16.4. This design collaboration was executed perfectly, and the resulting timepiece is undoubtedly a superwatch, worthy of the legendary Veyron supercar.

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Last Friday (August 13, 2010) Parmigiani Fleurier launched the automobile inspired Bugatti Super Sport timepiece. A super watch made in conjunction with the world's fastest production car, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport. The car is an amazing feat in engineering as is this new Bugatti timepiece from Parmigiani. I really liked the original watch Parmigiani created for Bugatti, however, this version has been fully redesigned. The new watch is arguably better looking, and maintains an unmistakable look, much like a Bugatti super car. The design is more restrained, the case is sleeker and it is much more wearable. The excellent design perfectly blends subtle Bugatti Veyron elements, without being quite as loud as the previous model, and that is definitely a good thing.

Press Release Parmigiani Fleurier

"In 2004, Parmigiani revolutionised the world of watchmaking by placing the entire movement of its Bugatti Type 370 watch on a transverse axis, just like a car engine block. A pillar assembly connected the calibre's five plates and the train wheels cut in the shape of a car wheel.

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Parmigiani Fleurier just introduced a new version of their popular Tonda Hemisphere timepiece. Like the previous versions, this one has a dual time zone (GMT) feature. Both time zones are fully visible, at a glance, including minutes and hours. On top of that, each has its own day/night indicator. There is also an exposed date window, that allows you to see three days at a time. Two crowns control the separate time zones, and the main crown also allows you to wind the watch and set the date. All new on this model, is a partially skeletonized dial. You can see some of the gears and screws, which gives it a very appealing look. The silver inner circle on the dial is metal, and is finished with Geneva stripes, further adding to the dial aesthetics. The only other big change, is the blue color scheme, including a blue Hermes crocodile strap.

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Last month, at SIHH 2010, Parmigiani Fleurier launched their first fly-back chronograph, manufacture Calibre PF 335. It is based on the brand's first in-house chronograph movement, with an added chronograph fly-back mechanism. Once the chronograph hand is moving, a single press resets it instantly to zero (it flies back to zero) and restarts the chronograph immediately. The Bugatti Atlante features two separate tachymetric displays. One on the bezel allows high speed events to be times, and the other on the 30-minute counter can be used for slower events such as walking or running. The case is 43 mm by 13.40 mm and is available in either 18-carat white or red gold.

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