1 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 40th Anniversary (entire collection)

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Parmigiani Fleurier, located in Fleurier, Switzerland - was founded by Michel Parmigiani in 1976. As a tribute to 1950, Michel's birth year, a special 60 piece numbered edition timepiece was created and revealed at SIHH 2012 - the Parmigiani Tonda 1950 Edition Spéciale.

The dial is exquisite, revealing glimpses of the mechanical gear trains through its circular grille. You can even see a portion balance wheel as it oscillates. The grille is produced using a unique finishing process which includes lithography, molding and electroplating. Indexes are diamond polished and applied to the dial. Delta-shaped hour and minute hands feature luminescent treatment. A dial at 6 o'clock displays the seconds.

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One of the more interesting timepieces revealed by Parmigiani Fleurier at SIHH this year was the Transforma Rivages Chronograph Carbon and Titanium. It is a watch that can transform from: a watch, to pocket a watch and to a table clock. Push pins on the lower lugs allow the case to be detached for use as pocket watch or table clock.

The case is 43 mm by 12.8 mm and is made of carbon and titanium. Functions include hours, minutes, small seconds, day indication and chronograph. The movement is a self-winding in-house caliber PF334. The case back is engraved with "Special edition 100" and the individual number. The dial is in graphite with a circular satin finish, world map decoration and carbon counters with a thin diamond-polished flange. Luminescent Delta-shaped hands. Carbon-stamped black calfskin strap with titanium folding clasp.

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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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