While on its quest for purity combined with innovation, Parmigiani Fleurier gives a new definition to a GMT watch as it unveils an elegant timepiece fit for an equally sophisticated traveller. The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante features a world premiere take on the GMT complication, defined by its minimalist yet highly complex nature.
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Utilising the idea of a traditional rattrapante (split chronograph), Parmigiani Fleurier incorporates the concept into the hour hands, creating a unique GMT complication in the process. A pair of hour hands are superimposed on each other, a rhodium-plated gold hand sitting on top of an 18k rose gold hand with a pusher at eight o’clock that activates the “split”. Upon crossing time zones, the owner simply engages the pusher to advance the rhodium-plated hour hand forward in one hour increments.
In doing so, the Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante tracks the home and local time zones. Actuating the “back-home” 18k rose gold pusher on the crown at the end of travel resets the hour hands as the rhodium-plated hand snaps back to the current position of the 18k rose gold hour hand.
A stainless steel case with a knurled platinum bezel houses the Parmigiani Fleurier automatic calibre PF051 responsible for the ingenious complication as the Swiss watchmaker lives up to its pedigree in Haute creations.
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