The Pocket Watch L'Armoriale features a vintage movement resurrected by Michel Parmigiani
A unique piece to showcase Michel Parmigiani's expertise in watch restoration and passion for artisanal craftsmanship, the L'Armoriale pocket watch is the latest addition to Parmigiani Fleurier Objet d'Art collection. Here are three things you need to know about this magnificent timepiece.
Its heartbeat is a restored 19th-century movement
The manual winding movement is an original A. Golay Leresche & Fils that dates back to 1890; it bears the manufacture's signature. A chronograph minute repeater, Michel Parmigiani rescued it and kept it safe until 1985 when he restored it and added a perpetual calendar function.
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It has a stunning face
The mordant brown dial is decorated with delicately engraved in a motif called "mezzo vibrato", with four sub-dials for the calendar indications similarly engraved except for the moon phase. The last is set against aventurine, with the hand-hammered moon in white gold.
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