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So I love both but I just am curious which you guys think look better on wrist

The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF is a great example of how design can be subtle but incredibly important. My father liked to say that the glory of God could be beholden in the human face: two eyes, a nose, a mouth, and some hair, yet every face looks different… and for some small reason one can be considered ugly while another is beautiful enough to launch a thousand ships.

Parmigiani Fleurier does a lot right. Everything in the current collection is beautiful, but it runs deeper than that: The movements are intelligently designed but also handsomely decorated. The microrotors have a guilloche design while the plates are polished with Geneva stripes. More importantly, the clever rethinking of popular complications has come to define the brand over the last couple of years, with timers, chronographs, and GMTs that hide the function when not in use, reducing the watches to subtle two-handers.

This the Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante, a simple time-only watch with white gold hands and the Milano Blue dial. If you find yourself in a different time zone you can simply push the button near the 8 o’clock side of the case and it will move the hour hand to your current time, while leaving a darker rose gold-colored hour hand at your home time. When you return home you simply push the button in the crown, and the two hour hands snap back together, once again hiding the darker hour hand and leaving you with nothing but the current time.

If you want to be pedantic you could point out that this watch is neither a GMT but rather a dual-time zone watch, and it isn’t really a Rattrapante either. But that’s a pretty Killjoy thing to do.

There may be a hundred different metal sport watches available in the market, many with a blue dial. Ever since Audemars Piguet launched it’s Royal Oak this has been the defining look, yet so many fail in terms of design. This Tonda does nothing new, yet manages to be all together elegant, sporty, and sleek. There’s a fluted bezel reminiscent of various Rolex designs but much more refined, there’s a call-back to Omega’s Aqua Terra case, but the mix of matte and polished links on the bracelet take the watch deep into the territory of jewelry.

Today’s images feature the OG Blue Steel, Ms Grace Jones, created by her then-husband Jean-Paul Goude.

I wanted to share some thoughts after about a month of ownership with the Tonda PF Annual Calendar.

This watch is especially meaningful to me because it was a wedding gift from my wife. Before buying it, I went back and forth for quite a while. My wrist is on the smaller side, around 16–16.5 cm, and at 42 mm this is definitely not a small watch on paper. That said, the black/grey dial and the lug design make it wear a lot more understated than the size would suggest. It has presence, but it doesn’t feel loud.

The bracelet clasp issue that some people have mentioned is real, at least in my experience. Over the past month of wearing it almost every day, it has accidentally popped open twice. Not a dealbreaker for me, but definitely something worth mentioning.

Aside from that, the wearing experience has been pretty much perfect. The bracelet is incredibly comfortable, the finishing is beautiful, and I absolutely love how Parmigiani integrated an annual calendar and moonphase into such a clean, restrained design. It gives you a genuinely useful complication without making the dial feel busy.

Compared with some of the other Tonda PF models, the Annual Calendar doesn’t seem to get discussed quite as much, but after living with it for a month, I’m really glad I went with this one.

Happy to answer any questions!

Also, does anyone have recommendations for OEM or third-party leather straps for the Tonda PF? I’m thinking about trying one this winter.

I took a look and tried on the Tonda gt ultra-cermet London grey and it’s amazing, the watch almost feel precious and the dial changes depending on how the light hits it wich I thought was very cool and the movement was also impressive. The PF070-CSND is just gorgeous while being precise unlike watches from the famous trinity it’s a COSC 5HZ(36000 A/H) in house Chronograph wich is very rare

I’ve owned a lot of watches and I can definitely say this is by far the most comfortable watch I’ve worn, regardless of no micro adjustment.

Platinum beauty. Wish their prices were more reasonable tho