Michel Parmigiani spent two decades restoring antique timepieces for collectors and museums before founding his own manufacture in 1996. Where other brands outsource components or buy movements wholesale, Parmigiani controls the entire production chain through its ownership of suppliers like Vaucher (movements), Atokalpa (escapements), and Les Artisans Boîtiers (cases). The result is a level of vertical integration that rivals the biggest names in Swiss watchmaking, executed at a fraction of the volume.
This is a 42mm white gold Tonda skeleton (PF601395.01) featuring an open-work dial, including a visible date ring you can watch in action, and a skeletonized movement and rotor visible from the caseback. Ten were made.
