![]() ![]() ![]() It was a close-run thing but, to the benefit of the watch world, he chose the former. It’s a little-known fact that Parmigiani had two careers in mind when he was starting out on adult life in the mid-1970s: one was watch-making, the other was architecture. But there could be something more behind his choice. The Toric line formed the foundation of the brand, and the fact that King Charles’s rare chronograph model (long since discontinued) has often been cited for its ‘elegance’ and ‘understatement’ certainly fits well with its owner’s image. Parmigiani only launched in 1996 and was barely known of – but its eponymous founder (a genius clock and watch restorer backed by the vastly wealthy Sandoz Foundation) subsequently emerged as one of the star watchmakers of the era whose discreet and impeccably-finished creations flew in the face of an emerging trend for big, brash wristwear. ![]()
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