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Indeed, that was Michel Parmigiani's actual inspiration
Dec 03, 2021,01:34 AM
The man himself considered a career in architecture before plumping for watchmaking (I won't go on as I'm sure you're more than aware). The Ionica is named after ancient Greek column styles of the same name.
Here he is speaking with Watch Time in September this year:
"Architecture is a fantastic base for creativity because we find in it the same aspects that we find in nature, especially the quest for harmony in proportions. This is the quest that has always influenced my timepiece creations — following the principles of the golden ratio from art and the Fibonacci sequence from science and trying to put them into practice for watch designs."