Horological Meandering

For a couple of weeks I have wanted a dual time zone watch whereby both times are completely independent since I will be doing plenty of traveling to +0.5 hours timezone.
I was completely sold on the FP Journe Resonance but did not have the opportunity to see one "live".
So when I was in Shanghai, passed by the Parmigiani boutique, and went home with this...



The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda 42 Hemisphere.

It's a great watch, great size, and love the open-worked case. Kinda give it a skeletonized look and it has two day/night indicators (which the FP Journe did not).
Not as prestigious as the FP Journe, but the watch provides me with the functions I need.

Sorry for the bad picture....

oh, and I bought this for the wife...

I edited this post ......

At first sight they didn't look right to me (but like you say the pics are not that good)

But when I saw your previous posts I could be wrong. ....

 

So forgive if I made a mistake

This message has been edited by Bruno.M1 on 2011-04-04 05:42:43

cause I take really poor pictures...
but I can assure you they are genuine all right...

cheers,
gg

But I must say it is one of the brands I don't follow very much

But the pic isn't.



Fx

guess I was very wrong

 

Sorry for thinking it was a fake... my mistake  ! Congrats with these 2 watches

My wife and I own several Parmigianis, and while I wasn't a big fan of the initial Hemispheres watches, I really like this open dial treatment a lot.  Nice choice!

Best,

Gary G

finally you take the shot on Parmigiani,

although I dont know much about this beast, it is very interesting complication watch for traveller.

I would still keep my dreaming of Sonata as best traveller watch

huge congrats again and enjoy

best,

ES

a most useful watch, but i cant claim to know alot about Parmigianis. i am not a big fan of their designs, there is always something i can nitpick about!!

congrats once again,

best, Horo

.... trying to find a lange / patek that suits what i need.

I bought the watch plainly and simply because of its complication. A case of necessity and functionality over aesthetics and brand.

However, so far, it is growing on me...

Cheers,
GG

Not to nitpick, as I am certainly not a good photographer, but the parmigiani does not look right in the date window... note the position of the 3 compared to the rest of the visible date wheel.  I have also never seen a patek model like this one shown with the calatrava cross logo on the dial.  I am not an expert, but just stating my thoughts.

Pic borrowed from PP site.

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0ne of 20

Cheers,
sc

didn't know that they had a LE for this too...
Nice one mate!

Cheers,
GG

Are you an Arsenal fan btw?

cheers

PAt

It is not a good time to be an arsenal fan though...

cheers,
GG

cheers

PAt

haha, i am sure you made the right choice, hope you will like it more later not only becoz its "funtion" and "complication".

RL