To celebrate Parmigiani Fleurier‘s 25th anniversary in 2021, the Maison unveiled the highly ambitious, exceptional La Rose Carrée pocket watch. Now, in honor of its founder Michel Parmigiani’s birthday, the brand introduces Les Roses Carrées, a series of 5 unique minute-repeater timepieces inspired by this incredible feat.
The first creation in Les Roses Carrées collection is La Rosa Celeste. This watch pays tribute to the age-old artisanal tradition of Grand Feu enamel and to the favorite color of the brand’s founder. Its 42 mm white gold case is hand-engraved with the “La Rose Carrée” motif and has a hunter’s caseback. The latter and its chiseled dial are covered with grand feu enamel in blue. La Rosa Celeste is fitted with a manually wound minute repeater caliber with cathedral gongs. The hand-engraved “La Rose Carrée” motif is featured on the case middle and covers. The covers were then finished in a deep blue Grand Feu enamel.
The watch is mounted on a blue, hand-sewn alligator leather strap, the reverse side of which is also in alligator leather. With a diameter of 42 mm, the case is cut from white gold blocks. The bezel, lugs and caseband are hand-engraved with the La Rose Carrée motif.
The hunter’s case back, decorated in grand feu blue enamel, opens to unveil a beautifully finished, manually wound minute repeater movement with cathedral gongs. Their exceptional length, spanning one and a half trips around the movement, brings a deeper sound, a more sustained vibration and a more palpable intensity.
The movement is suspended in the case and the heel of the gongs is physically connected to the case by a double screwing. The caseback and case middle have been redesigned to create resonance pockets. At 3:19, the three chimes for the hour are immediately followed by a double chime for the quarter-hour and again, without silence, by up to four chimes for the minute.
The movement is hidden by a solid dial on one side and by its hunter’s caseback on the other, is reserved for the owner’s eyes only.
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