Parmigiani is a young brand, founded in 1996. It is owned by the Sandoz Family Foundation, which also owns Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier which supplies the movements to Parmigiani watches.

Diameter: 40mm

Lug-to-lug: 48.9mm (note: this is endlink-to-endlink given the integrated bracelet format)

Thickness: 7.8mm

Lug width is: N/A (integrated bracelet format)

The watch has 100 meters of water resistance.

The watch case is stainless steel other than the bezel which is made of platinum. The bezel is coined. You can see the watch has Parmigiani’s signature Tonda teardrop lugs, a shape that dates back to the older references in this model line. On the 3 o’clock side is a signed crown. The crown has three positions. In position 0 the watch can be wound. In position 1 the watch date can be quickset. In position two the watch hacks (not that you can easily tell dial-side) and the time can be set.

The dial itself is a warm grey and has a distinctive barleycorn guilloche which is achieved via CNC, which applies the pattern into the brass dial which is then painted. The hour and minute hands are delta style; this watch has no seconds hand. Despite being a sports watch there is no lume anywhere on the hands or the dial.  There is an applied, rodium-plated indice at each hour position, all of which are polished.

The bracelet is stainless steel and cleanly integrates into the lugs. The links are both polished and satin-finished and shows off an impressive taper. The clap is a double-folding format that requires sequential closing. The Parmigiani logo is applied at the 12 o’clock position. There is a minute track at the chapter ring devoid of the guilloche, denoting each minute, and the Swiss Made labeling down towards the 6 o’clock position. Also at the 6 o’clock is a color-matched date window.

The watch does have a display caseback showing off the PF703 movement. This is an automatic movement with a platinum micro-rotor that has 29 jewels, beats at 3 Hertz, and offers approximately 48 hours of power reserve. There is Côtes de Genève decoration applied to the bridges, black-polished screws appear throughout, and additional higher level finishing elements are clearly visible on the various edges of the bridges and the wheels that drive the movement. This movement uses a free-sprung balance. 

Putting this watch on my timegrapher, I get an average across all six positions of +4.17 seconds per day. The range of readings were -5 seconds per day to +10 seconds per day.

My overall thoughts:

The positives:

• Attractive, understated dial

• Very thin

• Excellent bracelet

The negatives:

• No micro-adjust

• No lume on a sports watch is a bit odd

I don’t have much in the way of complaints. I really like the feel of the bracelet but the removable links are your only way to size it, there’s no micro adjust or half-link options to fine-tune the fit, so depending on your wrist you might not like how it wears. I’m good with it not having lume from a functional standpoint but it is a strange decision for an integrated sports watch. Extra strange to me because I actually own an older Tonda which is clearly in the vein of a dress watch and it actually does have some lume on it.

Otherwise though, it is a great watch from an often overlooked brand. The thinness of the watch, while still offering 100 meters of water resistance, is a highlight. Setting any concerns about lume aside, the dial is extremely handsome and understated, and I think ties in well with the rest of the watch. No one is going to notice that the bezel is platinum. The bracelet feels great in the hand and I think this is one of the best looking bracelet tapers out there.