Oriental Fascination: Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Xiali Calendar
Xiali is more than just a calendar; it is a tribute to the world's calendars and civilisations through the Swiss mechanical art that has been cherished by Parmigiani Fleurier from its inception.
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While we were busily assembling and curating a list of festive Chinese New Year watches for 2023, Parmigiani Fleurier came out of left-field with the 42mm Tonda PF Xiali Calendar in steel, with trademark knurled platinum bezel. Going well beyond a thematic Year of the Rabbit novelty approach, the Xiali Calendar is a complete Chinese calendar; in fact, xiali means Chinese traditional complete calendar, which also means that this watch has two calendars in its name. Technically, the Chinese calendar combines features of both solar and lunar calendars so there are really two calendars in play. This means that there is a lot of complexity to go through here, because the Chinese calendar cannot be turned into a perpetual calendar. So yes, the Xiali Calendar is an annual calendar.
To get it out of the way, Parmigiani Fleurier is known for its forays into calendar complications, with the Xiali Calendar following up on the Hijiri Perpetual Calendar and the Gregorian Annual Calendar (like Deployant, we also recall a Hebrew calendar but we too might be mistaken). You might recall that the Hijiri, an ode to the Islamic calendar, won the Innovation prize at the Grand Prix d?Horlogerie de Ge...
The post Oriental Fascination: Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Xiali Calendar appeared first on LUXUO.
While we were busily assembling and curating a list of festive Chinese New Year watches for 2023, Parmigiani Fleurier came out of left-field with the 42mm Tonda PF Xiali Calendar in steel, with trademark knurled platinum bezel. Going well beyond a thematic Year of the Rabbit novelty approach, the Xiali Calendar is a complete Chinese calendar; in fact, xiali means Chinese traditional complete calendar, which also means that this watch has two calendars in its name. Technically, the Chinese calendar combines features of both solar and lunar calendars so there are really two calendars in play. This means that there is a lot of complexity to go through here, because the Chinese calendar cannot be turned into a perpetual calendar. So yes, the Xiali Calendar is an annual calendar.
To get it out of the way, Parmigiani Fleurier is known for its forays into calendar complications, with the Xiali Calendar following up on the Hijiri Perpetual Calendar and the Gregorian Annual Calendar (like Deployant, we also recall a Hebrew calendar but we too might be mistaken). You might recall that the Hijiri, an ode to the Islamic calendar, won the Innovation prize at the Grand Prix d?Horlogerie de Ge...
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