An illustrious example of Michel Parmigiani’s watchmaking prowess, the Toric line was the designer’s debut offering after the establishment of his namesake label in 1996. The knurled gadroons, which are the company’s stylistic signature and are modelled after the columns in ancient Greece, would almost immediately become recognised as a brand signature.
This collection with an aesthetic based on the Golden Ratio, another source of inspiration that is dear to Michel Parmigiani, continues to be considered by all lovers of fine watchmaking to be of very high quality and has received many accolades, including the winning of the prestigious prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève in 2017 for the Toric Hémisphères Rétrograde.
The King of England, Charles III, is one of the owners of a model from this collection. The King of England’s Toric Chronograph, which was manufactured in 2003, is part of this collection. It is a watch that he holds extremely dear, and you can see him wearing it in many of the photos that are taken of him in his role as monarch. A choice befitting a sovereign, this watch features a casing made of yellow gold, an exquisite guilloché dial, hands, and oscillating weight, and it is fitted with a high-frequency automated winding movement operating at 5 Hz.
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