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Updated Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda 1950 Watch Hands-On
The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda 1950 has been around for just under a decade, and this year the brand gave this watch a subtle but visually significant dial refresh. The Tonda ("round"in Italian) line is Parmigiani's broadest, as it basically encompasses all of the round-cased watches that aren't in the Toric collection (which themselves are easily identified by the hand-knurling on their cases). Named after the year Michael Parmigiani was born, the Tonda 1950 is the quintessential Parmigiani Fleurier dress watch, and the new version is a welcome update with new hands, brand insignia, and dial touches.?The most immediate change comes to those "Delta-style"hands that are now skeletonized and have lost the lume. These new hands reveal the dial below and look absolutely fantastic on the rose-gold with slate-gray dial I handled, though there are two more variations of this specific dial update with a blue and a light cream dial. I say "this specific dial update"because these new hands have o
Watch Review: Ulysse Nardin Diver Chronograph 44 mm
Ulysse Nardin is probably one of the most storied traditional watchmakers, both in terms of its distant and recent history. The company has produced necessary marine chronometer clocks for ship navigation (including for the U.S. Navy) prior to electronic timing and communication tools and, more recently, it was the beloved creative space of the late Rolf Schnyder (who passed in 2011), who, starting in the 1980s made Ulysse Nardin one of the most interesting and dynamic luxury Swiss watchmakers of modern times. After his death, the Le Locle, Switzerland-based company was purchased by the Kering Group of luxury brands (that also owns companies such as Gucci and Girard-Perregaux) and now, under the leadership of Patrick Pruniaux, the company is developing an even newer personality that mixes the excellent heritage of the watchmaker with a sustainable business model suitable for a global audience. For the last several years, it has been absolutely fascinating to see the trajectory Ulysse N