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Parmigiani Toric Heritage Limited-Edition Steel Watch Celebrates Michel Parmigiani's 70th Birthday
In honor of founder Michel Parmigiani's 70th birthday, the brand has just released this steel Toric Heritage that is limited to, you guessed it, 70 pieces. Michel Parmigiani has had a long and prolific career in both timepiece restoration and watchmaking with his namesake brand launched back in 1996. The accomplishments and milestones of Parmigiani's career are exhaustive and require another full article to even begin to cover, but it's fair to say the man is a modern icon in the industry.?The Toric Heritage is a take on the Toric Chronometre that was redesigned and refreshed back in 2017. I don't believe there is an existing steel variant that has the elaborate hand guilloche dial like we see here, which makes it even more special, in my eyes. Limited to 70 pieces, the Toric Heritage celebrates the remarkable talent of the man at the helm of Parmigiani Fleurier.The Toric was the first watch Michel Parmigiani created and, like with all his pieces, there is inspiration to be found from
Guide To Buying Your First Rolex Part 1: When To Buy
This is a two-part guide on buying your first Rolex watch. Our buying guide is intended for both novices and seasoned watch lovers. Part 1 discusses when you should invest in your first Rolex, while Part 2 discusses what specific timepiece to buy.True story: When I first became interested in “nice” watches I had little interest in Rolex. Looking back, I think I found them a bit ordinary or too conservative looking. My 20-year-old self perhaps saw them as being “too safe” from a design perspective and not close enough the modern, experimental designs I was attracted to at the time. That was all true. Their watches are all design monoliths. Due to the brand’s impressive marketing over the years, as well as the sheer popularity of their products, they have become the archetype of the “nice watch.” And everyone certainly knows about them. My younger self was simply looking for something a bit more fresh. It was not the right time to get my first Ro