Parmigiani Tonda Hemispheres Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com/all-brands The Parigiani Tonda Hemispheres is *all* Parmigiani. As a vertically-integrated manufacture, Parmigiani takes pride in buying as little as possible from outside suppliers. How serious is company founder Michel Parmigiani about self-sufficiency? No less a clientele than BVLGARI, Chopard, and Richard Mille has come to Parmigiani for engineering assistance. And not many brands have the enormous scope of competence to build every part of a watch as substantial as this 42mm rose gold Tonda Hemispheres. Parmigiani builds the Hemispheres with a rose gold case, dial, hands, movement, and clasp of its own design and manufacture. Each of the companies within the Parmigiani orbit is local to the watchmaker's Fleurier base of operations, and each is expert in its individual craft. The Tonda's 18-karat rose gold case is an extraordinary assembly of gentle curves, expressive teardrop lugs, and outstanding hand-finshed details. Its bezel segues into a dial of ivory metallic tones that features two textures an innumerable nuances. The sunken center of the dial exhibits a gentle grained surface that Parmigiani describes as "velvet," and it looks the part. Unique "delta" hands impart an individualistic character to the Tonda Hemisphere's face, and exquisitely finished sundials reveal that no expense has been spared to create an impressive composition. Within the subdial at 12 o'clock, the Parmigiani Tonda Hemispheres keeps track of a second independent