Parmigiani Fleurier is very proud to present a world premiere, its very first Hijri Perpetual Calendar wristwatch. The new calendar is based on technology Parmigiani Fleurier developed for an exclusive table clock launched in 2011 and inspired by the restoration of a pocket watch featuring an Arabic calendar. For the first time in Parmigiani Fleurier’s history, the Hijri Perpetual Calendar complication is made available in a wristwatch.
In the Muslim world, the calendar is based on the cycles of the moon. The Hijri or Islamic lunar calendar consists of twelve months of 29 or 30 days depending on the moon phase- and is used to pinpoint the days for Islamic holidays. In contrast to the solar calendar, which is used in the west, the months of the lunar calendar change annually by a difference of -10 to -12 days. As a result, each month always falls on a different season and therefore varies from the Gregorian Calendar.
The aesthetics of the Hijri Perpetual Calendar wristwatch are inspired by Arabic architecture elements – the bridges adopt the shape of growing and shrinking crescent moons and the Rub el Hizb, an Islamic symbol represented by two overlapping squares.The lugs shape are designed to be ergonomic and comfortable on the wrist.
The original development of the timepiece dates back to 1993 with the restoration of a pocket watch by Michel Parmigiani, three years before the creation of the Parmigiani Fleurier brand. This led Mr. Parmigiani to the creation of a table clock featuring a Hijri Calendar in 2011- a world’s first as no lunar calendar had ever been designed to operate continuously. This piece of exception was inspired by his work restoring a simple Hijri Calendar. He also worked on a pocket watch dating back to the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th Century, which featured a solar calendar translated into Arabic.
Technical Specifications:
The case, in platinum, measures 44.5mm x 14.1mm. It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back, and it is water resistant to 30 meters.
Movement is the Swiss automatic Parmigiani Fleurier in-house caliber PF009 with 32 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 48 hours. It features hand-beveled, and decorated components with large Côtes de Genève decoration. Platinum micro-rotor with Grain d’Orge guilloché decoration. Functions are: hours, minutes, seconds, Hijri perpetual calendar, and moonphase.
It has a slate dial with skeletonized Delta-shaped hands. The hours, minutes, and date are done in Arabic numerals, the name and length of the months in Arabic calligraphy, as well as the abundant and the common years. Moonphase in Aventurine.
It comes on a black alligator leather strap by Hermès with a platinum buckle.
