ReviewThe Parmigiani Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante Presents Dual-Time—Decluttered
Undoubtedly, the most impressive piece in Parmigiani Fleurier’s Tonda PF 2022 collection was the Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante—arguably the ‘cleanest’ GMT watch ever
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In celebration of 25 years of Parmigiani’s craftsmanship and compilation of delicate high-end timepieces, the Tonda PF was launched in 2021. The new look focused on the Tonda PF’s updated branding by replacing the name ‘Parmigiani Fleurier’ with a cleaner and simpler ‘PF’ emblem at 12 o’clock. This collection presents integrated-bracelet timepieces built around the most iconic in-house movements that focus on streamlined aesthetics offering details, patterns, shapes and curves—all water-resistant to 100m with screw-down crowns. New editions of the Tonda PF were unveiled in 2022—earning five nominations and one win at the 2022 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. Among the 2022 Tonda PFs, it’s the GMT Rattrapante that pushes boundaries by being, arguably, the world’s cleanest dual-time mechanical compilation, among other notable timepieces.
Uncomplicated Complication: The Rattrapante
In French, the word rattrapante means to ‘catch up’—to reunite, owing to the function of its duality that connects you back to your home time while you travel. This timepiece features two superimposed hour markers: one displaying home time plated in rose gold and the other showing local time in rhodium-plated gold.
Like a chronograph, this timepiece also features a pair of pushers—one placed at eight o’clock to adjust the local time in one-hour increments, and the other at three o’clock, coaxial to the crown, to bring back the local time hour marker with the home time. This is the first time the rattrapante function has been used for a GMT complication. This part-time, use-only-when-needed GMT feature is perfect for those who don’t want the unnecessary clutter of a GMT display on their timepiece, when not required.
Complication Decluttered
Visually, the Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante imbibes Parmigiani Fleurier’s impeccable design language. With no additional markings besides the PF logo, the watch face looks clean and the contrast offers easy legibility. The dial, in a subtle Milano blue shade, has a delicate grain d’orge (barleycorn) guilloché pattern, surrounded by the sandblasted minute track, paired with skeletonised delta-shaped hands and 18-karat rhodium-plated applied indexes. Its knurled platinum bezel and the use of brushed and polished steel, together, give it the gorgeous finish that the Tonda PF collection is known for.
The integrated steel bracelet is attached to downward curving case lugs, adding to the ergonomics of the 40mm wide and 10.7mm thick case. Its exhibition caseback offers a view of Parmigiani’s innovative automatic movement PF051, which beats at a frequency of 21,600 vph, and offers a power reserve of 48 hours. This timepiece will definitely remain among the most impressive offerings of the Parmigiani Tonda PF series.
