Parmigiani Fleurier
Carillon Tourbillon 30th Anniversary PFH996-2010001-300181

THE SOUND OF THIRTY YEARS OF INDEPENDENT HIGH-HOROLOGY

For thirty years, we have shaped our vision of watchmaking through understanding: of historic objects, of mechanical architecture, of the hand, of sound, of time.

Our Maison was born from restoration. From the patient study of exceptional objects, Michel Parmigiani learned that the past is never a static archive, but a living source of knowledge, one capable of inspiring contemporary creation.

Created to mark our thirtieth anniversary, the Carillon Tourbillon is one of the most intimate expressions of this culture. Limited to five examples, it brings together a four-gong minute repeater, a 60-second tourbillon, a minimum ten-day power reserve and a hand-hammered Morning Blue dial within an 18ct white gold construction conceived for sound, light and mechanical clarity.

More than an anniversary timepiece, it is a statement of origin: a creation in which restoration becomes invention, complication becomes culture and sound becomes memory.

THE MAISON’S SOUND SIGNATURE

With the Carillon Tourbillon, we enter one of the most intimate territories of haute horlogerie: the art of sounding time.

This creation reflects a conviction that has guided us since our origins: before creating, one must first understand. Understand historic objects, their architecture, their energy, their balance and the intelligence they carry through time.

Entirely conceived, developed, assembled and finished within our Manufacture, the Carillon Tourbillon brings together the expertise of our watchmakers, artisans and restorers in a single acoustic architecture.

ARCHITECTURE, LIGHT AND SOUND

The Carillon Tourbillon expresses modernity through purity, light and architectural clarity. Every line serves the mechanism.

Crafted in 18ct white gold, the redesigned case does more than frame the movement. In a chiming timepiece, the case participates in the transmission of sound — in its density, clarity and duration. Its vertical gadroons, inspired by the classical columns cherished by Michel Parmigiani, give the piece its architectural presence.

Beneath the glass-box sapphire crystal, the hand-hammered Morning Blue dial opens the view to the visible hammers and four serpentine gongs, inspired by a historic Perrin Frères pocket watch restored in our workshops.

Here, sound becomes form. Mechanics are not hidden behind design; they become the design.

A CALIBRE TUNED FOR RESONANCE

At the heart of the Carillon Tourbillon lies the manual-winding calibre PF950, composed of 456 hand-assembled components.

Its construction was conceived not to demonstrate complexity, but to organise energy, duration and sound with absolute coherence. Two superimposed barrels power the movement, ensuring a minimum ten-day power reserve. A third barrel is dedicated to the striking mechanism, preserving the regularity of the calibre when the minute repeater is activated.

Visible through the open architecture, the mechanism reveals the choreography of sounding time: the release of energy, the cadence of the hammers, the vibration of the gongs and the regulation of the chime.

In the Carillon Tourbillon, the movement is not only a motor. It is an instrument.