Issue Nº 01 — The Restoration Issue
— Review
The Parmigiani Fleurier La Ravenale is a métiers d'art tribute to the brand's founder. On restoration, inheritance, and why the quiet pieces are doing the loudest work.
Three hours in a converted farmhouse in Môtiers, talking about hand-polishing, fatherhood, and the small question of whether any of this will still exist in forty years.
A small argument against diameter inflation — made, at length, by someone who used to own a 44 mm watch and is willing to explain what happened.
What a two-decade-old resonance watch sounds like after service. And what the original reviewers got right, wrong, and very wrong indeed.
Fourteen pieces, filed between Fleurier, Melbourne, and London. Read in any order. Every issue sits open for a month.
On restoration
There is a particular kind of silence in the Parmigiani workshop at Fleurier, and I say that having been in a fair number of workshops where the silence is performed for the benefit of visitors. This one is different.— Eleanor Finch · The weight of a small thing · Issue Nº 01