In Dec 2021, the 25th anniversary of Parmigiani Fleurier culminated with a white gold double hunter pocket watch featuring a squared rose pattern and blue grand feu enamel.
The motif now adorns five white gold wristwatches from the new Les Roses Carrées “Collection Grand Feu”.
The case is entirely hand-engraved with the squared rose — a fractal pattern based on the Fibonacci sequence, which is closely linked to the Golden Ratio.
The challenge was to align the Rose Carrée motif with the case middle, bezel and caseback while producing a dazzling diamond-like effect.
The faces of Rosa Cosmica, Rosa Celeste, Rosa Mundi, Rosa Alba and Rosa Mystica are ablaze in gold sand, blue, green, yellow and red.
The dial is firstly hand-engraved to obtain a grained surface before layering the enamel and undergoing the age-old artisanal Grand Feu technique.
The hunter caseback also…
