What you’re looking at is not only the first Parmigiani Fleurier PF Sport Chronograph in Cermet—an advanced material composed of ceramic and metal—but the first watch in the world whose case, bezel, crown, pushers, and pin buckle are made of the stuff. Available in two colorways (London Grey and Milano Blue), it combines the scratch-resistant composite with a high-frequency, COSC-certified automatic chronograph movement in a sporty, distinctly modern timepiece. (At 42.5mm, it’s not for the faint of wrist, but the light weight of Cermet and an included rubber strap means that it wears much more ergonomically than you might think.)
While both colorways feature a handsome, vertically-brushed background in Blackor — a 9-carat gold-nickel deposit — the London Grey reference has lighter grey chronograph totalizers, while the Milano Blue has handsome blue totalizers. Both feature 30-minute, 12-hour, and running seconds registers; an outer 1/5th-seconds track in white; and the brand’s signature skeletonized alpha handset. Flip the watch over and the FP070 high-frequency is visible beating away at 5 Hz, though the show-stopper here is actually the case: Consisting of over 72 components and requiring a full day of assembly, its satin-polished anthracite color gives the PF Sport Chronograph a distinctly modern feel.
Case Size: 42.5mm
Case Material: Cermet
Power Reserve: 65 hours
Strap: Rubber
Price: $43,100
From the article by Paige Reddinger, Oren Hartov, Victoria Gomelsky, Carol Besler, Justin Fenner
