Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda METROPOLITAINE User manual

User Guide

User Guide
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e Watchmaking Hub
Parmigiani Fleurier chose industrial independence very early on in its history. This provides
the freedom to practise cutting-edge watchmaking, versatile and technically advanced,
enabling creativity to be expressed without limitations.
In just a few years, a manufacture was set up with the aim of mastering all the components
of a watch. The dials and their meticulous decorations; the cases in their most complex
designs; but also the heart of the watch, the regulating organ and its balance-spring,
and each of the tiny screws and gears, barely visible to the naked eye, which form the
movement.
In the centre for industrial craftsmanship, designers rub shoulders with engineers, and
artisans work side-by-side with high-end watchmakers. Behind every single watch, more
than 50 professions are working together in the Swiss Jura region, using the history of this
centre of expertise to revive the art of watchmaking, day after day.
Through this watchmaking centre, the values dear to Michel Parmigiani are respected –
craftsmanship, technical skill, manual dexterity, and meticulous attention devoted to each
and every detail.
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Winding
A self-winding watch winds itself automatically when worn on your wrist. It is
important to emphasise that to obtain the full power reserve, the watch must
be worn for at least twelve hours. This gure may vary according to the type of
movements the user makes. Furthermore, if the watch power reserve is completely
exhausted (this applies also to a hand-wound watch), you will need to turn the
crown through about 40 rotations; this will activate the mechanism properly before
you put on the watch. Note that the number of crown rotations needed to ensure a
watch is fully wound varies according to the calibre. The watch can be wound using
the crown at any time.
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Time
1. Pull the crown out to the last notch.
2. Turn the crown to the desired time.
3. Push the crown back into its initial position.
Note:
When the crown is pulled out, the seconds hand stops (stop seconds function).
With the date function, turn the crown anti-clockwise to move the hands forward,
until the date (calendar) disc jumps (when passing midnight).
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