Shy, in the good sense
By Marco Bellini, Zurich ยท
Shy. That's the word I keep coming back to.
The PF703 is a micro-rotor automatic with 48 hours, and the micro-rotor is why the case is only 7.8 mm thick: the weight sits in the plane of the movement instead of over it. Parmigiani has movement makers in Fleurier at its disposal and you can tell. The finishing is very good for a steel sports watch, bridges bevelled properly, the rotor neatly integrated.
40 mm across, the knurled platinum bezel, 22 mm integrated bracelet, 60 m. The bracelet is excellent and the case is thin enough that it disappears under a shirt.
My complaint is the date. A micro-rotor watch this clean does not need a window cut into its dial, and it breaks the grain of the pattern. I'd take the no-date version every time.
25,000 to 27,000 USD. Against a Royal Oak it's less recognised and much easier to buy. Against an Overseas it's more discreet. If you want the integrated-bracelet idea without anyone at dinner knowing what it is, this.