Parmigiani Fleurier unveils an Islamic Hijri Perpetual Calendar watch

Parmigiani Fleurier unveiled the world premiere of its first wristwatch using the Islamic Hijri Perpetual Calendar. The iconic marvel of fine watchmaking design and innovative engineering was presented to an exclusive audience of VIPs, fine watch aficionados, collectors and members of the media at a glittering function at the Four Seasons Hotel in the Dubai.
"This is a truly path-breaking achievement and we are proud to unveil the first-ever wristwatch featuring the Hijri Perpetual Calendar from our manufacture and at this venue in Dubai, the business, commercial and enterprise hub of the wider Middle East region," said Davide Traxler, CEO of Parmigiani Fleurier. "At Parmigiani Fleurier we specialize in achieving the impossible and our master craftsmen and fine watch designers have outdone themselves by being able to appropriately re-engineer, re-imagine and reinterpret the intricate movements that powered the very first table clock that featured the Islamic Lunar Calendar into the innovative wristwatch that we see here today."
The Islamic Calendar is based on the cycles of the moon with the Hijri Year being made up of twelve months of 29 or 30 days – depending on the moon phase. In contrast to the solar calendar, which is used in the west, the months of the lunar calendar change annually by a difference of -10 to -12 days. As a result, each month always falls in a different season and therefore varies from the Gregorian Calendar.
The Hijri Perpetual Calendar wristwatch is presented as a 44.5 mm timepiece with a platinum case and a slate dial. This new watch shows the hours and minutes, date in Arabic numerals, the name and length of the months in Arabic calligraphy, the abundant and the common years. It also features a moon phase in an aventurine sky and a power reserve of up to 48 hours. As seen in all Parmigiani Fleurier timepieces, every single component of the movement, even the hidden parts, are also decorated by in-house specialists. In addition, it features a rotor in platinum. No components in this watch are made of gold.