Despite the fact that the case is not round, the hour and minute hands adjust themselves to the shape of the case as they move around the elliptical dial https://www.watchcloneprice.is/.
I also want to mention the odd-sounding (to me) term
"Hebdomadaire," which is printed under the date window. This is a French
term that means "weekly" and refers to the fact that the movement has
just over one week of power reserve. I agree that placing the term under
the power reserve indicator might have made the meaning a bit more
clear, but going with aesthetics and symmetry, the term works well where
it is on the dial.
It is unclear when Parmigiani decided to produce a modern version of the
oval pocket watch with telescopic hands that Mr. Parmigiani himself
restored in the late 1990s - though I am glad that they did. Immensely
complex, using a sophisticated cam system where the hands meet in order
to regulate their length, the Parmigiani Ovale Pantographe is
nevertheless a visual delicacy that even a child can appreciate. This -
for me - is one of the timepieces greatest achievements, in that anyone
upon a moment's glance can appreciate what the timepiece does, and why
it does it.
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