Introducing: Parmigiani Fleurier Made the World’s Most Complete Chinese Calendar
The Chinese calendar also divides itself into 24 solar terms to symbolize the agricultural calendar. Then there are the precise rules governing the Lunar New Year’s arrival at the beginning of spring (that’s why it is also known as Spring Festival), a complex calculation as well. The Chinese calendar names lunar years and numbers the months, with the names of years repeating every 60 years. Other calculations vary based on the celestial cycle making a true perpetual calendar impossible, but Parmigiani has come darn close here, making the most complete and precise Chinese calendar on the market. A cam system allows the Xiali Tonda PF to run for 12 years (as long as it remains wound) before being reset for the next 12-year period. If the watch does stop in the interim, the rapid correctors on the side of the case make it easy to catch up to the appropriate date and the watch can continue on its cycle with no problem.