First Islamic perpetual calendar wristwatch wins innovation prize
28 Feb 2021
Muhammad Yusuf,
Features Writer
Parmigiani Fleurier, a prestigious Swiss Haute Horlogerie brand, recently received the Innovation Prize from the Grand Prix D’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), for creating the first Hijri perpetual calendar wristwatch.
The prize is awarded by a jury on a discretionary basis, to reward the best competing watch offering an innovative and unique vision of time measurement, and for opening new pathways in the art of watchmaking.
The Hijri Perpetual Calendar features a 44.5 mm platinum case, a slate dial and rotor in platinum. It shows the hours and minutes, and date in Arabic numerals, the name and length of the months in Arabic calligraphy, as well as the abundant and the common years.