Parmigiani Watches - It was in 1976 that young watchmaker Michel Parmigiani opened his workshop and began restoring vintage clocks and watches. Two decades later, in 1996, the Parmigiani Fleurier brand was founded, with help from the Sandoz Family Foundation, which owns 90 percent of the brand. Michel’s dream was to create top-notch hand-made watches of distinction. Today Parmigiani’s collections include the Kalpa, Tonda, and Toric lines that offer sporty-inspired chronographs, high complications, and more.