Parmigiani Fleurier's Tonda PF Sport Chronograph has spent the past two years quietly assembling one of the strongest arguments in the steel sports chronograph category. Milano Blue, London Grey, Arctic Grey, and the Ultra-Cermet experiment at Watches & Wonders 2025; each iteration has reinforced the same point: this is a watch built around a genuinely excellent integrated movement, wrapped in a design language that refuses to shout. The Silver Verzasca continues that trajectory by reaching for a colour rooted in geography rather than marketing abstraction.
The Verzasca Valley in the Swiss canton of Ticino is known for its crystalline river water, a pale, mineral green that shifts with the light and sits somewhere between alpine severity and Mediterranean ease. That tension between north and south, precision and warmth, is the register Parmigiani has been working with since 2021.
Things to Know About the Watch
The 42 mm stainless steel case measures 12.9 mm thick, a familiar footprint for collectors who have handled earlier PF Sport Chronograph references. Polished and satin-finished surfaces alternate across the case with the discipline that rewards close inspection, and the knurled bezel remains the most recognisable Parmigiani signature in the current catalogue. It captures light with rhythmic consistency and adds a tactile quality most competitors simply do not attempt.
The silver dial carries a clou triangulaire guilloché pattern with three recessed counters finished in the Verzasca hue, a restrained green that reads as aqueous and cool rather than saturated. Hand-applied 18K gold rhodium-plated indices carry black luminescent coating, as do the skeletonized delta-shaped hour and minute hands. This is a no-date configuration, which cleans the dial considerably and brings the layout into sharper visual balance. The rubber strap, also in the Verzasca colour, uses a multi-layer construction inspired by saddlery techniques—a textile-like surface over a structural intermediate layer with a tear-resistant membrane between them. Water resistance is rated to 100 meters with a screw-down crown.
The Movement
The calibre PF070 is an integrated automatic chronograph developed in-house with Vaucher Manufacture, featuring a column wheel, vertical clutch, and a 5 Hz operating frequency, placing it among the highest-beat chronograph movements in production. COSC-certified, it delivers a 65-hour power reserve. This automatic movement is composed of 288 parts and 42 jewels. The skeletonized 22K rose gold oscillating weight sits atop satin-finished openworked bridges with hand-bevelled edges. This is the same calibre that has anchored every PF Sport Chronograph to date, and it remains one of the strongest technical propositions in its price class.
Summary & Price
With the Silver Verzasca, Parmigiani demonstrates that chromatic evolution within a well-defined collection need not feel incremental. The colour earns its name, the movement earns its price, and the watch earns its place in a lineup that keeps getting harder to dismiss.
Sticker Price CHF 27,900—approx USD 35,000. For more info on Parmigiani Fleurier, click here.
