Frederique Constant has renewed the already acclaimed “Classic” with three variations in steel and a new Manufacture movement.
With a technical approach and an aesthetic different from previous versions, Frederique Constant’s Classic Date Manufacture is equipped with the FC-706 caliber, a state-of-the-art Manufacture movement that offers 72 hours of power reserve and an extended five-year warranty. The steel case has been reduced by 2 mm, now measuring 40 mm, and features a dial without numerals, with refined hour markers. The railway-style minute track traverses the dial with a silver, black, or salmon sunburst effect.
Regarding the bridges, they have acquired a new finish and have been completely redesigned to accommodate the new high-capacity barrel. It also includes circular grains and decorations in a fan-shaped côtes de Genève style.
The hour markers are applied diamond-cut, polished, and slightly reduced at 5 and 7 o’clock to allow ventilation of the date indication. The hands, also diamond-cut and hand-polished, are now of the “Alpha” type, in harmony with the profile of the hour markers. Their precision is confirmed by a new railway-style minute track.
The first version comes with a chocolate crocodile leather strap, with a salmon-colored dial, combined with a steel case and silver hour markers and hands. To increase visibility, the date and minute indications are in black.
The second model features a silver sunburst dial and a navy crocodile leather strap, combined with the same system as the first version.
The third version is more contemporary, with a steel case, silver hands and markers on a black sunburst dial, and a crocodile leather strap, also in black.
About Frederique Constant
Founded in 1988, the Swiss watch brand, based in Geneva, manufactures Swiss Made luxury watches and has been characterized by creativity and originality, as well as mechanical skill and pragmatism that also set it apart.
Born from the passion of an entrepreneurial couple – Aletta and Peter Stas – the brand has written its own rules and currently offers a range of quartz and mechanical models, as well as a collection of 33 calibers entirely developed and created in its own factory in Geneva.
With around 3000 points of sale in 120 countries and in order to continue its international expansion, the Frederique Constant Group was acquired by the Japanese group Citizen in 2016.
