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The Classic Perpetual Calendar Manufacture houses the Manufacture FC-776 calibre, the 34th developed in-house by the Geneva-based watchmaker and boasting a three-day power reserve. The dial sports one of collectors’ favourite colours – salmon – in a steel case that comes in a 40-millimetre diameter.
CHF 9,995.00
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The Frederique Constant Classic Perpetual Calendar Manufacture is back, with a new design and a new movement
When it first came out in 2016, the Frederique Constant Classic Perpetual Calendar Manufacture was the most affordable perpetual calendar watch on the market. Today, the timepiece is pushing the envelope still further in quality, component finishes and technical features. Here, the dial sports one of collectors’ favourite colours – salmon – in a steel case that now comes in a 40-millimetre diameter. The new Classic case houses the new Manufacture FC-776 calibre, the 34th developed in-house by the Geneva-based watchmaker and now boasting a three-day power reserve.
Ever since it was founded in 1988, family-owned independent Geneva brand Frederique Constant has always excelled in its desire to put Swiss Made fine watchmaking within the reach of the general public, continually offering more to collectors without ever losing sight of its core values and history.
Now an international group with its own in- house manufacture, the brand has nevertheless remained faithful to its original calling, even when taking on that most coveted of complications, the perpetual calendar. Popular wisdom held that a feature displaying the day, month and date whilst taking leap years into account could never be anything other than an unaffordable luxury, but Frederique Constant has proved the contrary – twice over. The first time was when it released its first perpetual calendar in 2016. Today, the brand has done it again, improving both form and function without making the complication any less affordable.
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Vintage soul modern grace
The new salmon shade on the dial is a natural extension of this radiant, subtle harmony, as are the two hand-assembled and hand-polished Dauphine hands; the hour markers are now more slender, too, and are arrayed around a ‘sector dial’ minute track – a style typical of vintage timepieces from last century. Pared of hours and minutes numerals, the watch face is straightforward and minimalist, leaving ample room for the three perpetual calendar displays on its expansive sunburst backdrop: months and leap years at 12 o’clock, days at 9 o’clock and the date at 3 o’clock. Each counter is very slightly stepped, adding a subtle degree of texture to the composition. The finishing touch is provided by the Moon Phase, with its own dedicated window at 6 o’clock.
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ELEGANCE
The timepiece now comes in Frederique Constant’s new Classic case with gentler lines, slimmer lugs and a more compact diameter of 40 millimetres – a reflection of the tenets of vintage fine watchmaking, according to which harmony and elegance should be expressed with discretion and restraint.
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The art of precision
The sophisticated perpetual calendar is powered by the new Manufacture FC-776 calibre – the 34th calibre to be developed in-house by the brand, now with a three-day power reserve following a 2024 development of the 706-716 calibres. Visible through a sapphire caseback, the high-precision movement beats at a frequency of 4 Hz. Each watch is adjusted and tested in six positions, ensuring they remain extremely accurate when worn in any everyday situation. The Manufacture FC-776 calibre shares the vast majority of components with a technical base already in the Manufacture collection, the FC-775, making it an especially well-tried and tested and highly reliable movement.
