Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon Manufacture: Golden Insights!

Posted by lifata on July 26th, 2023

The Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon Manufacture, presented at the Watches & Wonders watch fair in March 2023, was intended to be the highlight of the brand's 35th anniversary and Frederique Constant's first trade fair appearance in Geneva. The watch clearly stands out from the other Frederique Constant fake watches with its case made of 18 carat rose gold, the large, frontally visible tourbillon at 6 o'clock and the radially brushed black-brown dial. The design with a crown in the classic onion shape and the gold-plated indices and hands, as well as the slightly reduced, discreet case size of 39 mm with a height of 11 mm, also contribute significantly to this luxurious appearance.

And yet this 35th anniversary is only half the truth. The fact that Frederique Constant rose to the ranks of watch manufacturers exactly 15 years ago, in 2008, with the launch of the Frederique Constant FC-980 Automatic Tourbillon, 20 years after it was founded, is at least as important for development and technical progress , who impressively demonstrated their watchmaking expertise with an in-house manufactured tourbillon.

Not surprisingly, Frederique Constant placed the tourbillon at the front, visible through a cut-out in the dial at 6 o'clock. After all, back in 1994, with the Heart Beat model (you can read more about the Heart Beat model here), the brand laid the foundation for the technology of the movement to be observed through a dial cutout - a trend that continues to this day and can be observed in a variety of fake watches uk with dial cutouts, partially skeletonized or fully skeletonized watch models.

In a few years, when the tourbillon boom wanes, it will certainly be questionable whether many of the brands have overshot the mark in terms of design.

FC-910 hand-wound caliber, manufactured in-house, with its frontally visible balance wheel, marked the beginning of FC's technical development. This was followed in 2008 by the FC-980 caliber, which finally gave Frederique Constant the one-minute tourbillon they had been striving for for years. It was also the basis of the Frederique Constant Manufacture Tourbillon Grand Feu with ceramic dial launched in 2011, or the later automatic FC-700 caliber series.

The other technical specifications of the new Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon watch, which works at 4 Hz and its power reserve of 38 hours, are not particularly surprising either. Because the curved rose gold bridge, the blued screws and lever and the escapement wheel made of silicon have also remained unchanged.

In contrast to many other frontally visible tourbillons, however, Frederique Constant not only relies on the watch wearer’s insight that the circular movement of the tourbillon is completed in exactly one minute, but also equips the new tourbillon with a small, gold-plated second hand.

Tourbillon purists will probably raise their eyebrows at this solution, but the small golden hand makes it easier to watch the seconds tick by.

Formally, the new Frederique Constant Tourbillon can be described as elegant and classic, which is not surprising given the fact that this gold watch is the premium product of Frederique Constant Replica Swiss Watches. On the other hand, gold is not necessarily Frederique Constant's preferred case material, after all, the brand's customers usually expect rather inexpensive products with an excellent price-performance ratio.

Frederique Constant remains true to this principle with this watch. After all, a watch with a gold case and a tourbillon cage consisting of 81 components is a real luxury product - and the price is very fair for that.

This is also confirmed by looking through the sapphire watch glass and the sapphire glass back, which is water-resistant up to 30 meters, at the high-quality 30 mm large and 5.7 mm high movement and the dial, which are attractively finished by angling, beading, strapping, drawn flanks and the high-gloss polish . It is composed of 188 components and 33 stones.