To celebrate its 35th anniversary, as well as the 15th anniversary of its Manufacture tourbillon, Frederique Constant has unveiled a new limited edition in its Highlife collection: the Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar.
35 pieces are being released, sporting a blue dial housed in an 18-carat pink gold case.
The two historic complications benefit from all the modern characteristics of the Highlife collection, including its integrated and interchangeable strap.
Born in 1999, the Highlife collection has been a major part of the Frederique Constant story and returned center stage in 2020.
The highly limited edition watch of just 35 pieces is a new Manufacture version that combines two distinguished complications: a Tourbillon and a Perpetual Calendar, both housed in an 18-carat rose gold case just 41MM in diameter.
It comes with interchangeable leather and rubber straps, allowing its owner to switch between classic and sporty looks in a tool-free change.
The day, date and month indications are at 12, 3 and 9 o’clock respectively, each with its own hand – or, in the case of the display at 12 o’clock, two: in addition to the month, another hand indicates leap years on a scale running from 1 to 3 – plus an ‘L’ marking leap years.
Positioned at 6 o’clock, the tourbillon completes the arrangement, housed beneath a cut-out characteristic of the Maison’s style featuring an upper indentation so that it fits snugly into the layout of the perpetual calendar.
This expansive aperture reveals the sophisticated escapement for which a patent application was first filed in 1801.
Atop it sits the seconds hand, gliding above the balance wheel, blued screws and baseplate with its gold finish, engraved with each piece’s individual serial number.
Lovers of fine Swiss Made watchmaking will also appreciate the sapphire caseback, revealing all the innermost workings of the FC-975 Manufacture caliber.
Decorated with circular grained and Côtes de Genève finishes, it boasts a 38-hour power reserve and is guaranteed water resistant to 3 ATM.
