Frederique Constant - CLASSIC MOONPHASE MANUFACTURE

Crafted in harmony with the finest watchmaking traditions, the Classics Moonphase Manufacture comes in a very balanced 42 mm case diameter and housing the FC-712 movement, in-house designed, produced, and assembled.

THE WATCHMAKING EXCELLENCE

Fully conceived, developed, produced, assembled, adjusted, and encased in the Frederique Constant workshops in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland, the manufacturing process of the Manufacture collection timepieces requires extensive work. All the details are executed by hand, mostly, for the pure pleasure of the connoisseurs of high-quality watchmaking.

MANUFACTURE HISTORY

Frederique Constant has been conceiving, developing, and producing its in-house Manufacture Calibers since 2004. The first caliber was the Heart Beat Manufacture, cal. FC-910 with its iconic aperture in the dial and mainplate at 6 o’clock position. Newer versions of the Heart Beat Manufacture included various complications followed. In 2008, the design and development briefing for a second base caliber was very straight forward: redevelop all components and search to reduce cost of manufacturing, while at least maintaining the same high-quality level of the Heart Beat Manufacture calibers.

FC-712 MANUFACTURE

The Classics Manufacture is equipped with the FC-712 Automatic Manufacture caliber, featuring a date counter at 9 o’clock and a moon phase counter at 3 o’clock. Functions are all adjustable by the crown only. Hours, minutes and central second hand complete these functions. Beating at 4 Hz (28’800 alt/h) with a 38-hour power reserve, the caliber is water resistant up to 5 ATM (50 meters). Through the convex sapphire glass, you will admire the delicate Clous de Paris guilloché.

Functions

• Hours, minutes, seconds, date, Moonphase

Movement

• fc-712 caliber Manufacture, automatic
• 38-hour power reserve, 28 jewels, 28'800 alt/h

Case

• Polished stainless steel 3-part case
• Diameter or dimensions (mm) 42
• Thickness (mm) 11.6
• Lug width (mm) 22
• Scratch-resistant convex sapphire crystal
• See-through case back
• Water-resistant up to 5 atm/50m/164ft

Dial

• Matte Silver
• Printed Roman Numerals
• Date Dial at 9 o’clock
• Moonphase dial at 3 o’clock

Bracelet

• Black Calf Leather
• Folding Buckle with push buttons