Frederique Constant has unveiled a new, highly exclusive limited-edition version of its Highlife Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture, housed in a steel case just 41 millimetres in diameter.
The dial layout has been painstakingly designed. The month, date and day 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’ denoting leap years.
Positioned at 6 o’clock, the tourbillon completes the arrangement, housed beneath a steel cut-out characteristic of the Maison’s style, with 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. Above it glides the seconds hand, also passing over the balance wheel, blued screws and mainplate engraved with each piece’s individual serial number.
This carefully designed arrangement, featuring outstanding complications whose perfection is matched only by their modernity, sits amid a dial engraved with a globe complete with meridians and parallels. The hour markers are suspended above it, secured at their base to the minute circle. the hours and minutes hands, which match the colour of the case, are coated with luminous material to ensure they can be read however dim the light.
The sapphire caseback reveals all the innermost workings of the FC-875 Manufacture calibre. Decorated with circular grained and Côtes de Genève finishes, it boasts a 38-hour power reserve and is guaranteed water resistant to 10 ATM.
Technical Specifications:
Highlife Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture
Reference: FC-875BL4NH6B
Functions
Hours, Minutes, Date, Day, Month, Leap year, 60 Seconds tourbillon
Movement
FC-975 in-house calibre, automatic, perpetual calendar
Perlage & circular Côtes de Genève decorations
38-hour power reserve, 28’800 alt/h, 33 jewels
Case
Brushed and polished stainless steel 3-part case
Diameter of 41mm
Height of 12,65 mm
Scratch-resistant and anti-reflective convex sapphire crystal
See-through case back
Water-resistant up to 10 ATM/100m/330ft
Dial
Blue dial with matt finishing and globe pattern embossed in the centre
Silver colour applied indexes filled with white luminous treatment
Silver colour hour and minute hands filled with white luminous treatment
Date counter at 3 o’clock with silver colour hand
Heart Beat opening at 6 o’clock with 60 seconds tourbillon, silver colour second hand
Day counter at 9 o’clock with silver colour hand
Month and (leap) year counter at 12 o’clock with silver colour hands
Strap
3-link brushed and polished stainless steel bracelet Including an additional navy blue rubber strap
Limited edition
Limited to 88 pieces
Price
RRP £23,995.00
For more information please visit Frederique Constant