CURTAIN UP!

Whether in an 18-carat red gold or stainless-steel version, the watch is characterized by a rare boldness. It breaks numerous codes that were considered immovable. With this timepiece, Frédérique Constant proves that it is possible to design an ultra-modern watch with old complications. A watch that is produced and assembled in its own Geneva manufacture and at the same time becomes the most affordable manufacture tourbillon with a perpetual calendar ever made. And that it is ultimately possible to skilfully unite these supposedly irreconcilable opposites and create a vibrant, modern, elegant and precise timepiece.

This complicated composition is powered by the FC-975 calibre, which is developed, manufactured and assembled in very limited numbers in the heart of the manufactory. For maximum precision – a key feature of the tourbillon – Frédérique Constant has equipped the watch with a silicon escapement, i.e. a silicon escapement wheel and lever. With this technical choice, the Manufacture is making a clear statement and wants to provide its collectors with a stable, precise watch that is insensitive to temperature fluctuations and magnetic fields in our digital environment such as computers, smartphones, tablets or Bluetooth speakers.

The interior of this exceptional movement can be seen from the dial or the case back, regardless of the angle from which the Highlife Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture is viewed. It is adjusted using correctors that are discreetly embedded in the case flanks.