Frederique Constant watches

Frederique Constant was established in 1988 by the Dutch couple Peter Stas and Aletta Stas-Bax. In 2016 the company was acquired by Citizen Watch of Japan. Its headquarters and manufacture are in Plan-les-Ouates, in the canton of Geneva.

Its first in-house movement, the Heart Beat Manufacture, was developed from 2001 with Geneva watchmaking and engineering schools and introduced in 2004; it places the balance bridge on the dial side. Its collections include Classics, Highlife and Manufacture, the last grouping watches with in-house calibres and complications. The company acquired Alpina Watches in 2002.