Frederique Constant Manufacture watches

Frederique Constant's Manufacture watches run on calibres the brand makes itself, in a workshop dedicated to its in-house movements, and every watch is assembled by hand. The company, based in Plan-les-Ouates in Geneva, was founded in 1988 by the Dutch couple Peter Stas and Aletta Stas-Bax. It began developing its first movement, the Heart Beat Manufacture, in 2001, and the hand-wound FC-910 followed in 2004. Citizen Watch bought the company in 2016. The calibres in these watches are all automatic.

The Classics Manufacture runs on the FC-710, a 2012 calibre with centre seconds, date and a 38-hour power reserve. The Slimline Moonphase uses the FC-705 from 2013, with date and moon phase. The Classic Moonphase Manufacture moves to the 2019 FC-712, which adds centre seconds, and comes in steel with a blue or silver dial or in a rose gold-plated version with a silver dial, limited to 88 pieces. The Manufacture Worldtimer, on the FC-718 of 2012, shows 24 cities with a day and night indication and is set entirely through the crown, with blue, green or white dials.

The Heart Beat puts the balance wheel on the front of the movement, so an opening in the dial shows it at work. The Manufacture Heart Beat (FC-945MC4H9) uses the FC-945 of 2014, with a 24-hour display, date and moon phase, and a silicon escape wheel, anchor and roller.

In April 2008 Frederique Constant built a tourbillon with a silicon escape wheel, the FC-980, and the Slimline Manufacture Tourbillon (FC-980DG4S6, green dial) runs on an FC-980 tourbillon calibre. The Classic Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture combines a tourbillon with a perpetual calendar showing date, day, month and leap year, on the FC-975 of 2018; the skeletonised FC-975S4H6 is limited to 88 pieces, while the FC-975MC4H6 has a silver dial.