Frédérique Constant, Genève, The Heart Beat, 18K rose gold 'Heart Beat' Manufacture with Moon Phase and Date, Ref. FC-915AS4H9, Limited Edition, No. 01/188, Introduced in September 2005. | Only Watch

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Monte Carlo, Sep 22, 2005

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Frédérique Constant, Genève, The Heart Beat, 18K rose gold ?Heart Beat? Manufacture with Moon Phase and Date, Ref. FC-915AS4H9, Limited Edition, No. 01/188, Introduced in September 2005.

EUR 7,000 - 9,000

Sold: EUR 12,000

Case: Two-piece, 18K rose gold, case back secured by eight screws, water-resistant to 30 meters, convex sapphire crystal, sapphire crystal exhibition case back. Diameter: 41 mm Thickness: 11 mm. Bracelet: genuine Louisiana alligator Buckle: 18K rose gold Dial: Printed Arabic Frédérique Constant ?Highlife? numerals, circular moon phase and date indicator at 12 o?clock, large aperture at 6 o?clock to reveal the escapement, ?poire? type hour hand, ?feuille? type minute and date hands. Movement: Caliber FC-915-1, 13 1/4??? ?Heart Beat?, hour, minute, moon phase and date, 115 components, 30,50 mm. diameter, total thickness 5.20 mm, 48-hour power reserve, manual winding, rhodium-plated, chamfered bridges decorated with ?Côtes de Genève? and circular graining (?perlage?), blued steel screws, 17 jewels, lever escapement, Glucydur balance, 28,800 VPH, Nivarox No.1 spiral, KIF antishock and fine regulation.

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Family-owned; founded in Geneva in 1988 by Peter C. Stas and Aletta F.F. Stas-Bax. ?Geneva precision watches with a contemporary classic design reflecting a passionate drive to succeed?. The company has had a consistent and healthy average growth rate of 25-30% over the last ten years, and is currently building a brand new ?manufacture? in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva. Frédérique Constant has developed numerous limited edition complicated wristwatches in the past, including its ?Heart Beat? Day-Date, Retrograde and Tourbillon models. At Baselworld 2004, Frédérique Constant unveiled its first manufacture caliber, the hand wound FC-910, with its signature ?open heart? (visible escapement) at 6 o?clock. The ?Heart Beat? Manufacture caliber is a completely new movement with a number of specific patented features. Its ?Heart Beat? opening is perfectly centered at 6 o?clock, with the fine regulation at the side of the dial, creating a technically new, appealing and robust caliber design. The ?Heart Beat? Manufacture caliber was developed by Frédérique Constant in cooperation with the École d?Horlogerie de Genève, the École d?Ingénieurs de Genève and the Horloge Vakschool Zadkine in the Netherlands. Fourteen of the finest specialists of mechanical watch components were carefully selected for the production of components for this new movement. The ?Heart Beat? Manufacture with Moon Phase and Date is a new variation of the FC-910 base caliber. The moon inside a window at 12 o?clock on the dial of this new model progresses through its various phases against the background of a night-blue sky; the aperture is bordered by the 31 numbers of the hand-type date display, exactly the way this type of indicator was arranged on classic complicated timepieces from the 1940s and 1950s.