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Classic Tourbillon Manufacture
Jewelry & Watches · 2008 · Tourbillon

Classic Tourbillon Manufacture

The high-complication statement behind the brand’s accessible-luxury image.

$19,995 at FREDERIQUE CONSTANT

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Story & heritage

Frédérique Constant created a tourbillon in 2008 with a silicon escape wheel, according to the brand’s wiki extract. The current Classic Tourbillon Manufacture carries that high-watchmaking story forward in a traditional dress-watch frame.

The official product page emphasises the visible tourbillon at 6 o’clock and the Geneva manufacture work behind it. It is the piece that reminds collectors the brand is not only a value proposition, but also a maker of serious in-house complications.

Materials & craft

The official page describes a visible tourbillon at 6 o’clock and the traditions of watchmaking art; the wiki extract notes Frédérique Constant’s tourbillon used a silicon escape wheel and pursued high precision through amplitude and rapid oscillation.

FC-980 calibrevisible tourbillon6 o’clock aperturesilicon escapement heritagemanufacture complicationlimited-edition family

How to choose & style

Let the tourbillon stay formal. It wants a clean cuff, dark tailoring and simple shoes; the complication is already the jewellery.

Navy dialSilver dialGreen dialMother-of-pearl editionSteel case
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