Frederique Constant’s very first appearance at the 2023 Watches and Wonders exhibition coincides with a significant anniversary for the brand, which turns thirty-five this year.

To mark the occasion, the firm is unveiling an all-new version of a piece that embodies its expertise and philosophy: the Classics Tourbillon Manufacture in 18K Pink Gold. The tourbillon developed entirely in-house and hand-assembled in its workshops, comes here in its finest watchmaking livery: three hands housed in a 39-millimetre case, available in a limited edition of just 150 watches.

On the dial, purity is the watchword, with applique hour markers and hand-polished golden hands - redesigned to be narrower and longer - gliding over an anthracite grey sun-brushed dial. In addition, the hour markers and hands now feature diamond cut edges, ensuring the brightest gleam possible. A discreet hand passing above the tourbillon cage marks off the seconds. The cage itself – made of 81 components – is engraved with the individual serial number of the watch, also to be found on the rim of the sapphire caseback. This reveals the inner workings of the FC-980 Manufacture caliber, to which all the finishings of traditional watchmaking such as bevelling, beading, circular graining, straight-grained flanks and mirror polishing have been applied.

First unveiled 15 years ago in 2008, the tourbillon aperture has had a distinctive ‘comma’ shape – a style allowing it to fit snugly into the dial in dynamic and unusual fashion. For this edition, however, the comma has been replaced by a perfect circle.