British watchmaker Peter Speake continues his collaborative work with Geneva-based watch manufacture Frederique Constant, launching the Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture Designed by Peter Speake, a steel-grey hued edition of the brown-accented collaborative watch from 2022.
The new 42mm steel-cased perpetual calendar retains the skeletonized design of the original model. The openwork design nicely displays Frederique Constant’s own automatic FC-775 caliber, here showing the hour and minutes without a seconds hand.
The idea is to allow the eye to more clearly focus on the perpetual calendar displays, which include the day and date, the month (at 12 o’clock), moonphase (at 6 o’clock) and, finally, the leap year.
Frederique Constant explains that “since this detail is not needed for everyday use, it has been moved over to the month display at 12 o’clock. A discreet red dot appears for the month in question when the year has 366 days; at all other times, the window remains white.”
Frederique Constant finishes its in-house movement with a circular satin finish and blued screws. The watch’s transparent caseback displays an openwork, blue-colored oscillating weight. Also visible are the words ‘Limited Edition 135 pieces’ which are engraved on each watch. Each watch arrives on a grey nylon strap with matching overstitching.
Price: $11,995.
Specifications: Frederique Constant Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture Designed by Peter Speake
(Reference FC-775PS4S6, a limited édition of 135)
Functions: Hours, minutes, moonphase, date, day, month, leap year.
Movement: FC-775 in-house caliber, automatic, perpetual calendar, Perlage decoration on movement, anthracite bridge, blue rotor, satin finishing on all springs, circular finishing on perpetual calendar wheels, 38-hour power reserve, 28,800 alt/h.
Case: Polished stainless steel 3-part case, diameter of 42mm, height of 12,05 mm
Anti-reflective convex sapphire crystal, see-through case back, water-resistant to 3 ATM/30m/100ft.
Dial: Grey color dial with matte finishing, skeleton, luminescent printed indexes,
White and polished hands with luminous treatment, moonphase with luminous treatment.
Strap: Grey nylon strap with tone-on-tone stitching, folding buckle.
Availability March 2024 at the Citizen Flagship Store New York and at select Frederique Constant retailers.
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