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FREDERIQUE CONSTANT ADDS NEW DIALS TO CLASSIC HEART BEAT
Frederique Constant returns to its roots and adds two watches sporting guilloché dials to its long-running Classics Heart Beat Automatic collection .
While the pair may be new to the Geneva watchmaker ’ s Classics Automatic collection , their ‘ Heart Beat ’ design , which exposes a portion of the automatic movement , is a characteristic Frederique Constant pioneered . In fact , when Frederique Constant first debuted the open balance wheel design in 1994 , the young brand neglected to protect what was at the time a novel design . As it was never patented , the concept continues to be copied by numerous watch brands .
These latest additions to the collection each measure 40mm diameter steel case and so-called ‘ apple ’ hands and choice of a silver dial and a dark khaki dial . The highlighted guilloche dial center is framed by a nice satin-finished hour circle with twelve very classic Roman numerals .
Frederique Constant fits its Sellita-based automatic FC-310 caliber inside these two newest Classics Heart Beat Automatic watches , with just a bit exposed on the front of the dial , offering a power reserve of 38 hours .
Price : $ 1,495 .
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