FREDERIQUE CONSTANT X NAKED WATCHMAKER PERPETUAL CALENDAR

Frederique Constant/The Naked Watchmaker Collaboration Edition: Model # FC-775TNW4S6

LIMITED EDITION OF 99 PIECES WORLDWIDE - FIRST PIECE MADE | #01/99

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SLIMLINE PERPETUAL CALENDAR MANUFACTURE DESIGNED BY PETER SPEAKE

If there’s one word that sums up the Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture Designed by Peter Speake, it’s ‘openwork’. The British watchmaker has brought an ethereal, contemporary touch to Frederique Constant. Solid surfaces have been cut away to reveal the innermost workings of the Manufacture movement. All of the displays have been skeletonised, as have the hands (to which a luminous coating has been applied), revealing the mechanical ballet of the FC-775 calibre in all its glory; the seconds hand has been done away with altogether to preserve the assertively functional ethos.

MOVEMENT: 

FC-775 MANUFACTURE AUTOMATIC CALIBER, PERPETUAL CALENDAR. PERLAGE & CIRCULAR CÔTES DE GENÈVE DECORATION ON MOVEMENT. BLUE BRIDGES, YELLOW WHEELS.

26 JEWELS, 38-HOUR POWER RESERVE, 28'800 ALT/H.

CASE: 

POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL 3-PARTS CASE. 42MM DIAMETER. CONVEX SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL. SEE-THROUGH CASE BACK. WATER-RESISTANT UP TO 3 ATM.

DIAL:
BROWN COLOR SKELETON DIAL, WITH LUMINOVA INDEXES AND MINUTE TRACK. OVERSIZED SUB-DIALS. SKELETON WHITE HOURS & MINUTES HANDS WITH WHITE COUNTERS HANDS.
DAY AT 3 O'CLOCK, MONTH AND LEAP YEAR AT 12 O'CLOCK, DATE AT 9 O'CLOCK. 2 MOONS AT 6 O'CLOCK COMPLETES THE SET.

STRAP:
BROWN FABRIC STRAP.

HANDS:

WERE DESIGNED TO BE EASILY SEEN BUT NOT TO BLOCK THE MECHANICS OF THE QP. THE REASON FOR THE CUT OUTS AND THE WIDE DESIGN.

LUMINOVA: 

THE USE OF LUMINA ALLOWS FOR READING THE TIME AT NIGHT BUT IN PARTICULAR MAKES THE MOONS APPEAR AT NIGHT

BRIDGE COLOURS:

BLUE IS FOR CONTRAST WITH THE STEEL AND GOLD COLOURED COMPONENTS TO EMPHASIZE THE DIFFERENT PIECES ACCENTUATING THE MECHANICS. BUT BLUE
TRADITIONALLY ALSO HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE WORLD OF HOROLOGY AS AND IT IS A NOD TO THE HISTORY OF FINE WATCHMAKING.

CHOICE OF BROWN
THE BROWN USED HAS A SLIGHT VINTAGE FEEL FOR A CLASSICAL WATCH. IT ALSO ALLOWS THE INDICATIONS IN WHITE TO BE STRONGLY CONTRASTED- CONGRUENT WITH THE CHOICE
OF STRAP

DETAILS OF THE MODIFICATIONS MADE BY PETER SPEAKE: 

3D DIMENSIONALITY

THE DIAL HAS BEEN CUT AWAY TO BE ABLE TO EMPHASIZE THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE QUANTUM PERPETUAL.

THE DAY AND DATE SUB-DIALS AND HANDS ARE MUCH LARGER THAN THE ORIGINAL FREDERIQUE CONSTANT DIALS, GIVING GREATER VISUAL CLARITY.

THE MOON PHASE WAS ALTERED TO BE AN ANIMATION REFLECTING THE MOVEMENT OF TIME AND SHOWS THE TWO MOONS. ONE IS USUALLY HIDDEN. THIS CREATED WITH THE

SLN MOONS MAKES A VISUALLY DIFFERENT USE OF THE MOON DISK.

THE MONTHS INDICATIONS ARE ALTERED TO OPTIMISE THEIR VISIBILITY. THE HANDS WERE REMOVED AND A COLOUR INDICATION HAS BEEN PLACED BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH
LEAP YEAR INDICATION SO AS TO AVOID THE MONTHS INDICATION BEING OBSTRUCTED THE YEARS ARE SHOWN THROUGH A HOLE AT FEBRUARY, EACH YEAR IS A DIFFERENT COLOUR
AND THE LEAP YEAR IS RED.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE FREDERIQUE CONSTANT TWO-YEAR INTERNATIONAL WARRANTY.

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