FREDERIQUE CONSTANT
METEORITE TOURBILLON PERPETUAL CALENDAR MANUFACTURE

Frederique Constant launches one unique edition of its successful Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture watch in 18K rose gold featuring a blue tint Meteorite skeleton dial with a heartbeat opening at 6 o’clock, offering its wearer a precious glance at the watch’s complex mechanics.
FREDERIQUE CONSTANT
METEORITE TOURBILLON PERPETUAL CALENDAR MANUFACTURE

Frederique Constant launches one unique edition of its successful Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture watch in 18K rose gold featuring a blue tint Meteorite skeleton dial with a heartbeat opening at 6 o’clock, offering its wearer a precious glance at the watch’s complex mechanics.
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FREDERIQUE CONSTANTMETEORITE TOURBILLON PERPETUAL CALENDAR MANUFACTUREFrederique Constant launches one unique edition of its successful Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture watch in 18K rose gold featuring a blue tint Meteorite skeleton dial with a heartbeat opening at 6 o’clock, offering its wearer a precious glance at the watch’s complex mechanics.

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FREDERIQUE CONSTANT
METEORITE TOURBILLON PERPETUAL CALENDAR MANUFACTURE

Frederique Constant launches one unique edition of its successful Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture watch in 18K rose gold featuring a blue tint Meteorite skeleton dial with a heartbeat opening at 6 o’clock, offering its wearer a precious glance at the watch’s complex mechanics.
Model name: Meteorite Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture
Case: 18K Rose gold
Dial: Skeleton blue meteorite dial with heart beat opening at 6 o'clock, hand polished white hands and red leap year hand
Calibre: FC-975 Manufacture automatic caliber, tourbillon, perpetual calendar, perlage, drafted marks and Côtes de Genève decoration on movement, 33 jewels, 38-hours power reserve, 28'800 alt/h, silicium escapement wheel and anchor
Bracelet: Navy blue alligator leather strap and rubber finishing
Dimensions: Diameter: 42 mm
Specificities: This unique Only Watch piece is presented in a 42 mm diameter 3-part 18K rose gold case featuring a stunning, skeletonized blue tint meteorite dial. This four billion-year-old, very rare material fell on Earth 80'000 years ago and was found in Namibia, Africa back in 1839.

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Many of the watches offered for sale in this catalogue are pictured with straps made of endangered or protected animal materials such as alligator or crocodile. These endangered species straps are shown for display purposes only and are not for sale. Christie’s will remove and retain the strap prior to shipment from the sale site. At some sale sites, Christie’s may, at its discretion, make the displayed endangered species strap available to the buyer of the lot free of charge if collected in person from the sale site within 1 year of the date of the sale. Please check with the department for details on a particular lot.

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Lot Essay

The Meteorite Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture timepiece embodies the founders' visionary quest to render Swiss watchmaking savoir-faire and innovation more accessible. This unique Only Watch piece is presented in a 42 mm diameter 3-part 18K rose gold case with a see-through case back to let one admire the delicate Perlage & Côtes de Genève decorations.

The watch features a stunning, skeletonized blue tint meteorite dial. This four billion-year-old, very rare material fell on Earth 80'000 years ago and was found in Namibia, Africa back in 1839. The Perpetual Calendar complication also displays the day, date and month and requires even less adjustments than an annual calendar.

This highly sophisticated complication acknowledges the number of days each month, displays the year and automatically adjust itself on the leap years. Once set, it will remember the months with 30 and 31 days, the 28 days of February as well as the leap year cycle with the return of 29th of February every four years.

The Perpetual Calendar doesn't require any manual correction before 400 years, although there is an exception in the Gregorian Calendar, the watch will need to be adjusted on March 1st, 2100. The hour and minute functions are all adjustable through the crown. The dial presents at 12 o'clock the months and leap year, at 3 o'clock the days and at 9 o'clock the week days. The tourbillon's cage sits at 6 o'clock, with its incorporated seconds hand that rotates once every minute.

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