Frederique Constant Classic Date Manufacture

FC-706S3H6
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Technical specifications

Functions

  • Hours
  • Minutes
  • Seconds
  • Date

Movement

  • Self Winding/Automatic
  • Manufactured
  • Swiss Made

Case

  • Round
  • Stainless steel
  • Polished
  • 12.40mm
  • 40.00mm

Glass

  • Sapphire

Water resistance

  • 5.00atm / 50.00m / 165.00ft

Buckle

  • Deployment Buckle
  • Stainless steel

Strap

  • Alligator
  • Blue

Year

  • 2024

Official description

It’s definitely still a Classic, but with some major new features: the Classic Date Manufacture now sports the new FC-706 Manufacture calibre with a 72-hour power reserve and a five-year warranty. The steel case has been resized to a slightly smaller 40 millimetres, a classy and classic diameter housing a new dial free from figures. Slim hour markers and a ‘railtrack’ minute circle encompass a sunburst dial finished in silver, black or salmon.

There’s the form, and then there’s the substance: while the three new incarnations of the Classic Date Manufacture remain true to the canons of authentic, traditional Fine Watchmaking, they do so by adopting a different stylistic and technical approach to that of their predecessors.

The ethos of the new models is all about refinement, starting with a considerably slimmed-down case diameter of 40mm instead of the previous 42mm. This evolution is in line with the current expectation of lovers of Fine Watchmaking – and also reflects the dimensions of most of the timepieces released over the past fifty years that have gone on to become timeless icons.