FERDINAND BERTHOUD – CHRONOMETRIE FB 3SPC.1-1 White Gold

 

 

FERDINAND BERTHOUD – CHRONOMÉTRIE FB3SPC.1-1 White Gold Anniversary 2023

  CHRONOMÈTRE FB 3SPC:
A NEW EXTERIOR FOR ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY

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Newly awarded the “Chronometry prize” at the GPHG 2023 after a year that has brought great success and multiple awards, the Chronomètre FB 3SPC celebrates its first anniversary with the unveiling of a new version combining a white gold case with a black movement.

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The first and only wristwatch with a variable-inertia balance and a cylindrical balance-spring to be officially chronometer-certified by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC), the Chronomètre FB 3SPC has been a hit with collectors and watchmaking professionals since its launch in October 2022.

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Voted "Best Men's Watch 2022" by Revolution magazine, then winner of the "High Watchmaking" category in the "CH24 Watch of the Year 2023" competition, the Chronomètre FB 3SPC has now added a new and prestigious award to its list of distinctions: the “Chronometry prize” at the GPHG 2023.

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While the FB 1 and FB 2 collections followed in the footsteps of Ferdinand Berthoud's marine chronometers thanks to constant-force mechanisms, the FB 3 collection explores accuracy from a new angle: that of the cylindrical balance-spring. Particularly appreciated for its stability, this type of hairspring was favoured by the master watchmaker and his nephew Louis Berthoud in their precision timepieces.

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"This is how the idea of the Chronomètre FB 3SPC came about. We wanted to integrate this type of balance-spring into a wristwatch, while retaining its original purpose that was to guarantee accuracy”, explains Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, President of Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud. "We are particularly delighted to have been able to rise to the challenge and to see that the collection remains a great success among collectors, as confirmed by the latest award at the GPHG.”

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To mark its first anniversary, the Chronomètre FB 3SPC is unveiled in a new, contemporary guise: the 42.3 mm 18-carat white gold case houses a movement in black and anthracite tones, embellished with gilded hands.

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This new model will be presented for the first time at Dubai Watch Week, from 16 to 20 November 2023.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  CHRONOMÈTRE FB 3SPC.1-1 White Gold

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 Ref. FB 3SP C. 1-1 

CASE

• Round case in ethical 18-carat white gold with a transparent sapphire ‘porthole’ at 9 o’clock

Total diameter: 42.30 mm
Thickness: 9.43 mm
Water resistance: 30 metres
Crown diameter: 8.50 mm
Crown in ethical 18-carat white gold
Exhibition back in ethical 18-carat white gold fitted with a glareproofed sapphire crystal pane
• Domed sapphire crystal glareproofed on both side
DIAL
Black-varnished peripheral inner bezel ring for the hours and minutes, in sandblasted brass
Black-varnished seconds subdial at 6 o’clock in sandblasted brass
Black rhodium-treated visible components of Calibre FB-SPC
Hands
Gilded, facetted, skeletonised and open-tipped hours and minutes hands
Gilded seconds hand with counterweight
Gilded arrow-shaped power-reserve hand

 FUNCTIONS
Central display of the hours and minutes, seconds at 6 o’clock and power reserve at 2 o’clock

MOVEMENT

Mechanical hand-wound ...................................................................................................Calibre FB-SPC
Diameter.......................................................................................................................................34.30 mm
Thickness .......................................................................................................................................6.84 mm
Lignes ....................................................................................................................................................15’’’
Jewels ........................................................................................................................................................ 47
Frequency ........................................................................................................................21,600 vph (3 Hz)
Power reserve ................................................................................................................................ 72 hours
Number of components ........................................................................................................................230
Number of bridges ....................................................................................................................................16

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Slip-spring barrel (automatic uncoupling when maximum power reserve is reached)
• Variable-inertia balance with 4 fine-adjustment screws and 8 load screws
• Cylindrical balance-spring with hand-crafted Berthoud terminal curves
• Swiss lever escapement
• Crown-activated stop-seconds mechanism
• Mainplate and bridges in sandblasted nickel silver
• Hand-finished to the highest watchmaking standards

Officially chronometer-certified by the COSC

Strap
Alligator leather strap (125 x 70 mm) – Various sizes available on request
• 18-carat white gold pin buckle

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Press Release - 2023
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Chronométrie FERDINAND BERTHOUD SA
Rue des Moulins 20
Case postale 128
2114 Fleurier, Val-de-Travers (NE)
Switzerland
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