Frederique Constant – HYBRID Manufacture First 3.0 Watch

Frederique Constant – HYBRID Manufacture First 3.0 Smart Watch

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Frederique Constant Launches World’s First
3.0 Watch: The Hybrid Manufacture
Partners with Mark Ruffalo for Launch Event

New York, NY (February 22, 2018) – Frederique Constant partnered with Oscar Nominated and Emmy Award Winning Actor, Mark Ruffalo to unveil a groundbreaking revolution in the Swiss watch industry.

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Frederique Constant combines three unique technologies, a Manufacture movement, Smart Watch Functions and Caliber Analytics, to create the World’s First 3.0 Watch: The Hybrid Manufacture

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The event was held at the exclusive Carpenter’s Gallery where media, retailers, as well as VIPs of the brand experienced the unveiling of the Hybrid Manufacture. Guests discovered a technical and innovative marvel in watchmaking. Those in attendance experienced holographic formations of the timepiece’s movement showcasing the structural movement and innovative technology in 3D.

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Frederique Constant Group President, Peter Stas presented the Hybrid Manufacture, followed by a Q&A between Mark Ruffalo and Entertainment Reporter, Bill McCuddy.

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Stas then announced the brand’s donation of two of the first Hybrid Manufacture timepieces to an upcoming charity auction to benefit The Solutions Project, an organization that Mark Ruffalo is leading to move us to clean, renewable energy powered by the wind, water, and sun.

Innovation @ Frederique Constant

Innovation is one of our important Brand Values and since it’s beginning in 1988, the Frederique Constant brand continuously innovated.  We invested massively in this domain to offer creativity and outstanding technical features in our timepieces.

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Every year, Frederique Constant continues to add movements to its in-house collection; and this year is no exception. Designed in keeping with classical watchmaking principles, updated with innovative 21st century techniques, the new Hybrid Manufacture by Frederique Constant combines Swiss Made fine Mechanical watchmaking with Smartwatch functionality.

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Revolution in Swiss Watch Industry, Frederique Constant combines three unique technologies ever in Swiss watchmaking. Hence the 3.0, the Frederique Constant Hybrid Manufacture combines:

• 1) MANUFACTURE;
• 2) SMART WATCH FUNCTIONS, and
• 3) CALIBER ANALYTICS.

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PETER STAS, PRESIDENT
FREDERIQUE CONSTANT GROUP:

“We were the first Swiss Watch Manufacturer to introduce the Horological Smart Watch in 2015. Now, we are the first to combine a Manufacture Mechanical Caliber with Smartwatch functionality.”

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1) Manufacture
The Hybrid Manufacture FC-750 caliber is in-house developed, in-house produced and in-house assembled. The caliber is patented.

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The mechanical part of the FC-750 is an in-house automatic caliber with date, set by the crown at 3 o’clock.

• Automatic winding, 28’800 alt/h
• Functions: hours, minutes, central second’s hand, date counter at 6 o’clock
• 42h power reserve

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The electronic part of the FC-750 is also in-house developed, in-house produced and in-house assembled by the Brand. This electronic part of the caliber enables the Smart Functions of the Hybrid Manufacture watch.

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By integrating the two technologies inside a unique caliber, the technological challenge was to delete the negative magnetic effects between the mechanical and the electronical parts. This is how our highly skilled designers and watchmakers developed and patented a unique anti-magnetic shield case.

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The FC-750 Hybrid Manufacture caliber is a revolutionary new caliber combining mechanical and electronical components.

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The connection between the watch and the Hybrid App is done by the pusher button located on the left side of the watch case.

2) Smart Watch Functions
The connection between the watch and the Hybrid App is done via the pusher button located on the left side of the watch case with Bluetooth®  technology.

The Smart Functions are visible on the watch on the counter at 12 o’clock as well as in the Hybrid App.
Activity Tracking: define your objective (# of steps per day) and track your step counting

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Sleep Monitoring: was your sleep deep or light? Did you achieve your Sleep hours objective?

Analytics: (Measure mechanical movement: Rate, Amplitude, Beat Error)

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Worldtimer (2nd time zone + local 24h time)

Dynamic coach

Pusher Settings (24h display, Worldtimer, Activity/Sleep, Workouts, Chronometer, Powernap, Battery indicator)

3) Caliber Analytics
Inside the caliber, we integrated our proprietary Caliber Analytics functionality, an Algorithm to measure Rate, Amplitude and Beat error. Results are communicated to the Hybrid App via Bluetooth and can be seen in the form of graphs over time.

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Once per day at 4.00am, the watch analyzes automatically (no requested action from the user) the health of the mechanical movement. Inside the caliber we analyze the oscillations of the movement with a sophisticated Algorithm. 3 measures are taken and reported: Rate, Amplitude and Beat error.

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The results displayed in the App. (Analytics App screen is available in the Hybrid App, on the 5th swiped screen at the top).

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Once analyzed, at the bottom of the screen a summary is displayed on the movement’s health check: green=> all is good / red => need to check the watch. If it appears that the mechanical caliber has an issue, we will inform the customers via both the App and the Cloud.

Rotator Charger Box

The Hybrid Manufacture is delivered into a luxurious wooden winder box offering:
1) a removable charger for the electronical Smartwatch functionality and
2) a winder rotating box that charges the mainspring in the mechanical caliber.

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The removable charger can be taken out for traveling. By a simple USB cable, the Hybrid Manufacture watch can be charged anywhere out of its wooden winder box.

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Technical Specifications

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Reference        FC-750MC4H6         

Case           
Polished stainless steel 2-parts case, diameter of 42 mm
Convex sapphire crystal
See-through case back
Water-resistant to 5 ATM
Movement    FC-750 Manufacture Hybrid caliber, automatic with date adjustable by crown and connected counter activated by pusher
Perlage & Circular Côtes de Genève decoration on the movement
33 jewels, 42 hours power reserve, 28’800 alt/h
7+ days battery life
Dial   
 Silver colour dial with decoration guilloché and black printed indexes
            Hand polished black  hands
            Date counter at 6 o’clock
            Connected counter at 12 o’clock
Bracelet        Black alligator strap
Functions     Hours, minutes, seconds, date by hand, connected counter

Connected functions     

• Activity tracking
• Sleep monitoring
• Dynamic coach
• Worldtimer (2nd time zone + local 24h time)
• Analytics (Measure mechanical movement : Rate, Amplitude, Beat Error).
• Pusher settings (24h display | Battery indicator | Chronometer | Worldtimer |
• Activity/Sleep | Workouts | Nap)

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Reference        FC-750MCN4H6

Case           
Polished stainless steel 2-parts case, diameter of 42 mm
Convex sapphire crystal
See-through case back
Water-resistant to 5 ATM
Movement    FC-750 Manufacture Hybrid caliber, automatic with date adjustable by crown and connected counter activated by pusher
Perlage & Circular Côtes de Genève decoration on the movement
33 jewels, 42 hours power reserve, 28’800 alt/h
7+ days battery life
Dial   
 Navy dial with decoration guilloché and black printed indexes
Hand polished White  hands
            Date counter at 6 o’clock
            Connected counter at 12 o’clock
Bracelet        Blue alligator strap
Functions     Hours, minutes, seconds, date by hand, connected counter

Connected functions     

• Activity tracking
• Sleep monitoring
• Dynamic coach
• Worldtimer (2nd time zone + local 24h time)
• Analytics (Measure mechanical movement : Rate, Amplitude, Beat Error).
• Pusher settings (24h display | Battery indicator | Chronometer | Worldtimer |
• Activity/Sleep | Workouts | Nap)

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Reference        FC-750MC4H4    

Case           
Rose gold plated polished stainless steel 3-parts case, diameter of 42 mm
Convex sapphire crystal
See-through case back
Water-resistant to 5 ATM
Movement    FC-750 Manufacture Hybrid caliber, automatic with date adjustable by crown and connected counter activated by pusher
Perlage & Circular Côtes de Genève decoration on the movement
33 jewels, 42 hours power reserve, 28’800 alt/h
7+ days battery life
Dial  
Silver colour dial with decoration guilloché and black printed indexes
Hand polished black  hands
            Date counter at 6 o’clock
            Connected counter at 12 o’clock
Bracelet        Dark brown alligator strap
Functions     Hours, minutes, seconds, date by hand, connected counter

Connected functions     

• Activity tracking
• Sleep monitoring
• Dynamic coach
• Worldtimer (2nd time zone + local 24h time)
• Analytics (Measure mechanical movement : Rate, Amplitude, Beat Error).
• Pusher settings (24h display | Battery indicator | Chronometer | Worldtimer |
• Activity/Sleep | Workouts | Nap)

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Reference        FC-750DG4H6

Case           
Polished stainless steel 3-parts case, diameter of 42 mm
Convex sapphire crystal
See-through case back
Water-resistant to 5 ATM
Movement    FC-750 Manufacture Hybrid caliber, automatic with date adjustable by crown and connected counter activated by pusher
Perlage & Circular Côtes de Genève decoration on the movement
33 jewels, 42 hours power reserve, 28’800 alt/h
7+ days battery life
Dial
Dark grey dial with decoration guilloché and silver applied indexes
Hand polished silver hands with white luminous
            Date counter at 6 o’clock
            Connected counter at 12 o’clock
Bracelet        Dark Grey alligator strap
Functions     Hours, minutes, seconds, date by hand, connected counter

Connected functions     

• Activity tracking
• Sleep monitoring
• Dynamic coach
• Worldtimer (2nd time zone + local 24h time)
• Analytics (Measure mechanical movement : Rate, Amplitude, Beat Error).
• Pusher settings (24h display | Battery indicator | Chronometer | Worldtimer |
• Activity/Sleep | Workouts | Nap)

Limited edition    888 pieces

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Parmigiani Fleurier – TONDA 1950 Skeleton

Parmigiani Fleurier – TONDA 1950 Skeleton Steel 40mm Automatic

The magic and complexity of skeletonising 

an ultra-thin model

Parmigiani Fleurier is paying tribute to its iconic ultra-thin model – the Tonda 1950 – honouring it with a fully skeletonised dial to showcase the minute details of its mechanism. Successfully skeletonising an ultra-thin movement, whose slim structure renders it fragile, requires master craftsmanship and the ability to translate the skill inherent in the calibre's design.

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This process reveals all the refinement of the movement, from the complexity of its drivetrain to the beauty of each decoration. It is these details that make the Tonda 1950 Skeleton so prestigious.

SKELETONISING AN ULTRA-THIN CALIBRE

The new calibre PF707 has been laid bare. The Tonda 1950 Skeleton exposes its gears, including components which never usually see the light of day. The main plate and bridges have been skeletonised to their very limits, only retaining as much substance as the watch needs to operate. This skeletonising process demands that a perfect balance be struck between laying the movement bare, to better unveil its mysteries, and retaining the rigidity of each component – essential in ensuring it works as designed. The barrel is also open, finally allowing the winding spring — the source of energy for the watch — to be seen with the naked eye.

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The oscillating micro-weight can now be glimpsed from the back and on the surface of the movement. Its intricate decoration is worthy of such scrutiny, with engraved "barley grain" on the back of the rotor and a pattern composed of Parmigiani Fleurier's iconic lugs, key to the brand's design DNA, on its surface. The lug pattern is laid out so as to evoke a rotating movement, accentuating the circumvolutions of this oscillating weight. The calibre PF707 has 18 internal angles on the bridges and main plate, and every detail is carefully chosen to enhance the skeleton work.

AN INVISIBLE YET ESSENTIAL DIAL

The Tonda 1950 Skeleton has a sapphire dial, ensuring nothing obstructs the view of the skeletonised movement, except around the periphery, where the crystal is enclosed by a rose gold metal flange displaying the minute track and indices. The back of this flange features minutely detailed engraving, with fine, elegant concentric snailing adorning its surface.

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The dial highlights the composition of the Tonda 1950 Skeleton, set on many levels. The flange sits atop the skeletonised movement, which cascades below it on the many levels required by its complex kinematics. The entire piece has an enthralling 3D effect which reflects light and draws in the gaze.

SOPHISTICATION IN THE MOST MINUTE OF DETAILS

The Tonda 1950 Skeleton boasts the timeless elegance of an ultra-thin model with careful attention paid to each area of volume, ensuring it is harmonious, ergonomic and based on the golden ratio. The steel case is 40 mm in diameter, with a thickness of just 8.2 mm.

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It extends into four lugs which flank the strap, with their iconic teardrop shape beautifully echoing the curve of the wrist. The steel folding buckle can be adjusted to 5 positions. With one press, the wearer can adjust the effective length of the strap, millimetre by millimetre, without having to switch to another attachment hole in the leather. Everything has been carefully designed to ensure the wearer enjoys perfect comfort and ergonomics.

THE PF707 MOVEMENT

The Parmigiani Fleurier watchmaking centre has devoted all of its cutting-edge expertise to perfecting the precision of the PF707 movement. This is the case for the variable-inertia balance, which now eliminates the need for the conventional index-assembly. This innovation makes it possible to adjust the moment of inertia by rotating the inertia blocks rather than adjusting the active length of the balance-spring as required with a standard adjustment.

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The movement is more stable over the long term, more shock-resistant, with outstanding isochronism guaranteed. The skeletonisation of the PF707 movement allows its mysteries to be unveiled without making it more fragile, thanks to the skill of its design, and the expertise of the brand's independent watchmaking centre.

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TECHNICAL DETAILS

Collection: TONDA 

Model: 1950 Skeleton

REFERENCES PFC289-0002801-XA1442

MOVEMENT
Calibre PF707
Winding: Automatic, micro-rotor
Power reserve: 48 hours
Barrel(s): 1
Frequency: 3 Hz – 21,600 Vib/h
Dimensions: 13 ¼’’’ - Ø 30 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Components: 160
Jewels: 29
Decorations: Skeletonised bridges and main plate, 18 internal angles
FUNCTIONS
Hour, minute
CASE
Shape: Round
Dimensions: Ø 40 mm
Material: Steel
Finish: Polished
Water resistance: 30 m
Case-back: Sapphire
Crystal: Anti-reflective sapphire
DIAL
Colour: Transparent sapphire with rose gold gilded metal flange
Finish: Sand-blasted, polished and snailed
Indices: Rose gold metal
Hands: Delta-shaped with luminescent coating
STRAP
Leather: Black alligator
BUCKLE
Buckle: Folding, adjustable
Material: Steel


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Contact

Caroline Pita – caroline.pita@parmigiani.ch - +41 32 862 66 30

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