Frederique Constant Highlife Automatic Skeleton 41mm
Description
The Highlife Automatic Skeleton lets you journey to the centre of the Earth. Laid bare through skilful skeletonisation, strong lines reveal the inner workings of the Swiss Made FC-310 movement inside. This skeletonisation presents a technical and aesthetic challenge. Technical, as the calibre is updated through tiny openings as numerous as they are delicate and created without the use of any sharp angles, in keeping with the curvature and harmony of the Earth. Aesthetic, as skeletonisation is a rare watchmaking practice that does not traditionally focus on the dial alone and the centre even less so. It is a daring style that Frederique Constant has mastered perfectly, and thanks to this very principle of aesthetic ingenuity that the Manufacture brought the iconic Heart Beat collection to life over 25 years ago. The new Highlife Automatic Skeleton is in the same vein. The highly original cut-out of the Earth at its centre reveals the beating heart of the movement: at 12 o’clock, the balance wheel; between 5 o’clock and 6 o’clock, the barrel, wound by the winding stem found at 3 o’clock. The openwork Earth allows you to see something, but not everything. Limited to 888 pieces.
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