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Through determination and commitment, 2017 was a year of the lineup of Frederique Constant Moonphase. In the year that followed, an automatic version of the watch was introduced, topping to the great success of the company. In 2005, the company introduced a manually-wound Moonphase edition whose luxury is supreme and accessible than most men’s watches brands. In spite of the stiff competition from local and global brands like Rolex and Patek Philippe, the young watchmaker has ensured continued growth. In fact, in 2003 Alpina resurfaced with a complete watch lineup featuring the “spirit of Alpinism” at the renowned Basel Fair.

Through its freshness and creativeness, Frederique Constant was growing rapidly and it hoped to succeed alongside the new Alpina Watches Company. The company was one of the affected by the Quartz crisis of the 1970s and it disappeared from the market in 2000. Prior to this achievement, in 2002 Aletta and Peter acquired Alpina Watches company which has been a manufacturer of Swiss sports watches since 1883. Despite the advancement, the brand still retained its favorable pricing. In 2004, the company introduced its first in-house movement, caliber FC 910, which was created through the support of various experts, including from École d'Horlogerie de Genève. Unfortunately, Frederique Constant forgot to patent the idea and it was quickly imitated by other watchmakers. The timepiece had a clear window displaying the beauty of the throbbing heart of the installed mechanical movement. Two years later, in 1994, the watchmaker now proved its craftsmanship and ingenuity in its first Heart Beat watch. The six were presented to the public in 1992. Leading to the birth of an independent family watches enterprise.įor its first collection, Frederique Constant designed six watch models which were created by a Geneva watchmaker with Swiss movements.

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At the time, the watch was too expensive for them and all they could do was discuss it, which then extended on a full discussion on wristwatches.Īfter the couple came across inexpensive Seiko and citizen watches on a different Arena in Asia, a solution to their unsolved conception caught with them. Peter and Aleta encountered a Swiss mechanical watch which was truly adorable while on a skiing holiday in the Swiss Alps. While it tends to be hard to come up with entrepreneurial ideas, Frederique Constant Watch Company was inspired by a mixture of beauty and desperation. And “Constant” was Peter’s great-grandfather (Constant Stas) who run an own company he had established in 1904 to create dials for clocks. The two names composing the brand’s name was borrowed from the couple’s great-grandparents where “Frederique” was from Aletta’s great-grandmother (Frederique Schreiner). Frederique Constant was founded in 1988 by a couple, Aletta Frederique Bax and Peter Constant Stas.