Classic Automatic---Frederique Constant Runabout Chronograph

Frederique Constant, that has been the title sponsor for that Lake Lake tahoe Concours d’Elegance since 2010, revealed two special edition pieces in the 42nd annual wooden boat display on August eighth in Lake Lake tahoe, CA. The big event featured nearly 100 vintage and classic boat records including runabouts, racers, utility motorboats and custom build wooden yachts. Chris Crafts, Gar Forest and Rivas are three names seen most, using the latter to be the most legendary.

Like a hommage for this event, and also to the legendary Riva brand, Frederique Constant created two special edition Chronographs which include the Riva Historic Society flag around the situation back glass, in addition to being presented inside a special collector’s box which includes a miniature vintage Riva wooden runabout boat.

Timepieces are 42 mm across are available either in steel or rose gold covered steel. The glass is convex and it has an anti-glare coating. The dial on models is silvered having a guilloché decoration within the center. The steel version has applied gem black Arabic numbers, with silver Alpha-formed hour and minute hands, and Super-luminova. The rose gold-plated version has applied rose gold-plated Arabic numbers, with rose gold-plated Alpha-formed hour and minute hands, and Super-luminova.

Two chronograph-counter sub-dials are superimposed around the guilloché center - a 30-minute counter at 12 o’clock, along with a 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock both feature an inset ring pattern. The ultimate complication is really a conservative date window at 3 o’clock, which doesn’t crowd the dial because of a lack of a 3 o’clock (and 9 o’clock) hour marker.

Oddly enough enough, Frederique Constant also forwent adding a running second display. That spirit of performance is with taste emphasized within the piston chronograph pushers as well as their own hobnail guilloché pattern for additional grip.

Within the Runabout chrono may be the automatic FC-393, that is a modified ETA 7750 along with a powerboat of the movement by itself. It beats 28,800 occasions each hour and it has a 46-hour energy reserve. The situation is water-resistant against 5 ATM and will come in rose gold and stainless (the FC-393RM5B6), the second which features gem-black Arabic numbers and it is offered on the dark blue croco-calf strap with whitened stitching.

Functions include hours, minutes, seconds, date and chronograph. The timepiece is operated by automatic quality FC-393 that is a Sellita based movement that runs at 4Hz, and it has 25 jewels along with a 46-hour energy reserve.

It is a special edition of 2888 pieces per model. The steel version is combined with a blue crococalf strap and folding buckle. The rose gold model is combined with a brown crococalf strap and folding buckle. The retail costs are $3,095 and $3,395, correspondingly. (Ref. FC-393RM5B6 - steel, FC-393RM5B4 - rose gold-plated).