Frederique Constant combines Swiss advanced mechanical watchmaking with smart watch functions to launch the new Hybrid Manufacture mechanical smartwatch with its own movement. Peter Stas, President of Frederique Constant Group, said: ‘In 2015 Frederique Constant became one of the first Swiss watchmakers to launch smartwatches, and today the brand pioneers the fusion of home-made mechanical movements and smartwatch functions.’
The FC-750 Hybrid movement is entirely developed, produced and assembled by Frederique Constant, and patented, integrating electronic components and providing intelligent functions. To integrate these two technologies into a unique movement, we need to face the technical challenge of preventing magnetic interference between machinery and electronics. Therefore, Frederique Constant independently developed a patented anti-magnetic inner casing.
This movement is equipped with Caliber Analytics. Every day at 4:00 AM, it will actively analyze the movement’s speed, amplitude and run-out error, and the analysis results will be transmitted to the Hybrid App via Bluetooth and displayed in graphical form. The bottom of the App page will display the measurement summary of the movement: green means that it is working well, red means that it needs to be checked. If the mechanical movement encounters a failure, the brand will notify the customer through the App and Cloud.
Technical specifications
Case: Stainless steel or stainless steel rose gold plated, diameter 42 mm, curved sapphire crystal, back-through design, water-resistant to 50 meters
Movement: Swiss-made Frederique Constant FC-750 Hybrid movement, 33 jewels, 28,800 vibrations / hour (4 Hz), 42 hours power reserve, battery life over 7 days, decorative fish scales and Geneva patterns . Start the Bluetooth connection to the application with the push of a button, with central hours, minutes, seconds, analog date and smart connection display.
Smart connection functions: activity tracking, sleep tracking, dynamic coaching, world time (second time zone + 24 hours local time), analysis (measurement of mechanical movements: rate, amplitude and beating error), button settings (24-hour display | battery indication | Timing | World Time | Activity / Sleep | Exercise |
Dial: Dark grey guilloché dial with silver appliquéd indexes; or silver guilloché dial with black printed indexes. Silver or black hands are polished and coated with fluorescent material. The date display is set at 6 o’clock, and the smart connection display is set at 12 o’clock.
Strap: dark brown, dark gray (blue stitching) or black alligator leather strap with stainless steel or stainless steel rose gold plated buckle
Watch box: 1) removable charger for charging electronic smart watch functions; 2) winding watch box for winding the mainspring of the mechanical movement. The mobile charger can be removed when traveling, and the watch can be charged through the USB data cable.