To this day, Frederique Constant has designed 30 Manufacture calibres, including high complications, such as the Tourbillon, the Perpetual Calendar, the Flyback Chronograph, as well as a new and unprecedented type of escapement in watchmaking – the Monolithic. The Maison was founded in 1988 by a couple of independent entrepreneurs, Aletta and Peter Stas, to offer quality Swiss watches at an affordable price, with the aim of democratising luxury Swiss Made watches.įrederique Constant creates, develops, assembles and controls a wide variety of mechanical, quartz and connected timepieces at the same time within its 6,200 m 2 Manufacture in Planles-Ouates (GE). The Riva Days 2022 event will therefore serve as an opportunity for Frederique Constant and the RHS (Riva Historical Society) to pay tribute to this visionary and his unwavering passion.įrederique Constant is a Swiss watchmaking manufacture located in Geneva, Switzerland. This ingenious motorboat designer revolutionised the sector with his now-legendary luxurious yachts. Carlo Riva, who was born on February 24 th 1922 in Sarnico, on the shores of Lake Iseo, and passed away on April 10 th 2017. The event was followed by a gala dinner at the Société Nautique de Genève.įinally, 2022 also happens to mark one hundred years since the birth of a man who forever changed the face of the recreational boating industry. A number of activities and outings on Lake Geneva ran from Friday to Sunday, including Frederique Constant’s breath-taking Elegance Contest on Saturday July 9 th from 4:00pm to 4:30pm (CET), during which all the boats paraded past the Société Nautique de Genève under the trained eye of expert judges as well as admirative enthusiasts. On July 7 th, attendees were invited to step through the doors of the Manufacture Frederique Constant and its museum to open the festivities. Home to over 4,000 members and a harbour equipped with 1,000 berths, this is Switzerland’s biggest club. In 20, the Alinghi and SNG teams scooped the America’s Cup, among other accolades. It is world-renowned for its sailboat and motorboat activities. The prestigious Société Nautique de Genève club was set up in 1872 and turns 150 this year. All owners of runabout boats from around the world are cordially invited to attend this hotly anticipated celebration, in an opportunity to come together around a shared passion and moor their boats in the SNG harbour. This July 7 th to 11 th, Frederique Constant and the RHS (Riva Historical Society) paid a tribute to these legendary boats during the Riva Days 2022, an international event due to take place at Switzerland’s Société Nautique de Genève (Geneva). Each piece will be presented in a special case containing a miniature replica of one of these iconic wooden yachts moored alongside the watch. Its movement is visible for all to admire thanks to a sapphire background that offers up a glimpse of the watch’s intimate workings, engraved with the RHS (Riva Historical Society) logo. A transalpine bond was forged between Lake Geneva in Switzerland and Italy’s Lake Iseo, uniting the two entities since 2013 in a relationship that has buoyed Frederique Constant’s Runabout collection ever since: a line first launched in 2009 in tribute to the famous runabout boats.īoth feature FC-303 calibre, giving these two new twists on the Runabout Automatic 38 hours of power reserve. This legendary yacht, initially hand-crafted entirely from wood, embodied the inimitable, easy-going elegance of 1960s Italy.Ī company devoted to measuring time, and an association dedicated to the art of drifting through the waves, both united in their vision of upholding workmanship, beauty, and attention to detail, destined to be carried on the tides of time for centuries on end as custodians of the same timeless elegance and burning passion. At the same time, the RHS (Riva Historical Society) was set up in Italy in a bid to celebrate the dolce vita by safeguarding one of its most famous boats. In 1988, up-and-coming independent family-run brand Frederique Constant was established in Geneva, the heart of the Swiss watchmaking industry.

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