Highlife Chronograph Automatic - FC-391BBL4NH1C

Frederique Constant and Bamford Watch Department unveil their first collaboration: the Highlife Chronograph Automatic, combining Bamford’s bold design with Frédérique Constant’s Swiss precision. Limited to 100 pieces, it features a 41 mm titanium case, a matte black dial, and turquoise accents. Powered by an automatic movement with three subdials, it comes with three interchangeable straps.

Frederique Constant x Bamford Watch Department: An Explosive Collaboration

Since 2009, Bamford Watch Department (BWD) has been shaking up the watchmaking world, offering complete customisation of iconic pieces with a strong emphasis on black, revealing their unsuspected aesthetic potential. For the first time, the English company is tackling a Frederique Constant collection.

Unveiled exclusively for Dubai Watch Week, this modified Highlife Chronograph Automatic is the result of a mutual desire to step outside the comfort zone. The radical and ambitious limited edition is the result of work that goes beyond a simple exercise in style. ‘The watch is not content with an update; it breaks free, shatters the surface of tradition and emerges darker, sharper and completely reprogrammed,’ explains George Bamford.

This limited edition is restricted to 100 pieces.

When Titanium Redefines Highlife Identity

Black, the signature colour of the Bamford workshop, dominates this limited series. It is omnipresent, particularly on the 41mm diameter case.

The piece introduces a brand new crystallised titanium case. The material is heated to 1200°C and then slowly cooled, which gradually solidifies and crystallises it, giving each watch a unique look. This exploration of materials propels the Highlife into a new and raw dimension, while retaining the lightness and robustness of titanium. This process is combined with black DLC plating.

Absolute Monochrome Enhanced with Turquoise

The dial is radical: an absolute matte black, with no finish (no sunburst, no lines, no guilloché) to break the harmony.

This simplicity enhances readability, with Bamford using turquoise to highlight the counters and hands. These flashes of colour allow you to see the movement of the small seconds at 9 o’clock, as well as the chronograph at 3 o’clock and 6 o’clock. The central chronograph seconds hand is also finished in a striking turquoise blue.

Swiss Made Heart: The FC-391 Calibre

The design exercise covers all aspects of the watch, with the exception of the movement. Frederique Constant has retained its Calibre FC-391, the beating heart of the Highlife Chronograph Automatic.

This automatic movement has a power reserve of 60 hours. The calibre is decorated with Côtes de Genève and remains visible, as usual, through a smoked sapphire crystal case back.

Absolute Monochrome Enhanced with Turquoise

The dial is radical: an absolute matte black, with no finish (no sunburst, no lines, no guilloché) to break the harmony.

This simplicity enhances readability, with Bamford using turquoise to highlight the counters and hands. These flashes of colour allow you to see the movement of the small seconds at 9 o’clock, as well as the chronograph at 3 o’clock and 6 o’clock. The central chronograph seconds hand is also finished in a striking turquoise blue.

One Reference, Three Versions

The Exclusive Box Set

A millennial piece by nature, the Highlife was originally designed to be versatile and multifunctional, offering a tool-free, one-click interchangeable strap. The Highlife Chronograph Automatic Bamford Special takes this concept to the extreme by providing three straps:

1. Black rubber

2. Turquoise rubber

3. Black calfskin with nubuck finish

These straps will be delivered in an exclusive box designed specifically for this limited edition, marking the very special nature of this watch.

Frederique Constant

Highlife Chronograph Automatic - FC-391BBL4NH1C

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