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Unveiled at Dubai Watch Week 2025, Frederique Constant’s The Elements Collection celebrates the founding year of the brand - 1988. The new collection is a set of five manufacture watches, each highlighting a different natural mineral. Only 37 sets will be made, marking the brand’s 37th anniversary, and every watch inside the set is driven by an in-house movement. The timepieces are enhanced with dials made of lapis lazuli, turquoise, heliotrope, onyx, and an openworked perpetual calendar tourbillon, creating a collection where each dial is naturally unique since every mineral slab is cut by hand.
The first watch in the set, the Classic Moonphase Date Manufacture, comes in a 40 mm steel case and runs on the FC-716 calibre with the brand’s new 72-hour power reserve. It displays the date at 6 o’clock with the moonphase set inside the same sub-dial. For the first time, the model features a turquoise dial, recognisable by its natural black veining, and is paired with polished dauphine hands and minimalist indices. While 716 pieces will be made in total, the first examples appear exclusively in this 2025 Elements set.
The Classic Worldtimer Manufacture uses a 42 mm steel case and the FC-718 calibre - which drives the worldtime and date - to be adjusted via a single crown. Its 24 major cities circle the dial, and a 24-hour day/night indicator divides the time zone display into light and dark halves. For this set, Frederique Constant decorates the dial with lapis lazuli, including the date sub-dial at 6 o’clock, and pairs the watch with a matching blue alligator strap. A total of 718 pieces will be produced, but again, the first examples appear only in the Elements set.
The Classic Perpetual Calendar Manufacture is offered exclusively within the set, making it one of just 37 pieces. It is made in a 40 mm steel case and displays the brand’s well-known tricompax calendar layout for day, date, and month, with the leap-year indicator discreetly placed inside the month counter. The moonphase sits at 6 o’clock. The heliotrope dial is particularly rare in watchmaking, with its mixture of black, green, red, and earthy inclusions making each dial truly one of a kind. Through the sapphire back, the FC-776 calibre reveals perlage, Côtes de Genève, and a 72-hour power reserve.
The next is the Classic Tourbillon Manufacture, which arrives in a 39 mm steel case and a striking black onyx dial, uninterrupted except for polished indices and hands. The tourbillon at 6 o’clock, complete with a small seconds hand mounted on its cage, is enclosed under a hand-finished bridge. This model, limited to 37 pieces, comes on a black alligator strap with a folding buckle and is also exclusive to the Elements set.
The only watch in the set outside the Classic line is the Highlife Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture, combining both a tourbillon and a perpetual calendar inside a 41 mm steel case. It features an openworked dial that reveals the FC-975 calibre, decorated with perlage, blued screws, satin finishes, and black polishing. The central hour and minute hands are hand-polished and luminescent, while the seconds are displayed on the tourbillon bridge. This model is the only one in the set to include a steel bracelet along with two interchangeable straps in leather and rubber, and its 37 tourbillons are each individually numbered.
Offered only in the last quarter of 2025, the Elements Collection is designed for collectors who want to acquire an entire chapter of Frederique Constant’s watchmaking know-how in a single, mineral-themed set - five complications, five manufacture calibres, and five dials that can never be exactly alike.
Unveiled at Dubai Watch Week 2025, Frederique Constant’s The Elements Collection celebrates the founding year of the brand - 1988. The new collection is a set of five manufacture watches, each highlighting a different natural mineral. Only 37 sets will be made, marking the brand’s 37th anniversary, and every watch inside the set is driven by an in-house movement. The timepieces are enhanced with dials made of lapis lazuli, turquoise, heliotrope, onyx, and an openworked perpetual calendar tourbillon, creating a collection where each dial is naturally unique since every mineral slab is cut by hand.
The first watch in the set, the Classic Moonphase Date Manufacture, comes in a 40 mm steel case and runs on the FC-716 calibre with the brand’s new 72-hour power reserve. It displays the date at 6 o’clock with the moonphase set inside the same sub-dial. For the first time, the model features a turquoise dial, recognisable by its natural black veining, and is paired with polished dauphine hands and minimalist indices. While 716 pieces will be made in total, the first examples appear exclusively in this 2025 Elements set.
The Classic Worldtimer Manufacture uses a 42 mm steel case and the FC-718 calibre - which drives the worldtime and date - to be adjusted via a single crown. Its 24 major cities circle the dial, and a 24-hour day/night indicator divides the time zone display into light and dark halves. For this set, Frederique Constant decorates the dial with lapis lazuli, including the date sub-dial at 6 o’clock, and pairs the watch with a matching blue alligator strap. A total of 718 pieces will be produced, but again, the first examples appear only in the Elements set.
The Classic Perpetual Calendar Manufacture is offered exclusively within the set, making it one of just 37 pieces. It is made in a 40 mm steel case and displays the brand’s well-known tricompax calendar layout for day, date, and month, with the leap-year indicator discreetly placed inside the month counter. The moonphase sits at 6 o’clock. The heliotrope dial is particularly rare in watchmaking, with its mixture of black, green, red, and earthy inclusions making each dial truly one of a kind. Through the sapphire back, the FC-776 calibre reveals perlage, Côtes de Genève, and a 72-hour power reserve.
The next is the Classic Tourbillon Manufacture, which arrives in a 39 mm steel case and a striking black onyx dial, uninterrupted except for polished indices and hands. The tourbillon at 6 o’clock, complete with a small seconds hand mounted on its cage, is enclosed under a hand-finished bridge. This model, limited to 37 pieces, comes on a black alligator strap with a folding buckle and is also exclusive to the Elements set.
The only watch in the set outside the Classic line is the Highlife Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture, combining both a tourbillon and a perpetual calendar inside a 41 mm steel case. It features an openworked dial that reveals the FC-975 calibre, decorated with perlage, blued screws, satin finishes, and black polishing. The central hour and minute hands are hand-polished and luminescent, while the seconds are displayed on the tourbillon bridge. This model is the only one in the set to include a steel bracelet along with two interchangeable straps in leather and rubber, and its 37 tourbillons are each individually numbered.
Offered only in the last quarter of 2025, the Elements Collection is designed for collectors who want to acquire an entire chapter of Frederique Constant’s watchmaking know-how in a single, mineral-themed set - five complications, five manufacture calibres, and five dials that can never be exactly alike.
