Frederique Constant Sales Manager Training Days - Second Edition

Recently, during two days, we welcomed our Sales Managers from around the globe in Geneva. Sharing experiences, ideas and  information has been of great value and enjoyable at the same time.

The second edition of the Sales Manager Training Days has been a great success and everyone is highly motivated to continue to work extremely hard and to maintain our Focus on Growth.

See herewith the feedback of some of the participants:

'Thank you all very very much for your hospitality and congratulations for this rare spirit of emulation and “sense of belonging” you have induced to the team.

My only regret?... I missed the golf clinic on Saturday!

All the best and thanks a million!'

From MG

'Thank you very much for the opportunity to spend some time with global team during these interesting days in Geneva.

Thank you also for the iPad which will be a great tool to better manage the business.'

From MS

'Many thanks for the kind welcome you gave to my team for those 2 days in GVA. Both came back very enthusiastic about their activities, and of course with a 100% motivation rate for FC!'

From JW

'Thank you for the useful training and amazing weekend in Geneva! Looking forward to seeing you soon.'

From ST

'Thank you for all your efforts during the Sales Meeting. It was again a very motivating and highly informative gathering.'

From AM

'I like to thank you for inviting me to the Sales Meeting. It was an excellent learning experience, as always. Perhaps the most important is the bonding and happiness I could see from the whole team. People are excited with the company, the products, the guidance and the great potential there is in the near future.

Looking forward to continue pushing for even greater success!!'

See you in NY!

From AR

'Once again, well done on the two-day-seminar; I am not being polite when I say it was useful and enjoyable.'

From GF

'I feel free to write you this email to tell you one more time how happy I was to spend time with you and the Frédérique Constant team in Geneva.

The way everything was organised was particularly nice and enjoyable.

Be assured that Frédérique Constant can always count on my personal motivation to keep on promoting the brand!

Best Regards, ONE TEAM ONE DREAM !!!'

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Sebastien Schneiter - Frederique Constant Junior ambassador - getting ready for the Youth Olympic Games

After few weeks of intensive training the international regattas have started again. This weekend Sebastien, his coach and few other team members did participate at the "Championnat de mediteranee of laser" in "Fos sur mer" (France).
After 6 regattas sailed Sebastien confirms his good form to finish 2nd overall in the Laser 4.7 category.

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The following two months will be very busy sailing wise with trainings both in Geneva and Riva di Garda and with two European championships (Byte and Laser class) as well as the Laser Nationals in "Yverdon"! This will be followed by one week of rest before heading to Singapore with the Swiss Olympic delegation (7th of August) to start practicing prior to the beginning of the Youth Olympic Games regattas towards mid-August.

So far all going according to plan. Next big event will be the Byte CII European Championship which will take place in Riva di Garda towards the end of June.

Some real exciting times ahead!

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The New Frederique Constant Healey Chrono-Automatic & Stoptimer - A set of timekeepers born out of pure passion!

Frederique Constant Healey Chronograph Automatic 2010 FC-392HSDG6B6 delivered with a stop timer.[[MORE]]

Geneva – April 2010

This year, Frédérique Constant presents the ultimate set for all passionate classic car drivers: an elegant gift box offering the new limited edition Healey Chrono-Automatic timepiece, combined with a unique mechanical, handmade Stoptimer. Pure style for pure passion!

To celebrate the continuing cooperation with the Austin Healey Owner Clubs around the world, Frédérique Constant introduces two new limited editions of its iconic Healey Chrono-Automatic, limited to 1’888 pieces in each version. The hand-polished, rounded case with a diameter of 43mm comes in two different finishing: elegant with a rose gold plated case, chocolate dial and leather strap, and more sporty in a steel case, silver dial with green accents and brown leather strap.

Frédérique Constant is excited to be the Official Timing Partner of the 2010 Healey Challenge in the United Kingdom, organized by The Healey Drivers Club - the world’s oldest club catering to Healey enthusiasts. The Healey Drivers Club is built around the Healey family. President Brian ‘Bic’ Healey holds as much enthusiasm for the brand as the most avid Healey owner. Originally founded in 1957, the Club meets twice a month in Devon and Cornwall. The Healey Drivers Club is the point of reference for all things Healey!

The story between the Swiss Watch Manufacturer Frédérique Constant and the Austin Healey Cars is a story of passion. Frédérique Constant has been the annual Official Timing Partner of Healey events around the globe since 2004, such as the Second European Healey Meeting in St. Moritz, the Healey Le Mans Challenge, the Healey Challenge Heidelberg, and the 34th International Austin Healey Challenge 2009, organized by the Austin Healey Clubs of America and Canada.

The 2010 Healey Challenge UK named “John Healey Memorial International Meet” will take place from May 6 till 9 in Dawlish Warren, South England, overlooking the sea and magnificent red cliffs of south Devon. During three days, the passionate Healey Owners will discover the beautiful English landscape, the actual origins of the Healey cars. And, as a subtle hint to the Healey Challenge 2010, the official logo of the event is engraved on the case back of the Frédérique Constant Healey Chrono-Automatic, alongside the aperture offering a glimpse of the automatic movement inside.

Gentlemen, start your engines for the Healey Challenge 2010! The Frédérique Constant Healey Chronograph & Stoptimer are all set…

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For more information, please contact Yasmina Pedrini at pedrini@frederique-constant.com

Frederique Constant in the top 30 of the Swiss Watch Industry

According to the swiss magazin Bilanz, Frederique Constant is in the Top 30 of the biggest Companies of the Swiss watch Industry. Who of you knew that?[[MORE]]

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Sébastien Schneiter - Frederique Constant Junior Ambassador - getting ready for the Youth Olympic Game

With the Youth Olympic tickets now in Sébastien Schneiter’s hands, a new phase of training has started which will involve both training session at the club as well as at the Swiss Sailing team levels. It will be an intensive three month in order to be ready for the Olympic games. The key events during that period will be Byte CII as well as the Laser 4.7 European Championship which will both take place in July.[[MORE]] In addition there will be the Nationals title events as well as several Swiss Sailing/Olympics training sessions. In August the Swiss Olympic teams will be heading to Singapore where they will be arriving there a week before the event itself to start training before the officials regattas.

Below are the various events in preparation for the Youth Olympic Games:

- 1-2 May: championnat suisse par point (Lugano), Laser 4.7.
- 7-8 May: championnat suisse par point (Thun), Laser 4.7.
- 28-30 May: Lago di Garda clinic, Byte
- 12-13 june, CM Fos sur Mer, Laser 4.7
- 25-30 June: lago di garda training, Byte.
- 1-4 July: European Byte, Lago di Garda.
- 8-11 July: Swiss Nationals, Laser 4.7
- 21-24 July: Hourtin Training, Laser 4.7
- 25-31 July: Laser 4.7 European championship, Hourtin
- 7-14 August: Byte training, Singapore.
- 15-26 August: Youth Olympic Games

Frederique Constant will host a press conference in London

On May 6th, Frederique Constant will host a press conference in London. This event will mark the official re-launch of the brand in the UK. At the same time, CEO Peter Stas will present our Basel 2010 Novelties to the British press.

[[MORE]]Location: the exclusive Atelier de Joel Robuchon.

Check it out: www.joel-robuchon.com

Frederique Constant pays tribute to the famous pianist Frédéric Chopin

Geneva, March 2010
Frédérique Constant is proud to announce the launch of its Limited Edition F. Chopin 2010 in celebration of the 200th birth anniversary of Frédéric Chopin. [[MORE]]These comme-morative timepieces are produced in a limited edition of 1810 pieces in steel and in Yellow gold plated and feature an ultra classical dial with a ‘piano keys’ pattern in the centre. Each watch is delivered in a miniature Frédéric Chopin Piano.

Short Biography
Frédéric-François Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849) is widely seen as one of the greatest of Polish composers renowned for his piano works. A great Romantic composer, who nevertheless wrote absolute music with formal titles such as Mazurkas, Impromptus, Walzes, Nocturnes. He was another one of the extremely rare child prodigies. The musical talent of young Chopin became apparent early on. At the age of 7, he was already the author of two polonaises (in G minor and B-flat major), the first being published in the engraving workshop of Father Cybulski. The prodigy was featured in the Warsaw newspapers, and 'little Chopin' became the attraction at receptions given in the aristocratic salons of the capital. He also began giving public charity concerts. His first professional piano lessons lasted from 1816 to 1822, when the teacher was no longer able to give any more help to the pupil whose skills surpassed his own.

Chopin's music for the piano combined a unique rhythmic sense (particularly his use of rubato, chromatic inflections, and the style of Johann Sebastian Bach), as well as a piano technique, which was of his own creation. This mixture produced a particularly fragile sound in the melody and the harmony, which are nonetheless underpinned by solid and interesting harmonic techniques. He took the new salon genre of the nocturne, invented by Irish composer John Field, to a deeper level of sophistication, and endowed popular dance forms, such as the Polish mazurka and the Viennese waltz with a greater range of melody and expression.
Chopin in 2010
In Poland, the year of 2010 is announced as the "Year of Fryderyk Chopin" as it is Chopin’s 200th birthday anniversary. Hundreds of events are planned, not only in Poland, however all over the world - concerts, exhibitions, meetings, festivals, congresses and others. Activities are actively coordinated and controlled The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, which was established in 2001 on the basis of an act of the Polish Parliament, to organise concerts, conferences, course, as well as to cover research and popularisation of knowledge about Chopin’s life and work, and cooperation with institutions and organizations dealing in the protection of the Chopin heritage. The Fryderyk Chopin Institute has officially licensed the Frédérique Constant Limited Edition F. Chopin.

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Sebastien Schneiter - Frederique Constant Junior Ambassador - and the Swiss team at the CII World Championship in Cannes, France

The Swiss CII sailing team is in the middle of the action at the world championship.

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So far so good. Sebastien Schneiter - Frederique Constant Junior Ambassador - is currently qualified for the Youth Olympic Games but still a long way to go. Last regatta he did finish 3rd !



Alexandra, the second Swiss Byte sailor is doing well and close to be qualified.

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Sebastien Schneiter - Frederique Constant Junior Ambassador - and the Swiss team are getting ready for the World Championship

To support Frédérique Constant Junior, the company will start a dedicated advertising campaign featuring Sebastian and Alex Schneiter. Sebastian Schneiter (14) is currently qualifying for the Youth Olympic Games, a fantastic event in Singapore in 2010.[[MORE]] To succeed at such an event you need a real passion and the story behind such endeavour will be a great one!

Heavy training sessions in Cannes in preparation of the World Championship  are ongoing. Most of the Nations have already arrived and everyday there are practices races. Conditions are ideal and wind are usually strong. One more week to go before the start of the official races. The Swiss team and Sébastien Schneiter doing well and the spirit is high.

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Frederique Constant Junior - Youth Olympic Games update

The Swiss team (3 boats) is now into intensive training. Over 10 Nations are already in Cannes practicing too before the world championship. [[MORE]]Yesterday a pre-world championship regatta took place with over 20 boats and 10 Nations and 4 regattas raced. Best Swiss score did come from Sébastien who did finish 3^rd overall.

Frederique Constant @Baselworld 2010

BaselWorld has not ended yet, but can already be considered a great success for Frederique Constant. The number of both client & press meetings has never been as large as this year. The amount of orders received from all over the world has increased significantly compared to previous years. [[MORE]]The new collection was extremely well received, with Maxime Lady, Runabout and Junior as the leaders.

The Management wants to thank the Frederique Constant Commercial Team from all over the world to make this success possible!

To our Fans: the new collections will be released from April onwards, so don't forget to go to your local Frederique Constant retailer to check it out!

Frederique Constant will be the Exclusive Watch Partner of the Secret Room Academy Awards Style Lounge

On March 6, 2010, Frederique Constant will be the Exclusive Watch Partner of the Secret Room Academy Awards Style Lounge @ the InterContinental Hotel Century City in LA.
The hotel is located right in the heart of where it all happens and an extensive selection of A-list celebrities is among the invitees, to get them 'Red-Carpet-Ready'! Stay tuned!

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Frederique Constant supports City of Hope

By being part of the exclusive Secret Room Academy Awards Style Lounge on March 6th in Beverly Hills, Frederique Constant gladly supports City of Hope. Founded in 1913, City of Hope is a leading research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. For more information, go to www.cityofhope.org

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Latest update on the Frederique-Constant Byte Sailing Team

Back to action with a first pre-world regattas this weekend in Cannes. Sebastien has started well with a first and third position on Friday. Racing to continue Saturday and Sunday.

[[MORE]]February will be a very busy month on the sailing front for the preparation of the early April world championship and qualification for the Youth Olympic games. Following this weekend race a total of 10 days training are planned in February. The Swiss Team will join the New Zealand and Singapore sailing team for some group training during February.

March will be the same with intensive training before the World championship that will start on the 6th of April.
Meanwhile, the team continue to prepare their physical conditions with 4 sessions/week of physical training.

As you can see the team is busy but the moral and enthousiasm is high. More to follow after this weekend racing.

Sébastien did finish 3rd this weekend (Cannes) at the pre-world practice racing with 9 races sailed in three days. So far so good!

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Frederique Constant Pre Basel Novelty - Maxime Manufacture for Ladies

Frédérique Constant is delighted to introduce its new Manufacture timepiece for women: the “Maxime Manufacture Lady”. A watch as technical as it is elegant.[[MORE]]

Continuing down the road of developing Manufacture calibers, bringing the creation and production of the watch movements in-house, Frédérique Constant presented the new Maxime Manufacture Automatic range during BaselWorld 2009. A series of watches conceived in-house, with passion and eye-for-detail.

As a result of the fruitful marriage of technical excellence and outstanding contemporary design of the first Maxime, Frédérique Constant took the bold step of expanding the range with the Maxime Manufacture Lady, especially designed for the modern woman. Today’s woman desires above all an elegance that demonstrates a return to real values, and Frédérique Constant is at the forefront of this movement. The new Maxime Manufacture Lady is a watch that will not just match, but surpass, their expectations.

The Maxime Manufacture Lady comes in several versions, including the use of rose gold bezel set with 52 diamonds. Using fine mother-of-pearl for the dial, the timepiece also has diamond indexes and a central finely decorated “sunray” guilloché pattern. A chic Galuchat strap completes the picture of elegance.

The Maxime Manufacture Lady, designed for women of tomorrow with yesterday’s tradition.
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A watch enthusiast shares his passion of Frederique Constant!

A watch and Frederique Constant enthusiast shared his passion about his Frédérique Constant Healey FC-303.

Feel free to discover the article that he wrote on the Forum dedicated to watches "Forum à Montres", it's well illustrated and full of information![[MORE]]

Go HERE to read this article!

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Frederique Constant: sponsor of the Intercantonal Horse show in Fribourg

Joel Favre - Maurice Pollien - Jonas Marty

Maurice Pollien, winner of the Show

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From October 30th till November 1st, 2009, the Riding school of Corminboeuf organized the Swiss intercantonal horse show of jumping; a weekend rich in surprises and in sportsmanship. Frédérique Constant supported this event and rewarded the winner of this competition, the young Swiss horseman Maurice Pollien, by offering him a watch.

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The Swiss Intercantonal Horse Show in Fribourg

Frederique Constant Founder & CEO Peter Stas hosts Master Class at New York Institute of Technology

On December 2nd 2009, a unique event will take place in New York City. On that day, Frederique Constant Founder & CEO Peter Stas will host a Master Class at the New York Institute of Technology, on building a successful international watch company.[[MORE]] It will be the first ever Master Class hosted by this renowned university, solely about a Swiss watch brand.

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Peter C. Stas, Frédérique Constant Founder & CEO

Frederique Constant sponsored the event "2009 Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards"

Every year, the international woman’s magazine Cosmopolitan runs their Beauty Awards show and this time round it was held in ShangHai and we were extremely proud to be one of the principal sponsors of the event. Many of the world’s star brands were present and we were no exception. [[MORE]]This is a particularly high profile event held in a country that has developed out of all recognition so it was only appropriate that we were there.

At the opening of the Awards the red carpet was rolled out to welcome the stars of Chinese stage and screen, and amongst the actresses present were Vivan Wu, Zhuziyan, Huosiyan, Landy, Ann, Yaochen, Huangxiaolo, AnnieWu, Huke, and Ambose Xu, stars known to all of China and Chinese audiences around the globe, and we at Frederique Constant were especially gratified that these famous celebrities chose to wear our watches to the show. At a beauty awards show it was important that these beautiful women were able to wear beautiful creations, and our watches definitely fall into that category!

At the show everyone was clearly living their passion and we are happy to have helped contribute to that.

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Only Watch 09 & Frédérique Constant

It was with great honor and pleasure that we announced the participation of Swiss Watch Manufacturer Frédérique Constant in the “ONLY WATCH 09” Charity Auction, held in Monte-Carlo on Thursday, September 24th, 2009, under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.



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Watch aficionados and representatives of the world’s most prestigious watch manufacturers gather to witness the third edition of this exceptional auction. All participating brands contributed to raise funds for research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a serious genetic disease that affects one out of 3500 boys born, by donating a unique wristwatch for the event. This Charity Auction afforded to raise € 1,9 M in 2005 and € 2,7 M in 2007.
A lot of people assisted this prestigious auction, competing with bidders from all over the world via the Internet and over the telephone.

The 2009 Frédérique Constant’s contributing lot, the unique Heart Beat Trilogy, composed by three unique Women timepieces (Heart Beat Manufacture Automatic Pavée -  Double Heart Beat Chocolate Pavée - Love Heart Beat), and for the first time assembled in a common luxurious jewel box, went under the hammer for CHF 35’000.

We are once again really honored to have been part of this unique project, and are happy to be able to contribute to this worthy cause in such a truly creative and inspiring manner.

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For more information, please feel free to contact:
Yasmina Pedrini: pedrini@frederique-constant.com