Frederique Constant

Frederique Constant is a Swiss watch brand founded in 1988 by Aletta and Peter Stas. The founders established the business with the aim of making Swiss-designed watches available to a broader range of buyers than traditional high-end watchmaking typically served. The brand is based in the Geneva area and is associated with the Swiss watchmaking tradition. The company designs and sells wristwatches for men and women. Its collections include dress-oriented Classics models and the sportier Highlife range; the official UK shop also presents Carrée, Moneta, and Manufacture models. The brand’s current online assortment includes mechanical and quartz watches, with examples such as hand-wound, moonphase, date, and Heart Beat models. Prices and availability vary by market and product. Frederique Constant became part of Japan’s Citizen Watch group in 2016. It continues to operate as a watch brand within the group, while its UK website provides an online storefront, product and collection listings, watch-care information, manuals, warranty guidance, and repair assistance. The supplied official UK site also describes a service atelier for repair work. The brand’s positioning combines Swiss watchmaking and traditional complications with a comparatively accessible luxury proposition; this is a general characterization, not a stated price guarantee.

Frederique Constant was founded in 1988 by Aletta and Peter Stas. The founders set out to create Swiss-designed watches that could reach a broader customer base while retaining the design and watchmaking associations of Switzerland. The brand’s name combines the names of the founders’ respective great-grandparents, Frédérique Schreiner and Constant Stas. The company developed its identity around classically styled wristwatches and, over time, expanded its offering to include both quartz and mechanical watches. Its collections have included the Classics line, which is closely associated with traditional dress-watch styling, and Highlife, a more contemporary sport-luxury family. Other named lines and models shown in the current UK storefront include Carrée, Moneta, and Manufacture. Product features represented in the assortment include hand-winding, moonphase and date indications, and the Heart Beat design, which displays part of the movement through an opening on the dial. A notable part of the company’s development has been its investment in in-house mechanical watchmaking. The brand introduced its first in-house movement in the mid-2000s and subsequently broadened its Manufacture range. Its proposition has generally combined Swiss production and mechanical-watch features with prices intended to be more accessible than those of many established prestige-watch houses. Exact availability, manufacturing arrangements, and pricing can differ by model and market. In 2016, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. acquired Frederique Constant Holding, bringing Frederique Constant into the Citizen group alongside other watch businesses. The brand has continued under its own name and collection identities after the acquisition. It serves international customers through market-specific websites and retail channels. The supplied UK site offers shopping, collection discovery, product information, customer accounts, warranty guidance, watch-care recommendations, manuals, and repair assistance. It describes service support through a Frederique Constant repair centre and service atelier. The brand remains active; the available evidence does not identify current senior executives or document a recent change of ownership.

• 2016

  Acquired by Citizen Watch

• 2004

  First in-house movement

• 1988

  Frederique Constant is founded

Swiss watchmaking with classical design and mechanical watch features, positioned in the accessible-luxury segment.

• Classics

  A collection of classically styled watches; the UK site lists men's and women's models.

• Highlife

  A watch collection that includes Manufacture models such as a moonphase and date version.

• Moneta Handwinding

  A hand-wound model listed among the UK site's new arrivals.

• Ladies Double Heart Beat

  A women's watch listed on the UK homepage.

• 2016

  Sale to Citizen WatchOther

• 2019-11-21

  Mohena Kumari Singh named Brand Friend for Ladies Classics Quartz[6]Mohena Kumari Singh获任Ladies Classics Quartz品牌好友thehindubusinessline.com

  Reported: 2019-11-21

  Frederique Constant announced Mohena Kumari Singh as the Brand Friend for its Ladies Classics Quartz collection.

• 2019-11-16

  Frederique Constant launches three Ladies Classics Quartz watches[6]Mohena Kumari Singh获任Ladies Classics Quartz品牌好友thehindubusinessline.com

  Reported: 2019-11-21

  Frederique Constant launched three new watches in its Ladies Classics Quartz collection in New Delhi.

1. 1Frederique Constant UKfrederiqueconstant.co.uk
2. 2A Brand Story made in Genevafrederiqueconstant.co.uk
3. 3Frederique Constant Servicesfrederiqueconstant.co.uk
4. 4Frederique Constanten.wikipedia.org
5. 5Frederique Constant Official Site | Loginfrederiqueconstant.co.uk
6. 6Mohena Kumari Singh获任Ladies Classics Quartz品牌好友thehindubusinessline.com