Frederique Constant Manufacture Tourbillon Grand Feulimited edition 188 pieces, enamel dial, Breguet-style hands, manufacture tourbillon with silicon escapement
Manufacture Tourbillon Caliber Based on its award-winning Heart Beat Manufacture Calibre, Frédérique Constant developed its Tourbillon fully in-house with a number of unique features:
- Silicium (or Silicon) Escapement Wheel and lever
- Smart Weight Balancing
- Fast Oscillation at 28’800 BpH
-Tourbillon Cage individually numbered
Silicium (or Silicon) Escapement WheelThe Silicium Escapement Wheel and Lever have the following three main advantages:
Improvement Lubricant-free running
Benefit 1. Age-related thinning and drying of lubrication will no longer occur
2. An escapement wheel without oiling avoids the risk that oil spreads to other parts of the movement.
Very light (low inertia) The escapement wheel is accelerated and
stopped at each tick and tock of the watch.
The lower weight silicium escapement wheel
has lower inertia, increasing energy efficiency.
Good friction properties Lower friction reduces loss of energy, hence
the energy requirement for the calibre is lower.