====== Frederique Constant Heart Beat Tourbillon Manufacture ======
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**Heart Beat Tourbillon Manufacture** is a wristwatch by [[Frederique Constant]].

In [[2008]] the company presented its first //Heart Beat// [[manufacture]] movement in the luxury version with [[tourbillon]]. As distinctive feature it has for the first time worldwide an [[escapement wheel]] made of [[silicon]]. The Model //Heart Beat Manufacture Tourbillon// presented this noble movement in a [[rose gold]] edition limited to 188 pieces. The new edition of December 2008 in white gold is limited to 88 pieces.

Among the advantages of the [[silicon]] [[escapement wheel]] is a friction tending towards zero, by which the energy loss and the wear is reduced. The function is also maintained without lubricants. This fact frees from the disadvantages of lubricating oils, such as aging, drying out, evaporating or of pollution of the movement at undesirable points through leakage.

Through the use of lightweight [[silicon]] the [[escapement wheel]] gets a lower inertia, thus the energy output of the movement is noticeably improved. Thanks to these advantages is the [[silicon]] [[escapement wheel]] - compared with the normal specimens from steel - are especially qualified for use in [[tourbillon]]s.


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**Reference:**
  * FC-980MC4H9, [[rose gold]]
  * FC-980MC4H8, [[white gold]]
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  * **Movement ** 
  * [[Automatic]] calibre FC-980, 28,800 A/h
  * One minute [[Tourbillon]], [[balance cock]] on dial side
  * [[Glucydur]] [[balance wheel]]
  * [[Nivarox]] 1 [[balance spring]]
  * [[Bridge]]s decorated with [[Geneva stripes]] and [[perlage]], finished [[anglage]] and [[rhodiage]]
  * 33 [[jewels]]
  * [[Incabloc]] [[shock protection]]
  * Power reserve 48 h
  * 188 components
  * Each movement individually numbered

**Case:**
  * 18ct [[rose gold]]/[[white gold]]
  * Ø 42.0 mm, H 11.0 mm
  * Antireflective convex [[sapphire crystal]]
  * Antireflective [[sapphire crystal]] case back, secured with 6 screws
  * [[Waterproof]] to 30 m

**Functions:**
  * Hours, minutes, seconds (one minute [[Tourbillon]])
  * Day-night indicator

**Dial:**
  * Silvered, [[guilloché]]
  * „Clou de Paris“-decor in dial centre
  * Fine black Roman numerals
  * Black steel hands
  * Rhodium gold and [[blued]] steel day-night indicator

**Bracelet: **
  * Genuine black, hand-stitched Alligator leather, with water-resistant lining; [[folding clasp]]

**Limited edition:**
  * 188 pieces [[rose gold]]
  * 88 pieces [[white gold]]

**Price:**
  * 28,800.- Euro [[rose gold]] (2008)
  * 29,800.- Euro [[white gold]] (Dec. 2008)
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