CHRONOMÈTRE FB 3SPC:
A NEW EXTERIOR FOR ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY
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Newly awarded the “Chronometry prize” at the GPHG 2023 after a year that has brought great success and multiple awards, the Chronomètre FB 3SPC celebrates its first anniversary with the unveiling of a new version combining a white gold case with a black movement.
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Voted"Best Men's Watch 2022"by Revolution magazine, then winner of the "High Watchmaking" category in the"CH24 Watch of the Year 2023" competition, the Chronomètre FB 3SPC has now added a new and prestigious award to its list of distinctions: the “Chronometry prize” at the GPHG 2023.
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While the FB 1 and FB 2 collections followed in the footsteps of Ferdinand Berthoud's marine chronometers thanks to constant-force mechanisms, the FB 3 collection explores accuracy from a new angle: that of the cylindrical balance-spring. Particularly appreciated for its stability, this type of hairspring was favoured by the master watchmaker and his nephew Louis Berthoud in their precision timepieces.
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"This is how the idea of the Chronomètre FB 3SPC came about. We wanted to integrate this type of balance-spring into a wristwatch, while retaining its original purpose that was to guarantee accuracy”, explains Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, President of Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud. "We are particularly delighted to have been able to rise to the challenge and to see that the collection remains a great success among collectors, as confirmed by the latest award at the GPHG.”
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This new model will be presented for the first time at Dubai Watch Week, from 16 to 20 November 2023.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Model: CHRONOMÈTRE FB 3SPC.1-1 White Gold
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Ref. FB 3SP C. 1-1
CASE
- Round case in ethical 18-carat white gold with a transparent sapphire ‘porthole’ at 9 o’clock
Total diameter: 42.30 mm
Thickness: 9.43 mm
Water resistance: 30 metres
Crown diameter: 8.50 mm
Crown in ethical 18-carat white gold
Exhibition back in ethical 18-carat white gold fitted with a glareproofed sapphire crystal pane
• Domed sapphire crystal glareproofed on both side
DIAL
Black-varnished peripheral inner bezel ring for the hours and minutes, in sandblasted brass
Black-varnished seconds subdial at 6 o’clock in sandblasted brass
Black rhodium-treated visible components of Calibre FB-SPC
Hands
Gilded, facetted, skeletonised and open-tipped hours and minutes hands
Gilded seconds hand with counterweight
Gilded arrow-shaped power-reserve hand
FUNCTIONS
Central display of the hours and minutes, seconds at 6 o’clock and power reserve at 2 o’clock
MOVEMENT
Mechanical hand-wound ...................................................................................................Calibre FB-SPC
Diameter.......................................................................................................................................34.30
mm
Thickness
.......................................................................................................................................6.84
mm
Lignes
....................................................................................................................................................15’’’
Jewels
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47
Frequency
........................................................................................................................21,600 vph (3 Hz)
Power
reserve
................................................................................................................................
72 hours
Number
of components
........................................................................................................................230
Number
of bridges
....................................................................................................................................16
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• Slip-spring barrel (automatic uncoupling when maximum power reserve is reached)
• Variable-inertia balance with 4 fine-adjustment screws and 8 load screws
• Cylindrical balance-spring with hand-crafted Berthoud terminal curves
• Swiss lever escapement
• Crown-activated stop-seconds mechanism
• Mainplate and bridges in sandblasted nickel silver
• Hand-finished to the highest watchmaking standards
Officially chronometer-certified by the COSC
Strap
Alligator leather strap (125 x 70 mm) – Various sizes available on request
• 18-carat white gold pin buckle
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Press Release- 2023
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Chronométrie FERDINAND BERTHOUD SA
Rue des Moulins 20
Case postale 128
2114 Fleurier, Val-de-Travers (NE)
Switzerland
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