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Frédérique Constant
Frédérique Constant SA is a Swiss manufacture d'horlogerie, ''manufacture'' of luxury good, luxury wristwatches based in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva. Originally established in 1988 by Dutch people, Dutch married couple Peter Stas and Aletta Stas-Bax, it was acquired in 2016 by Citizen Holdings of Tokyo, Japan. Before the sale to Citizen, Frédérique Constant S.A. (corporation), SA was owned by Union Horlogère Holding Besloten vennootschap, B.V., which also owned Alpina Watches and Ateliers deMonaco. These companies have together been referred to as the Frederique Constant Group. The brand's logo represents the Stas family crest. History The company was founded in 1988 by Dutch couple Aletta Stas-Bax, Aletta Francoise Frédérique Stas-Bax and Peter Constant Stas. The name originates from its founders great-grandparents, Frédérique Schreiner (1881–1969) and Constant Stas (1880–1967), the latter of whom founded a company producing watch dials in 1904. Later, the company wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidiary company. Unlike regional branches or divisions, subsidiaries are considered to be distinct entities from their parent companies; they are required to follow the laws of where they are incorporated, and they maintain their own executive leadership. Two or more subsidiaries primarily controlled by same entity/group are considered to be sister companies of each other. Subsidiaries are a common feature of modern business, and most multinational corporations organize their operations via the creation and purchase of subsidiary companies. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Citigroup, which have subsidiaries involved in many different Industry (e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpina Watches
Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH & Co. KG is an automobile manufacturing company based in Buchloe, in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany that develops and sells high-performance versions of BMW cars. Alpina works closely with BMW and their processes are integrated into BMW's production lines, and is recognized by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Ministry of Transport as an automobile manufacturer, in contrast to other performance specialists, which are aftermarket tuners. The Alpina B7 is produced at the same assembly line in Dingolfing, Germany (BMW Group Plant Dingolfing, BMW Plant Dingolfing), as BMW's own BMW 7 Series, 7 Series. The B7's twin-turbo 4.4-litre V8 is assembled by hand at Alpina's facility in Buchloe, Germany, before being shipped to BMW for installation, and the assembled vehicle is then sent back to Alpina for finishing touches. The firm was founded in 1965 by Burkard Bovensiepen (1936–2023), a member of the Bovens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runabout (boat)
A runabout is any small motorboat holding between four and eight people, well suited to moving about on the water. Characteristically between 20' and 35' in length, runabouts are used for pleasure activities like boating, fishing, and water skiing, as a ship's tender for larger vessels, or in racing. Some common runabout types are Bow Rider, bow rider, Center console (boat), center console, cuddy boat and Walkaround (boat), walkaround. The world's largest runabout, ''Pardon Me'', is 48 feet long and owned by the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, New York. History The first runabouts date back to the 1920s and were originally small, fast, powerful, varnished, wooden boats created to take advantage of the power of outboard motors such as the first Evinrude Outboard Motors, Evinrude, introduced in 1909. In order to gain speed, the hull shape had to be designed to take advantage of Hydroplaning (tires), hydroplaning; a hydrofoil-like design would allow the boat to skim atop the wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MSRP
The list price, also known as the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP), or the recommended retail price (RRP), or the suggested retail price (SRP) of a product is the price at which its manufacturer notionally recommends that a retailer sell the product. Suggested pricing methods may conflict with competition theory, as they allow prices to be set higher than would be established by supply and demand. Resale price maintenance—fixing prices—goes further than suggesting prices, and is illegal in many countries. Retailers may charge less than the suggested retail price, depending upon the actual wholesale cost of each item, usually purchased in bulk from the manufacturer, or in smaller quantities through a distributor. The suggested price is sometimes unrealistically high, so the seller can appear to be offering a discount. Some retailers apply discount stickers over top of original prices to indicate a discount to consumers. List price often cannot be compared dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sellita
Sellita (Sellita Watch Co. SA) is a Swiss manufacturer of mechanical watch movements based in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel. Founded in 1950, Sellita was one of ETA's major outsourced assembly partners for their movements until 2003. After 2003, Sellita developed its own movements based on ETA movements with expired patent rights and has become one of the main movement manufacturers of the Swiss watchmaking industry. Movements Bangalore Watch Co., Hublot, IWC, Lilienthal Berlin, Oris, Raymond Weil, Sinn, TAG Heuer, Marathon, and Christopher Ward are among the brands that use Sellita's movements or slightly modified versions to power their watches. * SW 200/215/400 (based on ETA 2824-2 and ETA 2836-2) * SW 300/1000 (based on ETA 2892-2) * SW 500/510/600 (based on Valjoux Valjoux (for ''Vallée de Joux'', "Joux Valley") is a Swiss manufacturer of mechanical watch movements, based in L'Abbaye, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the Jura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourbillon
In horology, a tourbillion () or tourbillon (; " whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement to increase accuracy. Conceived by the British watchmaker and inventor John Arnold, it was developed by his friend the Swiss-French watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet and patented by Breguet on 26 June 1801. In a tourbillon, the escapement and balance wheel are mounted in a rotating cage, with the goal of eliminating errors of poise in the balance giving a uniform weight. Tourbillons are still included in some modern wristwatches, where the mechanism is usually exposed on the watch's face to showcase it. Historically, Breguet’s tourbillon was conceived to counteract the adverse effects of gravity on a pocket watch’s regulating system, particularly in vertical positions. Pocket watches were typically worn vertically in waistcoat pockets, which led to gravitational distortion of the hairspring. The tourbillon aimed to average out these positional errors by rotat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederique Constant Escapement In Silicium; Anker, Wheel And Plateau
Frederique is a French female given name, which is equivalent to the male name Frederick, meaning "peaceful ruler". Alternative spellings include Frédérique and Frederieke. The name Frederique may refer to: People * Frédérique Apffel-Marglin (born 1951), American anthropologist * Frédérique Audouin-Rouzeau (born 1957), French writer * Frédérique Bel (born 1975), French actress * Frederique Darragon (1949), French explorer * Frederique Derkx (born 1994), Dutch hockey player * Frédérique Dumas (born 1963), French film producer *Frédérique Lambert (born 1992), Canadian racquetball player *Frédérique Lenger (1921–2005), Belgian mathematics educator *Fredrique Paijkull (1836-1899), Swedish educator *Frédérique Petrides (1903–1983), American conductor *Frédérique Ries (born 1959), Belgian politician *Frederieke Saeijs (born 1979), Dutch violinist *Frédérique Turgeon (born 1999), Canadian para-alpine skier *Frederique van der Wal (born 1967), Dutch model and busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patek Philippe
Patek Philippe SA () is a Swiss luxury watchmaker and clock manufacturer, located in the Canton of Geneva and the Vallée de Joux. Established in 1839, it is named after two of its founders, Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe. Since 1932, the company has been owned by the Stern family in Switzerland and remains the last family-owned independent watch manufacturer in Geneva. Patek Philippe is one of the oldest watch manufacturers in the world with an uninterrupted watchmaking history since its founding. It designs and manufactures timepieces as well as movements, including some of the most complicated mechanical watches. The company maintains over 400 retail locations globally and over a dozen distribution centers across Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. In 2001, it opened the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva. Patek Philippe is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious watch manufacturers in the world. As of July 2023, among the world's top ten most expensive watch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lever Escapement
The lever escapement, invented by the English clockmaker Thomas Mudge in 1754 (albeit first used in 1769), is a type of escapement that is used in almost all mechanical watches, as well as small mechanical non-pendulum clocks, alarm clocks, and kitchen timers. An escapement is a mechanical linkage that delivers impulses to the timepiece's balance wheel, keeping it oscillating back and forth, and with each swing of the balance wheel allows the timepiece's gear train to advance a fixed amount, thus moving the hands forward at a steady rate. The escapement is what makes the "ticking" sound in mechanical watches and clocks. Invention The lever escapement was invented by British clockmaker Thomas Mudge around 1754, and improved by Abraham-Louis Breguet (1787), Peter Litherland (1791), and Edward Massey (1800). Its modern ("table roller") form was developed by George Savage in the early 1800s. Since about 1900 virtually every mechanical watch, alarm clock and other portable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederique Constant Escapement Wheel In Silicium
Frederique is a French female given name, which is equivalent to the male name Frederick, meaning "peaceful ruler". Alternative spellings include Frédérique and Frederieke. The name Frederique may refer to: People * Frédérique Apffel-Marglin (born 1951), American anthropologist * Frédérique Audouin-Rouzeau (born 1957), French writer * Frédérique Bel (born 1975), French actress * Frederique Darragon (1949), French explorer *Frederique Derkx (born 1994), Dutch hockey player * Frédérique Dumas (born 1963), French film producer *Frédérique Lambert (born 1992), Canadian racquetball player *Frédérique Lenger (1921–2005), Belgian mathematics educator *Fredrique Paijkull (1836-1899), Swedish educator *Frédérique Petrides (1903–1983), American conductor *Frédérique Ries (born 1959), Belgian politician *Frederieke Saeijs (born 1979), Dutch violinist *Frédérique Turgeon (born 1999), Canadian para-alpine skier *Frederique van der Wal (born 1967), Dutch model and business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourneau
Tourneau, LLC is a luxury watch retailer established in 1900 and based in the United States. In 2018 Tourneau was purchased by the European retailer, Bucherer. The company carries over 8,000 styles of men’s and women’s watches from nearly 40 luxury brands. Tourneau also sells certified pre-owned watches; offering a trade-in program for upgrading watch styles. History In 1900, the Tourneau family established a watch selling business in the Russian Empire, fleeing to Paris after the Revolution before emigrating to New York City in 1924. The Tourneau brothers opened a small dressmaking shop, with a watch counter, in the Berkshire Place Hotel. They followed this with the company's first full shop at Madison Avenue and 49th Street in 1930. In 1940 a second location was founded in the Pennsylvania Hotel across from Penn Station. The first West Coast store was opened during the 1990s in the South Coast Plaza mall in Costa Mesa. In 1997 the company opened The Tourneau TimeMachine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
