Frederique Constant prides itself in being a true Swiss watch manufacture that creates its own movements and assembles its watches by hand. Yet this fact isn’t always prominently highlighted. The brand asked French artist seconde/seconde/ to find a way to convey the message in his own distinctive, cheeky style. He might have gone too far. The result is two altered limited editions of the Slimline Moonphase Date Manufacture – one in steel that’s limited to 100 examples, and the second in steel with a rose gold tone crown and dial elements limited to 10 pieces.
Somewhere between a commentator, comedian, horological hacker and even a guerrilla artist, Romaric André is better known to the world under his alias seconde/seconde/. In a short few years, seconde/seconde/ has become a mainstay in many watch collectors’ radars. From editing vintage watches with playful elements to collaborating with brands of all sizes and price segments, seconde/seconde/ found in the watch industry a perfect and somewhat untapped playground for combining his two passions: satire and horology.
