Frederique Constant Takes Another Lap with Vintage Rally Healey Collection Automatic Small Seconds
Frederique Constant‘s ongoing collaboration with legendary British automaker Austin-Healey revs up again with the release of the Vintage Rally Healey Automatic Small Seconds, a collection of three watches in three distinct colorways, two in steel and another in gold, all channeling the racing spirit of the marque’s legendary vintage sports cars.
The latest follow-ups to last year?s Vintage Rally Healey Automatic models, this year’s watches come in a 40-mm-diameter polished steel case, 11.15 mm in thickness ? stylishly simple in its construction but concise in its execution, eschewing flairs in favor of clean lines and drawing inspiration from vintage styles. The steel models come with a dark blue or gray dial with matching straps, and the gold-colored steel model pairs a racing-green dial with a reddish brown strap.
On each model, a matte-finished dial greets you from under a sapphire crystal. The dial’s design is similar to those of previous Vintage Rally Healey timepieces by Frederique Constant, with an white minute ring on its outer edge and a chronograph-influenced configuration occupying the innermost sector. The latter features stylized, lume-filled, applied hour markers, a 9 o?clock subdial for running seconds (which is the element distinguishing these models from their 2020 predecessors with a central seconds hand), a 3 o?clock date window, and a pair of sword hands for the hour and minutes, also luminous-coated.
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