Mid Size Gold On Steel Frederique Constant Art Deco Carree 36mm Watch on Bracelet

Carree Small Seconds
FC-235S2C5B
Fineness of the wrist, fineness of the watch: the slimline gents small seconds is one of the most emblematic watches of Frederique constant, designed in the purest traditional swiss watchmaking spirit.

Just over a century ago, in the 1920s and 30s, watchmakers broke free from the conventional round case to invent square and rectangular variants.
THE ART DÉCO-STYLE WATCH
100% steel (case and strap), a quartz movement, two years of battery life, a silver-finish dial with two central hands and a small off-centre seconds hand above over the «sector dial» minute track, and large Roman numerals.

IT’S A SQUARE THAT’S NOT A SQUARE
The Classics Carrée style evokes the Art Déco spirit of the ‘20s and ‘30s, with straight, taut lines and elaborate shapes that break away from the conventional circle.

The rectangular case houses a dial with an equally rectangular minute track, and a small independent seconds hand at 6 o’clock. This is offset from the main dial by a slight recess. The hour markers—written in Roman numerals— run parallel to the sector-dial minute track, a typical feature of watches during the Interwar Years.

Highlights
Functions
Hours, Minutes, Small seconds

Type of movement

Movement
REFERENCE 
FC-235 (Base Ronda 1064)

Type of movement
Quartz

Jewels
6

Battery life (months)
25 Months

Case
Material
Stainless steel

Colour
Yellow gold

Diameter or dimensions (mm)
36

Thickness (mm)
5.85

Lug width (mm)
18

Water-resistance (ATM)
3

Dial - White
Finishing
Matt

Indexes
Printed roman numerals

Strap
Material
Stainless steel

Dimensions (mm)
162

Buckle
Folding buckle with push buttons

Buckle width
15

Strap width (=lug width)
16