These are examples of great watches FC puts out. They make affordable automatic watches. The founders started the company with that mandate. For less than $1000 this outprices the equivalent looking watches by Omega, Longines, or Baum et Mercier.
Great looking watch. Only nitpick, would have loved an exhibition case back. Even without much finishing would be nice to see with an entry level dress watch like this. Adding the white to my shortlist of next watch purchases to go along with my BB58 black as a more formal option.
@@thewillperson4864 Seiko looks very nice, but there is something to be said for getting your first proper Swiss watch. At least it would be my first Swiss piece.
I have their Slimline dress watch and absolutely love the look of their Slimline moon phase, but at 42mm, it’s just too big for a dress watch. Love the look of their Worldtimer too! Great brand and very overlooked unfortunately.
I like these kinds of simple elegant dress watches. I could see this watch in my collection at this price. One thing I wonder about Frederique Constant dials: Why do they leave out the accent grave in "Geneve"? Without that accent mark over the second "e", the city name looks (is) misspelled.
I think it could be a daily wear. The Swiss are really giving Seiko a run for their money right now in the affordable mechanical category. Seiko really has to come up with something other than the 6r15 at the 1 grand USD price point.
5 ATM is actually pretty good for a dress watch. The ETA absolutely works. For the price it's a nice piece. But the strap with a print...good thing you are throwing in a real dress strap with your code!
I was given a Frederique Constant Slimline quartz watch by my girlfriend for Christmas, its got a very well made, beautiful dial. Definitely interested in the black version of the classic though!
Great video, thank you. I bought one for my dad in April and unfortunately he has noticed that the watch is regularly missing 2 to 3 minutes per day. Even with manual charging, despite being automatic, the watch is missing a few minutes per day and he stopped wearing it altogether. Hopefully with the guarantee it will be sorted, but curious to hear if anyone had the same experience. Cheers and keep up the good work!
36-40mm is perfect for most dress watches. I wouldn’t go more than that. If the dial is simple and not as many complications, it can do away with a smaller size.
Ive got the F.C. Vitality in 36mm. Sweet little piece that blends smart watch function into a solid, dressy timepiece. It was marketed as a womans watch due to the size but it makes a fine mens piece none the less.
Great review Teddy! I've heard that some users have challenges with the winding mechanism...that they would feel resistance and it may stop winding altogether. Interested to hear if you've had the same experience?
My first watch was a Seiko 5 GMT, then soon after I bought a Casio too! Now I’m looking for my 3rd watch - I’m considering this particular watch over the Tissot PRX because I’ve got a small wrist! Thoughts?
A brief comment. I like when you put the box with the specs and price to remark what you are saying, but in general good video with all the information required. Thanks
It seems to improve on the old Classics Index: this one has a blued seconds hand, and there's more lume: on the hour markers, not just the pips on the borders. I'd get this if I didn't have the older version.
For some of us with ham-hocks for wrists, the 40mm is a nice fit. Although I do agree, there should be more 36mm options out there, seem to have gone the way-side after the 80's. Some watchmakers have received the message and offer a range of sizes in their popular offerings, albeit mostly amongst the micro-brands.
@@michaelniemer4449 I have big wrists, big enough that straps don't fit (interestingly though most bracelets do adjust large enough). I have a range watch that's oversized but my favorite watches are 38 in size.
I find that watches with a narrow bezel, especially white ones, look a lot bigger than their actual diameter. This is a nice looking "ordinary" watch if a few mm too large.
HELLO 👋 Great video. I HAVE PLAN TO BUY Frederique Constant Classics Index Automatic (40mm) Silver Guilloché Dial / Black Leather Strap But I'm not sure if I will be able to service ghai waymtch because my tissot prx is plastic movement 😢😢😢😢
Thank you for the review. I really like this brand, the quartz line and others are also good. I have a few of them, they are reliable and pure class. Not many people rate them but I do think they are pretty good. The only reason I have a few is because of your reviews since I was not familiar with the brand tbh. FC and Seiko Presage I also like nice dials, all your fault is all I can say. Keep up the good reviews.
I'm torn between the two as well. Just saw both in person, side by side and I have to say this looks much better and of higher quality than the Hamilton.
Very simple, yet elegant. Was looking at them on Amazon. They get less than stellar reviews. A multitude of people have had reliability issues it appears. Weird having a Japanese company owning a Swiss brand. I guess it could be worse. Really all the Swatch group brands equal this: Tissot, Certrina and Mido. I’d probably go with the three aforementioned before I would the Citizen owned brand. Solely based on spotty reviews I’ve seen is deciding factor.
FREDERIQUE CONSTANT CALIBER FC-303 The Frederique Constant caliber FC-303 (sometimes written FC303) is a Swiss made automatic movement with 26 jewels. It is essentially a Sellita caliber SW200-1 (ETA 2824-2 clone) with “Frederique Constant” engraved on the rotor. Just like the ETA caliber 2824-2, there are four grades of the SW200-1 movement: Standard - adjusted in two positions; accuracy of +/-12 sec/day up to +/- 30 sec/day Special (Elabore) - adjusted in three positions; accuracy of +/-7 sec/day up to +/- 20 sec/day Premium (Top) - adjusted in five positions; accuracy of +/-4 sec/day up to +/- 15 sec/day
Very nice all-around dress option. I admit, I am a sucker for the blue seconds-hand on a white dial. Now for the date track, I would like to see something other than the base stark white on these dress watches, just not sure what that would be, yet.
Can't believe I just came across this, I've been looking for a white dial watch in my collection and fits my needs. I wonder if there are no-date models with white dials?
Been thinking the same matter for a few days and i can't decide. But i'm thinking about Baroncelli Heritage. Not the big date. I think big date's just so elegant but boring, believe me you'll get bored after second wear of it. So in comparison these two, Mido(small date at 3) has more heritage, thinner, has better movement with the decoration. But in terms of design elements i don't like the stepcase of mido and the dots on the outer circle of the dial. But F.C. more refined and elegant but has a modest sellita based FC-303. Long story short i think ''for the specs Mido'' and ''for the design F.C.'' But i just can't decide...
Is it really hard for watch company to place date window at 6 o'clock rather than at 3? Seems to me, this watch dial screams for balance except that date window?
Is that an aftermarket second hand on that white dial how come the second hand is blue and not sliver I've got that exact same watch with a sliver second hand which looks so much nicer then blue I didn't think it came with a blue second hand in actual fact I'm almost certain it doesn't Reference FC303S5B6 🤔
I have the fc-303mc3p5. It has black hands on a machined silver (and white? - unless that’s a machining effect) dial with Roman numerals. But the minute and hour hands have a circle near the ends - which mimic the style of many Breguet watches. I think Breguet also has blue hands on several of their models and Frederique Constant is imitating that. . . . Breguet’s Le Reveil du Tsar had been my aspirational dream watch for many years. I know that I will never be able to afford it, so my Frederique Constant is my “poor man’s” equivalent. It’s a nice dress watch to break out for church, formal occasions, and holidays.
I wouldn’t call it a dress watch, but it looks like a decent everyday watch. This style of watch shouldn’t be more than 38-39mm though. 40mm is too large imo, and there are way too many 42mm watches in this style.
I discovered this one by firing up the website of the prestigious jewelry retailer known as _Costco,_ setting the filters to show me mechanical watches sorted low-price-first, and scrolled until I saw the first Swiss automatic that wasn't actually a Swatch wearing the skin of a dead watchmaker- That watch was a Fredrique Constant Classics Automatic. This is the watch I recommended to coworkers or randos who see my slowly-disintegrating vintage Swiss bus-catcher and ask me to recommend them a "watch that's just a watch and isn't any kind of style of watch but like... just what a watch is supposed to look like, I guess? You know, like from the before-times?" Additional requirements often include: "It can't be a quartz. I know it's all Chinese crap sold at different prices, they can't fool me" "I don't want a Rolex because a TikToker(?) said they're a ripoff and you know, I can't afford one anyway. *I want something that'll give me my money's worth."* "yeah it's gotta be Swiss, they make the good stuff right?" "Fifteen hundred bucks? (every time, a pained expression, adjustment of posture, and an audible exhale) Don't they have anything... you know, cheaper?" FC Classics Auto: It checks the boxes. For people who basically get ripped off on everything in life but food and drugs until they die, but at least know it.
@@craig2100 Yeah suppose. Though from my angle, if I'm dropping that much on a watch, unless it's a diver I'll be keeping it away from water other than rain.
If you find a watch you truly like, buy it. If you find a better price, even better! Don't let re-sale value stop you from getting something that belongs on your wrist 😊
Perfect timing... I just ordered the blue version... Could not find any reviews of this on TH-cam.. Thanks
These are examples of great watches FC puts out. They make affordable automatic watches. The founders started the company with that mandate. For less than $1000 this outprices the equivalent looking watches by Omega, Longines, or Baum et Mercier.
Great looking watch. Only nitpick, would have loved an exhibition case back. Even without much finishing would be nice to see with an entry level dress watch like this. Adding the white to my shortlist of next watch purchases to go along with my BB58 black as a more formal option.
Have you looked at the Seiko Presage Cocktail time watches?
@@thewillperson4864 Seiko looks very nice, but there is something to be said for getting your first proper Swiss watch. At least it would be my first Swiss piece.
I have their Slimline dress watch and absolutely love the look of their Slimline moon phase, but at 42mm, it’s just too big for a dress watch. Love the look of their Worldtimer too! Great brand and very overlooked unfortunately.
I like these kinds of simple elegant dress watches. I could see this watch in my collection at this price. One thing I wonder about Frederique Constant dials: Why do they leave out the accent grave in "Geneve"? Without that accent mark over the second "e", the city name looks (is) misspelled.
I think it could be a daily wear. The Swiss are really giving Seiko a run for their money right now in the affordable mechanical category. Seiko really has to come up with something other than the 6r15 at the 1 grand USD price point.
He Teddy, nice time piece... sort of reminds me of the Tissot Visodate. How do they compare quality wise?
I just bought the black dial one... It is absolutely gorgeous! Love it! And for this price? It is a give away for what it is.
5 ATM is actually pretty good for a dress watch. The ETA absolutely works. For the price it's a nice piece. But the strap with a print...good thing you are throwing in a real dress strap with your code!
Can't expect good leather on a sub 2k watches, honestly. That's been my experience. But you can usually find a great one for 50-75$
I like the one with rose gold plating, stunning
The minute and seconds hands need to be a tad longer. Pretty nice though!
Looks great and could be a neat heirloom as well. Price point aint ridiculous. A watch to last a lifetime.
I was given a Frederique Constant Slimline quartz watch by my girlfriend for Christmas, its got a very well made, beautiful dial. Definitely interested in the black version of the classic though!
Great looking watch that dresses up or down down with ease 👌❤
Great video, thank you. I bought one for my dad in April and unfortunately he has noticed that the watch is regularly missing 2 to 3 minutes per day. Even with manual charging, despite being automatic, the watch is missing a few minutes per day and he stopped wearing it altogether. Hopefully with the guarantee it will be sorted, but curious to hear if anyone had the same experience. Cheers and keep up the good work!
I love white dial watches; however, most have silver hands/indices which r very difficult to read. Where the the contrasting colors for readability?
36-40mm is perfect for most dress watches. I wouldn’t go more than that. If the dial is simple and not as many complications, it can do away with a smaller size.
Love it. That’s on my list for a dress watch!
Ive got the F.C. Vitality in 36mm. Sweet little piece that blends smart watch function into a solid, dressy timepiece. It was marketed as a womans watch due to the size but it makes a fine mens piece none the less.
Simple, yet very nice looking watch at its price point.
I like the older version of this watch better. Hands are longer and shaper (indices as well!)
Great review Teddy! I've heard that some users have challenges with the winding mechanism...that they would feel resistance and it may stop winding altogether. Interested to hear if you've had the same experience?
My first watch was a Seiko 5 GMT, then soon after I bought a Casio too! Now I’m looking for my 3rd watch - I’m considering this particular watch over the Tissot PRX because I’ve got a small wrist!
Thoughts?
Super video, I have a watch like the black one but with a grey dial. Do you know when these were produced? THanks!!!
A brief comment. I like when you put the box with the specs and price to remark what you are saying, but in general good video with all the information required. Thanks
Noted!
Just picked up their white Chronograph triple calendar. Beautiful piece.
It seems to improve on the old Classics Index: this one has a blued seconds hand, and there's more lume: on the hour markers, not just the pips on the borders. I'd get this if I didn't have the older version.
Have you looked at their Slimline Monolithic Manufacture? Awesome sweep seconds visually similar to that of Grand Seiko's Spring Drive.
Why just why is this 40mm, 36mm is perfect for this sort of watch
For some reason the market wants wall clocks on their wrist along with date complications.
@@billybenson3834 it’s no wonder most 36mm watches out there are so popular. There’s hardly any on the bloody market, especially marketed as men’s.
For some of us with ham-hocks for wrists, the 40mm is a nice fit. Although I do agree, there should be more 36mm options out there, seem to have gone the way-side after the 80's.
Some watchmakers have received the message and offer a range of sizes in their popular offerings, albeit mostly amongst the micro-brands.
For me, 38mm is the sweet spot, though I have a 38mm Glycine quartz as well.
@@michaelniemer4449 I have big wrists, big enough that straps don't fit (interestingly though most bracelets do adjust large enough). I have a range watch that's oversized but my favorite watches are 38 in size.
Would you rather buy this watch (in gold) or the tissot chemin des tourelles?:) thanks!!
I find that watches with a narrow bezel, especially white ones, look a lot bigger than their actual diameter. This is a nice looking "ordinary" watch if a few mm too large.
Agree.
HELLO 👋 Great video.
I HAVE PLAN TO BUY Frederique Constant Classics Index Automatic (40mm) Silver Guilloché Dial / Black Leather Strap
But I'm not sure if I will be able to service ghai waymtch because my tissot prx is plastic movement 😢😢😢😢
Thank you for the review. I really like this brand, the quartz line and others are also good. I have a few of them, they are reliable and pure class. Not many people rate them but I do think they are pretty good. The only reason I have a few is because of your reviews since I was not familiar with the brand tbh. FC and Seiko Presage I also like nice dials, all your fault is all I can say. Keep up the good reviews.
I'm gonna get the black automatic ❤
Are all there watches automatic or the do have quartz aswell?
Teddy, does this promo code not work any more? I just tried to purchase and check out with a strap of $130 and it doesn't work.
imho, the mido baroncelli its a better value overall, this FC is a good looking watch though
Epos have a lovely 39mm dress watch. Mido have one at 39, and one at 38mm. I'm getting the 38mm one.
Not sure how to message you so you’d get it, how do you feel about jack masons new Ellum? Think you could do a review on this watch?!
Thankx Teddy. How about a review from FC classic heart beat?
Teddy, how does this sit on a 15 inch wrist, I'm thinking buying this for my son
What are your thoughts on the
FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH MANUFACTURE and the MANUFACTURE SLIMLINE MONOLITHIC. Thank you in advance for any advise

What about the accuracy of this watch? Is it above 15 seconds per day?
Good looking watch, is it better than a Hamilton Jazzmaster?🤔
I'm torn between the two as well. Just saw both in person, side by side and I have to say this looks much better and of higher quality than the Hamilton.
Very simple, yet elegant. Was looking at them on Amazon. They get less than stellar reviews. A multitude of people have had reliability issues it appears. Weird having a Japanese company owning a Swiss brand. I guess it could be worse. Really all the Swatch group brands equal this: Tissot, Certrina and Mido. I’d probably go with the three aforementioned before I would the Citizen owned brand. Solely based on spotty reviews I’ve seen is deciding factor.
Pls review an Invicta next
😂😂
This time you did not mention about the accuracy... Could you throw some light on it please
FREDERIQUE CONSTANT CALIBER FC-303 The Frederique Constant caliber FC-303 (sometimes written FC303) is a Swiss made automatic movement with 26 jewels. It is essentially a Sellita caliber SW200-1 (ETA 2824-2 clone) with “Frederique Constant” engraved on the rotor.
Just like the ETA caliber 2824-2, there are four grades of the SW200-1 movement:
Standard - adjusted in two positions; accuracy of +/-12 sec/day up to +/- 30 sec/day
Special (Elabore) - adjusted in three positions; accuracy of +/-7 sec/day up to +/- 20 sec/day
Premium (Top) - adjusted in five positions; accuracy of +/-4 sec/day up to +/- 15 sec/day
@@mhenrique4860 Thanks Mate....quite a detailed explanation...Think FC must be using the Standard grade on their entry level watches
@@anildamodar8142 thanks, I found that information on calibercorner, so they deserve the credit ;)
Love these watchs but a little more dial imagination would do it a favour...take a tip from GS and add some texture
Very nice all-around dress option. I admit, I am a sucker for the blue seconds-hand on a white dial.
Now for the date track, I would like to see something other than the base stark white on these dress watches, just not sure what that would be, yet.
Is that blue seconds hand heat-blued, or painted?
Will you be doing a review on the Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 Automatic?
Can't believe I just came across this, I've been looking for a white dial watch in my collection and fits my needs. I wonder if there are no-date models with white dials?
Try the FC classic heart beat
It’s actually a silver dial. See TB website for this watch, next to the Dial specifications.
You earned the sub mate
Please review the classics carree
Should be COSC at the price.
why are the auto-generated captions in Vietnamese for this video??
Can this be worn with the everyday outfit? In other words, can it be dressed down?
I think so
What about this watch in QUARTZ?
I own this one and it's very nice
4:41 Why is the 4 o’clock index not lumed?
Please start delivering to Bangladesh!
Well done! You aren’t annoying like that other kid.
This white dial with a black strap, or the Mido Baroncelli big date 🤔🤔🤔
FC with black leather strap! 👍
Been thinking the same matter for a few days and i can't decide. But i'm thinking about Baroncelli Heritage. Not the big date. I think big date's just so elegant but boring, believe me you'll get bored after second wear of it. So in comparison these two, Mido(small date at 3) has more heritage, thinner, has better movement with the decoration. But in terms of design elements i don't like the stepcase of mido and the dots on the outer circle of the dial. But F.C. more refined and elegant but has a modest sellita based FC-303.
Long story short i think ''for the specs Mido'' and ''for the design F.C.''
But i just can't decide...
Sooooo this or Tissot visodate (eta version)?
Is it really hard for watch company to place date window at 6 o'clock rather than at 3? Seems to me, this watch dial screams for balance except that date window?
I feel like 3 o clock dates are more popular than six o clock ones.
I prefer no date complications
Date window border is so jagged...
Is that an aftermarket second hand on that white dial how come the second hand is blue and not sliver I've got that exact same watch with a sliver second hand which looks so much nicer then blue I didn't think it came with a blue second hand in actual fact I'm almost certain it doesn't Reference FC303S5B6 🤔
I have the fc-303mc3p5. It has black hands on a machined silver (and white? - unless that’s a machining effect) dial with Roman numerals. But the minute and hour hands have a circle near the ends - which mimic the style of many Breguet watches. I think Breguet also has blue hands on several of their models and Frederique Constant is imitating that. . . . Breguet’s Le Reveil du Tsar had been my aspirational dream watch for many years. I know that I will never be able to afford it, so my Frederique Constant is my “poor man’s” equivalent. It’s a nice dress watch to break out for church, formal occasions, and holidays.
This model doesn't come with a blue second hand though which is what I'm saying
I wouldn’t call it a dress watch, but it looks like a decent everyday watch. This style of watch shouldn’t be more than 38-39mm though. 40mm is too large imo, and there are way too many 42mm watches in this style.
You are missing an 'r'
Great video :)
This or Mido Baroncelli?
F.C. for me is nicer🤘
My kind of watch simplistic features however is this watch considered a slim watch ?
Looking for one with a thin appearance.
Thank you.
Yea
There was an Apple Watch ad before this video. I cringed.
Please review a Zeppelin next.
Nice... very nice
I discovered this one by firing up the website of the prestigious jewelry retailer known as _Costco,_ setting the filters to show me mechanical watches sorted low-price-first, and scrolled until I saw the first Swiss automatic that wasn't actually a Swatch wearing the skin of a dead watchmaker- That watch was a Fredrique Constant Classics Automatic.
This is the watch I recommended to coworkers or randos who see my slowly-disintegrating vintage Swiss bus-catcher and ask me to recommend them a "watch that's just a watch and isn't any kind of style of watch but like... just what a watch is supposed to look like, I guess? You know, like from the before-times?"
Additional requirements often include:
"It can't be a quartz. I know it's all Chinese crap sold at different prices, they can't fool me"
"I don't want a Rolex because a TikToker(?) said they're a ripoff and you know, I can't afford one anyway. *I want something that'll give me my money's worth."*
"yeah it's gotta be Swiss, they make the good stuff right?"
"Fifteen hundred bucks? (every time, a pained expression, adjustment of posture, and an audible exhale) Don't they have anything... you know, cheaper?"
FC Classics Auto: It checks the boxes. For people who basically get ripped off on everything in life but food and drugs until they die, but at least know it.
Wish the water resistance would be a tad better, say 100ft, but this is a great looking watch!
But why would you need a dress watch with that sort of WR rating?
100ft is less than 50m ahahah, I think you mean 100m
@@dinispaulino7512 good catch. Meant to say 100 m
@@the_once-and-future_king. just a nice to have
@@craig2100 Yeah suppose. Though from my angle, if I'm dropping that much on a watch, unless it's a diver I'll be keeping it away from water other than rain.
And of course it's 40mm. Pass
Constahh not ConstaaanT
Frederique CONSTAN no t it's Swiss but French.
Dress watches are dead with everyone working from home
Nice one champ
☺
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My American friends, learn to pronounce AT LEAST the brand name. It's "Cohnston" not "Konsten"...
Why does it bother you? There is literally an English word pronounced kaan •stnt first syllable stressed
Nice, but terrible resale value, or rather, it's purchase in the grey market.
If you find a watch you truly like, buy it. If you find a better price, even better! Don't let re-sale value stop you from getting something that belongs on your wrist 😊
Why care resell value??? If u care value...then buy house. Watch is a hobby
First!
Thanks for watching!
con-stohn
What movement does it use? ETA? If other than ETA it might cost a lot for repairing