A Good Value, No-Nonsense Dress Watch - Frederique Constant Classics Index Automatic 

Perfect timing... I just ordered the blue version... Could not find any reviews of this on RU-vid.. Thanks

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Just picked up their white Chronograph triple calendar. Beautiful piece.

Love it. That’s on my list for a dress watch!

Looks great and could be a neat heirloom as well. Price point aint ridiculous. A watch to last a lifetime.

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.

There was an Apple Watch ad before this video. I cringed.

Have you looked at their Slimline Monolithic Manufacture? Awesome sweep seconds visually similar to that of Grand Seiko's Spring Drive.

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.

Epos have a lovely 39mm dress watch. Mido have one at 39, and one at 38mm. I'm getting the 38mm one.

I like the one with rose gold plating, stunning

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?

Simple, yet very nice looking watch at its price point.

Super video, I have a watch like the black one but with a grey dial. Do you know when these were produced? 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.

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.

He Teddy, nice time piece... sort of reminds me of the Tissot Visodate. How do they compare quality wise?

Great looking watch that dresses up or down down with ease 👌❤

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

Thankx Teddy. How about a review from FC classic heart beat?

I like the older version of this watch better. Hands are longer and shaper (indices as well!)

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.

What are your thoughts on the FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH MANUFACTURE and the MANUFACTURE SLIMLINE MONOLITHIC. Thank you in advance for any advise 

The minute and seconds hands need to be a tad longer. Pretty nice though!

Will you be doing a review on the Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 Automatic?

Teddy, how does this sit on a 15 inch wrist, I'm thinking buying this for my son

Is that blue seconds hand heat-blued, or painted?

4:41 Why is the 4 o’clock index not lumed?

Would you rather buy this watch (in gold) or the tissot chemin des tourelles?:) thanks!!

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.

why are the auto-generated captions in Vietnamese for this video??

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!

Sooooo this or Tissot visodate (eta version)?

You earned the sub mate

imho, the mido baroncelli its a better value overall, this FC is a good looking watch though

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?!

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 😢😢😢😢

What about this watch in QUARTZ?

I own this one and it's very nice

Please review the classics carree

My kind of watch simplistic features however is this watch considered a slim watch ? Looking for one with a thin appearance. Thank you.

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?

Nice... very nice

What about the accuracy of this watch? Is it above 15 seconds per day?

Love these watchs but a little more dial imagination would do it a favour...take a tip from GS and add some texture

Should be COSC at the price.

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.

Well done! You aren’t annoying like that other kid.

Please start delivering to Bangladesh!

You are missing an 'r' Great video :)

Good looking watch, is it better than a Hamilton Jazzmaster?🤔

Can this be worn with the everyday outfit? In other words, can it be dressed down?

Date window border is so jagged...

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.

This white dial with a black strap, or the Mido Baroncelli big date 🤔🤔🤔

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.

Pls review an Invicta next

This time you did not mention about the accuracy... Could you throw some light on it please

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?

This or Mido Baroncelli?

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 🤔

Why just why is this 40mm, 36mm is perfect for this sort of watch

Wish the water resistance would be a tad better, say 100ft, but this is a great looking watch!

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What movement does it use? ETA? If other than ETA it might cost a lot for repairing

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.

Please review a Zeppelin next.

Gorgeous… sure it’s not a seiko??

And of course it's 40mm. Pass

Constahh not ConstaaanT

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.

Frederique CONSTAN no t it's Swiss but French.

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Dress watches are dead with everyone working from home

con-stohn

Nice, but terrible resale value, or rather, it's purchase in the grey market.

My American friends, learn to pronounce AT LEAST the brand name. It's "Cohnston" not "Konsten"...