Ferdinand Berthoud – Official Retailer

The Quest For Precision

On the initiative of Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud – located in Ferdinand Berthoud’s native Swiss Val-de-Travers region – transposes into contemporary watchmaking language the quest for precision initiated by Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 – 1807), Master Clockmaker-Mechanic by appointment to the French King and Navy.

Geneva Watch Days Collection

Chronomètre FB 3SPC.4-1

To coincide with Geneva Watch Days, Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud is pleased to present a new addition to the award-winning Chronomètre FB 3SPC collection. Housed in a contemporary black ceramised titanium case, this new model embodies the Manufacture’s respect for artisanal watchmaking traditions. The latest FB 3SPC.4-1 juxtaposes modernity and artisanal craftsmanship. Housed in ceramised titanium, a lightweight material with enhanced scratch-resistance, the model is adorned in a sophisticated shade of black, destined never to fade.

discover The Chronomètre FB 3SPC

The Chronomètre FB 3SPC draws its stylistic, technical and aesthetic inspiration from a rare and exceptional creation, the No. 26 decimal watch, made in 1793 by Louis Berthoud™. Calibre FB-SPC is based on a cylindrical balance-spring, a rare watchmaking speciality. It is the only one of its kind to satisfy the chronometric (precision timekeeping) criteria of the COSC: ISO 3159 certification made possible only by the precision adjustments performed by the Manufacture's watchmakers.

CHRONOMÈTRE FB 2TV

Chapter 1 of the "Mesure du Temps 1787" collection presents the first model featuring this innovative architecture: Chronomètre FB 2TV. Its movement is the successor to the original Calibre FB-T.FC unveiled in 2015. It is inspired by its emblematic constant-force regulating device combining a fusee-and-chain mechanism and a tourbillon in a mechanical configuration that has been entirely redeveloped and enhanced with two complications.

Inspired by the marine clocks created by Ferdinand Berthoud, the first FB-T.FC (Tourbillon à Force Constante) calibre featured a distinctive pillar-type structure in which all the movement components were fixed and suspended from the mainplate, without any intermediate bridges. This exceptional calibre also featured a tourbillon regulator with central seconds, a fusee-and-chain regulating device that was also suspended, along with a mobile power-reserve cone – all of which were novel mechanisms protected by four patents.