The prestigious Société Nautique de Genève club was set up in 1872 and turns 150 this year. All owners of runabout boats from around the world are cordially invited to attend this hotly anticipated celebration, in an opportunity to come together around a shared passion and moor their boats in the SNG harbour. This July 7th to 11th, Frederique Constant and the RHS (Riva Historical Society) will be paying tribute to these legendary boats during the Riva Days 2022, an international event due to take place at Switzerland’s Société Nautique de Genève (Geneva). Runabout Automatic © Frederique Constant Riva Days 2022 Each piece will be presented in a special case containing a miniature replica of one of these iconic wooden yachts moored alongside the watch. Its movement is visible for all to admire thanks to a sapphire background that offers up a glimpse of the watch’s intimate workings, engraved with the RHS (Riva Historical Society) logo. Both feature FC-303 calibre, giving these two new twists on the Runabout Automatic 38 hours of power reserve. The rose gold-plated version, meanwhile, is fitted with a navy blue strap embellished with off-white topstitching. The hands match the chosen casing, either rose gold-plated or stainless steel, with the latter featuring a turquoise blue seconds hand in a nod to the Runabout collection’s sea-inspired feel - a shade reiterated in the topstitching on the stainless steel version’s blue-grey leather strap. To the same end, the sword-style hour and minute hands are shot through with luminous matter to enable the wearer to continue sailing long after the summer sun has dipped below the horizon. Each hour index is applied, lending the dial depth while improving readability. The Runabout collection stands out with its large even-number Arabic numeral indices complete with five-minute markers on the inner-bezel. Its lines and contours, meanwhile, reflect Frederique Constant’s modern aesthetic. The Runabout Automatic’s central guilloché pattern set over a silver or black background allows it to capture each ray of light, imbuing the watch face with a shifting sense of texture. Guilloché designs were originally intended to be both decorative and practical, lending texture to overly smooth surfaces as well as boosting readability, with each micro groove serving to temper glare and reflections from direct light. The Runabout Automatic offers a fresh take on a dial embellished with a delicate Clous de Paris guilloché pattern. The watch face epitomises the finest of Geneva watchmaking tradition, spliced through with an assertively modern feel. This resolutely contemporary design features a 42 mm-diameter dial, and is suitable for both men and women seeking masterful precision in time-keeping. This year, Frederique Constant is releasing two new limited editions of its Runabout Automatic timepiece in 888 units. A transalpine bond was forged between Lake Geneva in Switzerland and Italy’s Lake Iseo, uniting the two entities since 2013 in a relationship that has buoyed Frederique Constant’s Runabout collection ever since: a line first launched in 2009 in tribute to the famous runabout boats. This legendary yacht, initially hand-crafted entirely from wood, embodied the inimitable, easy-going elegance of 1960s Italy.Ī company devoted to measuring time, and an association dedicated to the art of drifting through the waves, both united in their vision of upholding workmanship, beauty, and attention to detail, destined to be carried on the tides of time for centuries on end as custodians of the same timeless elegance and burning passion. At the same time, the RHS (Riva Historical Society) was set up in Italy in a bid to celebrate the dolce vita by safeguarding one of its most famous boats. In 1988, up-and-coming independent family-run brand Frederique Constant was established in Geneva, the heart of the Swiss watchmaking industry. Partners since 2013, Frederique Constant and the RHS (Riva Historical Society) will be running the Riva Days 2022 from July 7th to 11th, an international event that will see owners of these iconic boats flock to the Société Nautique de Genève, in Geneva, Switzerland. This year, two new limited editions have been added to the collection for an elegant, sporty take on the design inspired by the runabout yachts, available in 888 rose gold-plated and stainless steel units. Frederique Constant’s Runabout collection was first launched in 2009, in an ode to the legendary wooden boats built in Italy on the shores of Lake Iseo.
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