DARK AND HANDSOME

Last November's Dubai Watch Week gave us many outstanding watches, but I would like to divert your attention to this new iteration of the simple yet beautiful Frederique Constant Classics Moneta Moonphase with a gold fluted black dial.

- SUFFIAN HAKIM

FREDERIQUE CONSTANT HAD a strong showing at last November's Dubai Watch Week. It showed its mastery of materials with the Classic Perpetual Calendar Manufacture - Heliotrope, an exclusive timepiece, with a rare and visually complex heliotrope stone dial, and the magnificent Classic Worldtimer Manufacture - Lapis Lazuli, which drew glances with its deep blue lapis lazuli dial and matching offset date display. Guests were also enamoured by the Highlife Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture. This flagship model has an openworked dial to reveal the complexity of the FC-975 self-winding caliber, which combines two grand complications.