Ace Jewelers, the family-owned Dutch jewelry and watch retailer, has been in enterprise since 1975 and has sufficient clout within the trade to safe attention-grabbing limited-edition collaboration items with a few of the main gamers. The newest collaboration of Ace Jewelers is with Frederique Fixed, a becoming accomplice given the Dutch roots of the founding couple – Aletta and Peter Stas – and its present CEO. As a tribute to the colourful metropolis of Amsterdam, the place Ace Jewelers relies, the Highlife Worldtimer flies the crimson, white and black colors of town’s flag.
In a departure from the model’s extra classical line-up, Frederique Fixed launched its luxurious sports activities watch vary, the Highlife, in 2020. The built-in design of the case and bracelet and the globe sample embossed on the dial gave the watch a decent, modern aesthetic. Two years after the inaugural launch of the automated, perpetual calendar and Heartbeat, FC unveiled the Highlife Worldtimer fitted with the model’s manufacture motion used beforehand within the Basic assortment. Nonetheless adhering to the model’s coverage of “accessible luxurious,” the Highlife Worldtimer complication was a pure match to convey the globe adorning the dial to life.
Developed by Louis Cottier within the Nineteen Thirties, the world time complication shows native time with central hour and minute fingers coupled with a rotating 24-hour ring with the identify of 24 cities representing the 24 time zones. The Worldtimer Manufacture for Ace Jewelers shares similar specs to earlier editions. The brushed and polished stainless-steel tonneau-shaped case with half-moon sides and a skinny bezel measures 41mm throughout and has a top of 12.90mm. Fitted with a convex scratch-resistant sapphire crystal over the dial and a see-through caseback, the Worldtimer is water resistant to 100 metres. All of the features – hours, minutes, date and rotating metropolis disc – are adjusted on the crown.
Nonetheless, you’ll discover variations on the dial of the mannequin made particularly for Ace Jewelers. The embossed globe on the dial has been changed by a matte, grainy black floor with three crimson crosses utilized beneath the model identify representing the white Saint Andrew’s crosses on Amsterdam’s metropolis flag. Different bespoke options are the 24-hour ring now picked out in crimson (night time) and white (day), and town of Amsterdam in crimson on the rotating metropolis disc changing Geneva. The utilized indices and hour and minute fingers are handled with Tremendous-LumiNova inserts, and the pointer date indicator at 6 o’clock additionally incorporates a matte black background.
The Highlife Worldtimer is powered by the model’s in-house FC-718 automated motion with a 4Hz frequency and a 38h energy reserve. As an built-in sports activities watch, the 3-link stainless-steel bracelet matches the case finishings however may be simply exchanged for the extra black rubber strap with crimson stitching supplied with the watch, due to a quick-exchange system.
Availability & Worth
The Frederique Fixed Highlife Worldtimer Amsterdam is obtainable solely from Ace Jewelers Boutique in Amsterdam and on-line by way of AceJewelers.com. It’s a restricted version of 100 items and retails for EUR 3,550 (excl. tax).
