Reliability and accuracy. Two essential values that have been guiding the creations of Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud since the launch of the first collections five years ago.

The new Chronomètre FB 2RE is no exception and this result of long years of research and development has already been rewarded with two international prizes: Revolution magazine’s best complication prize; and the Chronometry prize at the 2020 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG).

After being tested for 12 months at sea in 1768-1769, Ferdinand Berthoud’s Marine Clocks No. 6 and No. 8 still served to calculate longitude to within a mere 1/8° margin of error.

From then on, the time-measuring instruments created by Ferdinand Berthoud became benchmarks in terms of reliability and precision, leading him to be granted the role of “Clockmaker-Mechanic by appointment to the French King and Navy” in the spring of 1770.

Two hundred and fifty years later, inspired by Ferdinand Berthoud’s Marine Clock No. 6, the FB 2RE collection is in turn rewarded for the ingenuity and performance of its original movement, combining a remontoir d’égalité mechanism with fusee-and-chain transmission. Already honoured with the title of “Best Complication” prize by Revolution magazine, the Chronometry prize awarded at the 2020 edition of the GPHG now adds to the list of honours garnered by the Chronomètre FB 2RE.  This collection redefines the modern conception of a chronometer, in accordance with the most demanding criteria of quality and precision that have guided the Manufacture’s choices since its beginnings.