It took just 13 years for the Frédérique Constant group – also comprising Alpina and Ateliers de Monaco – to feel cramped within the walls of its manufacture in Plan-les-Ouates, which opened in 2006. The group’s rapid growth in recent years has prompted it to erect a new building adjacent to the first, which was inaugurated in early June by the brand’s founding couple, Aletta and Peter Stas, Managing Director Niels Eggerding, and Citizen Group President Toshio Tokura. With a surface area almost doubled to 6,200sqm, the manufacture now houses all the departments of the watchmaking group under one roof and makes it possible to project an increase in production to 250,000 units per year within five years. On the ground floor, an exhibition area offers visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in the universe of each of the three brands via an appealing and interactive “Manufacture Experience”.