NEW YORK (September 16, 2026) – Swiss watchmaker Frederique Constant joined Observer in celebrating 30 years of Sex and the City with an intimate, insiders-only New York Fashion Week evening at CORE: Club on Monday, September 14,bringing together author Candace Bushnell, @mytherapistsays Founder Lola Tash, and Observer moderator Jasmine Lobe for a conversation on the cultural phenomenon’s enduring legacy and how dating, love, and New York have evolved since Bushnell’s original column first appeared.
The iconic Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell stacked two Frederique Constant Classics Manchette bracelet-style gold-tone watches, one in black onyx and one in turquoise, each featuring the collection’s chic and distinctive Clou de Paris pyramidal links.
Lola Tash, @mytherapistsays founder,and Observer writer Jasmine Lobe also chose to wear Frederique Constant Classics Manchette watches for the evening.
Left to right: Jasmine Lobe wears Frederique Constant Classics Manchette turquoise watch, Katya Tolstova wears a Frederique Constant Carrée watch at Observer Sex and the City Anniversary event at the CORE: Club during New York Fashion Week 2026 | Credit: @BFA, @Observer
Observer Head of editorial and audience Merin Curotto opted for Frederique Constant Classics Moneta wristwatch with a mother-of-pearl dial, while Katya Tolstova was spotted wearing a Frederique Constant Classics Carrée Automatic model.
The contemporary yet classic timepieces offered a fitting fashion statement for a celebration of enduring influence and unmistakable New York style.
Merin Curotto wears a Frederique Constant Monetta watch at the Observer Sex and the City Anniversary event at the CORE: Club during New York Fashion Week 2026 | Credit: @BFA, @Observer @realslxofficial
ABOUT FREDERIQUE CONSTANT
Founded in 1988, Frederique Constant is a Swiss watchmaking manufacture based in Geneva with over 38 years of ever-advancing watchmaking expertise. Through the decades, Frederique Constant has been characterised by creativity and inventiveness – and even more so by mechanical ingenuity and pragmatism.
Born out of the shared passion of an independent entrepreneurial spirit, Frederique Constant has written its own rules, blazing a trail into territory where none had dared venture before. Today the brand can proudly offer a range of quartz and mechanical models – and most importantly, a collection of 34 calibres designed, developed and assembled in its own Manufacture at Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva. These movements include Tourbillon, Perpetual Calendar, Flyback Chronograph, Worldtimer, Power Reserve and Big Date complications as well as the Monolithic escapement, made of a single piece of silicon and beating at a rate of 40Hz.
Frederique Constant presently has close to 3,000 points of sale in 120 countries. To pursue its international expansion and develop new synergies, since 2016 the Frederique Constant Group (Frederique Constant, Alpina Watches, Ateliers DeMonaco) has been part of the Japanese group Citizen.
For more information, visit us.frederique-constant.com.
