Frédérique Constant- What are the opinions??

[J!m]

So I realize I don't have anything resembling a "dress" watch. A simple, time and date watch, automatic, clean lines etc.

I'd love a Patek, but I'm more likely to be struck by lightning while collecting my lotto winnings...

Anyway, any opinions? Any reason to avoid the brand? They look nice enough, Swiss, "in house" which I assume is a modified ETA but I haven't dug in that deeply yet...

Anyone have one? How does the winding and setting feel? Cheap? Quality?

I've actually been looking at a lot of vintage pieces (which I do anyway) and Universal Geneve is one I generally gravitate to in vintage stuff.

Let's hear the opinion, and more importantly, first-hand accounts.

Thanks!