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Two Force 10 bracelets in rose gold with diamond-set shackles, one on a diamond line, one on a gold chain, on a cream ground with water drops
Image © FRED

FRED · 1966

Force 10

A length of braided steel marine cable closed by a gold shackle, named after a storm on the Beaufort scale.

From €1,230on the FRED site, October 2026

Introduced
1966
Designer
Henri Samuel
Idea
The screw and the bolt
School
Place Vendôme
Materials
yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, steel, diamond
Moves
opens

Force 10 at FRED At a retailer

The story

In 1966 Henri Samuel, son of the founder, made a bracelet from the rigging of the family's sailing world: steel marine cable fastened with yellow gold. Today a U-shaped gold shackle clips onto interchangeable cables in steel and a range of colours, and the line runs from slim all-gold bracelets to diamond high jewelry necklaces.

The ladder

  1. Entry Force 10 very small model bracelet, 18K yellow gold €1,230
  2. Signature Force 10 bracelet, medium model, 18K yellow gold shackle on navy blue cable €2,640
  3. Top of line Force 10 XL bracelet, 18K yellow gold €24,710
  4. High jewelry Force 10 high jewelry necklace, white gold and diamonds On request

Prices as published by FRED in euros, October 2026.

Lineage

  • Chance Infinie necklace in white gold paved with diamonds, a figure-eight knot at the front with two drops, on a sunlit beige ground

    Answered by · 2016

    Chance Infinie, FRED (2016)

    FRED's eightieth-year infinity link is made to clip onto the same braided steel cable the Force 10 shackle closes.

  • Jack de Boucheron three-turn piece in yellow gold: a coiled flexible gold cable with its faceted jack-shaped clasp ends, on a white ground.

    Answered by · 2019

    Jack de Boucheron, Boucheron (2019)

    Jack takes up the supple cable closed by an industrial fitting and swaps the shackle for a faceted audio-jack plug.

If you love Force 10

On the map
Jack de Boucheron three-turn piece in yellow gold: a coiled flexible gold cable with its faceted jack-shaped clasp ends, on a white ground.
Image © Boucheron

Jack de Boucheron

Boucheron · 2019 From €3,940
Menottes dinh van bracelet: two interlocking yellow-gold half-rings on a knotted black cord, on a white ground.
Image © dinh van

Menottes dinh van

dinh van · 1976 From €950
Tiffany Lock bangle in 18k yellow gold, medium, its padlock-shaped clasp at the top, on a white ground.
Image © Tiffany & Co.

Tiffany Lock

Tiffany & Co. · 2022 From €1,500
Serrure bangle in brushed yellow gold: a slim open band whose flattened end forms a keyhole-shaped clasp, on a white ground.
Image © dinh van

Serrure

dinh van · 1975 From €3,200
LOVE bracelet, classic model, in yellow gold with a row of screw heads, on a pale grey ground.
Image © Cartier

LOVE

Cartier · 1969 From €1,060
Juste un Clou bracelet, classic model, in yellow gold: a nail curved into a bangle, on a pale grey ground.
Image © Cartier

Juste un Clou

Cartier · 1971 From €1,070
Clash de Cartier ring, medium model, in rose gold: rows of spikes around a central band of square studs, on a pale grey ground.
Image © Cartier

Clash de Cartier

Cartier · 2019 From €2,800
Écrou de Cartier bracelet in yellow gold: a thin threaded bangle carrying small hexagonal nuts, on a pale grey ground.
Image © Cartier

Écrou de Cartier

Cartier · 2017 From €2,860

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