Scottish Watches Podcast #660 : Celebrating 10 Years of Czapek with Xavier and Their New Watch

Welcome to Scottish Watches Podcast Episode 660! It’s that time of year again, one week before Watches and Wonders, so before heading to Switzerland to experience what Czapek and the whole of the watch world are announcing, we’re chatting with Xavier about the novelties that are marking 180 years since the founding of Czapek and 10 years since its revival! Not the Antarctique socks, although those are great too, but the new Czapek Antarctique Tourbillon in Glacier Blue, Photon Sphere, and the limited edition Secret Alloy. The first of 3 major releases that will come later during Geneva Watch Days and in November to mark the exact date of the crowd-funded revival.

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Czapek Antartique Purple StormCzapek PromenadeXavier is wearing his Czapek Antarctique RATTRAPANTEAntarctique Passage de Drake AfterglowRikki is wearing his Czapek Antarctique PASSAGE DE DRAKE DEEP BLUE Czapek Quai Des Bergues.  Czapek Place Vendome.   Czapek Faubourg De Cracovie. Czapek ANTARCTIQUE with caliber SXH5.Watchamaking L’Horloge Fleurie.Czapek socks.Czapek Antarctique TOURBILLON – SECRET ALLOY, GLACIER BLUE, and PHOTON SPHERE.Sketches by davidquinchedesign.Specifications:

FUNCTIONS

• Hours, minutes & 60 seconds flying tourbillon

MOVEMENT

• Calibre 9: Czapek manufacture tourbillon

movement, mechanical with automatic winding

• Diameter: ø32.4mm

• Height: oscillating weight/bottom dials 3.79mm

oscillating weight/centre bridge 7mm

• Number of parts: 191

• Jewels: 20

• Swiss lever escapement, variable inertia

balance (8mg per cm²) via 4 gold inertia

weights

• Frequency: 3 Hz

• Winding: automatic, hand-engraved 5N gold

oscillating weight

• Power reserve: 72 hours

FINISHING

• Openwork ratchets, sandblasted, blackened,

satin-finished and hand-bevelled bridges, six

inward angles

CASE

• Diameter: 40.5mm

• Height: 11.5mm

• Sapphire crystal glass box with anti-reflective

treatment on the inner side

• Sapphire case back glass box with anti-

reflective treatment on the inner side

• Water resistance: 50m

DIAL

• Hand-guilloche, registered ‘Singularity’ dial in

401 ‘Secret Alloy’ original grey colour

• Blued hour-markers with Superluminova

• Blued hands with Superluminova

BRACELET

• Integrated stainless steel bracelet with Czapek

• Exclusive ‘Easy Release’ system and micro-

adjustment device

• Additional rubber strap

RETAIL PRICE (before taxes)

• 63’000 CHF

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