Antarctique TOURBILLON - GLACIER BLUE

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About this reference

When Czapek conceived the Antarctique as the quintessentially modern sporty-chic watch, it was always intended as a canvas for creativity, to be constantly revisited and renewed. “Our collectors are always asking us ‘what’s next?’ with the Antarctique,” explains Czapek CEO Xavier de Roquemaurel. “After the Rattrapante, we decided to take a perhaps unexpected direction: creating a new and sophisticated expression of a two-century-old regulator: the tourbillon. Our starting point was, as always, to play with the clash between legacy and avant-gardism and this new in-house tourbillon calibre is the outcome. Overview: Reference (site code): CZ-7864; Collection: Antarctique; Listing status: Watch Finder; US price (czapek.us): $85,900 excl. tax. Functions: 1.: Hours, minutes & 60 seconds flying tourbillon. Movement: 1.: Calibre 9: Czapek manufacture tourbillon movement, mechanical with automatic winding; 2.: Diameter: ø32.4mm; 3.: Height: oscillating weight/bottom dials 3.79mm oscillating weight/centre bridge 7mm; 4.: Number of parts: 191; 5.: Jewels: 20; 6.: Swiss lever escapement, variable inertia balance (8mg per cm²) via 4 gold inertia weights; 7.: Frequency: 3 Hz; 8.: Winding: automatic, hand-engraved 5N gold oscillating weight; 9.: Power reserve: 72 hours. Case: 1.: Diameter: 40.5mm; 2.: Height: 11.5mm; 3.: Sapphire crystal glass box with anti-reflective treatment on the inner side; 4.: Sapphire case back glass box with anti- reflective treatment on the inner side; 5.: Water resistance: 50m. Dial: 1.: Hand-guilloché, registered ‘Singularity’ dial in 401 ‘Secret Alloy’ with PVD-made Glacier Blue hue; 2.: Blued hour-markers and hands with Superluminova; 3.: Rhodium-plated hour-markers and hands as a made-to-order option. Bracelet: 1.: Integrated stainless steel bracelet with Czapek; 2.: exclusive ‘Easy Release’ system and micro- adjustment device; 3.: Additional rubber strap RETAIL PRICE (before taxes); 4.: 63’000 CHF. Finishing: 1.: Openwork ratchets, sandblasted, blackened, satin-finished and hand-bevelled bridges, six inward angles. Highlighted Features: INTO THE VORTEX: When Czapek conceived the Antarctique as the quintessentially modern sporty-chic watch, it