Czapek & Cie
A Polish-Genevan workshop quietly revived a decade ago. The Antarctique on its integrated bracelet is the watch we most often suggest to a client moving on from a Submariner or a Royal Oak.
A steel-bracelet watch where every part agrees.
The Antarctique is the rare integrated-bracelet watch where the case, the bracelet, the dial and the movement read as one decision. Czapek revived in 2015 and has spent a decade making a quiet case for itself as the most considered of the new independents — a workshop, not a marketing line.
The SXH5 micro-rotor calibre is finished to a level very few houses bother with at this scale — full-flame blued screws, a wave-pattern bridge, a 60-hour reserve through a single barrel. The dial is stamped, not cast; the bracelet tapers cleanly from the case in a way that is increasingly rare.
“The most considered steel-bracelet watch on offer today. We are willing to say so on the record.”
One reference, in five notes.
SXH5, developed in-house
The SXH5 was developed entirely in-house at Czapek & Cie. and is unique to the firm. It runs on a single barrel for 60 hours and uses a 22 k gold micro-rotor — visible through a sapphire case-back — finished with the same care as the dial side.
Organised through Geneva
Servicing on this calibre is uncomplicated. We organise it through our relationship with Czapek; the watch goes to Geneva and comes back. Expect six to eight weeks. We will lend you something while you wait.
For the right client
We are willing to say on the record: this is the watch we put on the wrist of clients who already own a serious sports watch and have come back asking for something more carefully made.
A relationship, not a transaction
Every watch we sell is on our bench, free, for the first service interval. After that, work is organised through us, quoted at the manufacture's rate, and you talk to Jason — not a call centre — for the duration.
Seen at the bench
The dial looks one way under daylight and quite another under cabinet light. We have both. Book an hour at the bench, and we will pour you something.
Three collections.
AntarctiqueSteel bracelet
The integrated-bracelet sports watch the house is known for — in our view the most considered steel bracelet on offer today.
PromenadeGuilloché dials
Guilloché dress watches with a small seconds — Czapek at its most classical.
Quai des BerguesBig date
The house’s first line, revived — a big-date dial with hand-applied guilloché.
22 references.
Antarctique Green Meteor
Antarctique Mount Erebus Aqua Blue
Antarctique Passage de Drake Afterglow
Antarctique Passage de Drake Aqua Blue
Antarctique Passage de Drake Glacier Blue
Antarctique Passage de Drake Ice White
Antarctique Passage de Drake Salmon
Antarctique Titanium Dark Sector
Antarctique Titanium Dark Sector Cosmic Blue
Antarctique Titanium Révélation Cosmic Blue
Antarctique Tourbillon Glacier Blue
Antarctique Tourbillon Photon Sphere
Antarctique Tourbillon Secret Alloy
Antarctique Tourbillon Titanium Cosmic Blue
Promenade Goutte d’Eau
Promenade Guilloché Bleu Nuit
Promenade Guilloché Ivoire
Promenade Plissé Ivory
Promenade Plissé Pearl White
Promenade Plissé Rose
Quai des Bergues Emerald Green L
