Antarctique Titanium Dark Sector Cosmic Blue
- Manufacture CalibreSXH5, in-house
- DialCosmic Blue
- StrapBracelet/ Strap
Time expressed through structure and silence.
The Antarctique Dark Sector reinterprets the sector dial through absence, using precisely placed voids instead of applied markers. Czapek’s independent revival in 2015 has been defined by this kind of architectural thinking — where movement design and dial language are inseparable.
The SXH5-based architecture informs every element of the Cosmic Blue dial, creating depth through layered geometry rather than ornamentation. Titanium construction and integrated bracelet design reinforce its modern, tool-like elegance.
It is the watch we recommend when clients want something less decorative, and more considered.
A micro-rotor calibre conceived entirely in-house, built for clarity as much as performance.
The SXH5 is Czapek’s first fully in-house automatic movement, developed from a blank sheet and refined in collaboration with leading Swiss artisans. It runs on a single barrel delivering approximately 60 hours of power reserve, with a 22k gold off-centre micro-rotor that opens the architecture to a deeper view of the mechanism beneath.
Its free-sprung balance with variable inertia allows precise regulation, while the gear train is secured by a series of seven skeletonised bridges that reveal the calibre’s structure rather than concealing it. Finishing combines traditional haute horlogerie anglage with modern engraving techniques, ensuring every visible surface is considered.
The watch, by the number.
The case
- Diameter
- 40.5 mm
- Thickness
- 10.6 mm
- Lug-to-Lug (12hto6h)
- 44.5 mm
- Material
- Grade 5 titanium
- Finishing
- Open ratchets, sandblasted black bridges, bevelling, straight-grained sides, six hand- chamfered inward angles
- Crystal
- Sapphire crystal glass-box with anti-reflective treatment
The Dial & Functions
- Colour
- Cosmic Blue, Brass Dial
- Pattern
- Sector-style dial with concentric structure and precisely cut negative spaces, inspired by SXH5 architecture, Cosmic Blue velouté finish
- Indices
- Replaced by twelve void markers, integrated into the dial geometry and defined through contrast and spacing
- Hands
- Faceted, skeletonised, rhodium-plated, Super-LumiNova®
- Seconds
- Small seconds indication integrated into peripheral dial structure (4:30 position), subtly defined within the sector layout
- Functions
- Hours, minutes and small seconds
Bracelet & Water Resistance
- Bracelet/Strap
- Integrated grade 5 titanium Bracelet Rubber strap included • Additional calf leather strap available on demand, subject to charge
- Clasp
- Folding clasp in titanium, integrated push-button release
- Crown
- Screw-down
- Water Resistance
- 12 atm
Hold it once. Turn it over.
A watch makes more sense in the hand than on a screen — particularly through the sapphire back. Book a viewing at 900 West Hastings St., Vancouver and we will put a loupe in your hand.
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