Czapek
Antarctique S Polar Sky
$30,500
Marking a decade since its rebirth, Czapek celebrates its anniversary with The Time Jumper, a watch that looks both backward and forward at once. Housed in a 40.5mm case, this neo-futuristic creation reinterprets François Czapek’s 19th-century pocket watches through a modern lens. The jumping-hour display spans 24 hours across twin sapphire discs, complemented by trailing minutes on a peripheral ring, all powered by the brand’s new in-house Calibre 10. A half-hunter cover, with a hypnotic three-dimensional guilloché pattern, conceals and reveals the open-worked mechanism beneath its loupe-like aperture.
Calibre 10 signals the next chapter in Czapek’s evolution. An adaptable, self-winding engine designed as a foundation for future complications. Rather than layering modules, each movement will be fully integrated and re-engineered, a purist approach that champions mechanical harmony over industrial convenience. The first version, Calibre 10.1, combines Haute Horlogerie finishes with sci-fi flair: rhodium-plated bridges glint against blackened plates, while Super-Luminova markings glow like starlight across a dark horizon.
Visually, The Time Jumper plays with the tension between tradition and imagination. It’s part flying saucer, part pocket watch. Limited to 100 pieces in steel and 30 in gold, The Time Jumper is grounded in heritage, yet forever orbiting the frontiers of time.
