Czapek & Cie Antarctique TOURBILLON SECRET ALLOY LTD

Czapek & Cie Antarctique TOURBILLON - SECRET ALLOY Limited Edition of 50

To amplify the beauty of the mechanics, Czapek called on Metalem, with whom Czapek has been collaborating since the beginning, to develop a new, trompe l’oeil guilloché design. The result is a dramatic vortex effect, giving the impression of infinite depth. Czapek has named the new pattern Singularité – from the astronomical term singularity, meaning those places in the universe where the standard laws of physics break down, making space and time infinite and undifferentiated – best exemplified by black holes.

The pattern may look deceptively simple but is very difficult to execute: unlike a classical guilloché pattern, in which the guillocheur cuts lines at different angles that always start from a single point, in Singularité, the starting point moves with each passage of the lathe. 

Technical Details

FUNCTIONS

• Hours, minutes & 60 seconds flying tourbillon

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

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

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