WatchTime New York kicking off this coming Friday, October 22, is often one of the best events in the world to see some of the rarest new watches available, and this year is shaping up to be no different. For example, avant-garde Swiss watchmaker Czapek will be showcasing its now sold-out Antarctique Rattrapante, making the event one one of the only opportunities to see the watch live outside of a private collection.

The Antarctique Rattrapante was launched at the end of last summer as the priority launch for Czapek at Geneva Watch Days. The luxurious timepiece is, notably, Czapek?s first non-unique skeletonized split-seconds chronograph, with the brand introducing the complication to its regular catalog as a follow-up to the even rarer Antarctique Rattrapante ?Sunrise? unique piece commissioned for the prestigious Only Watch auction.
The Rattrapante also expands the brand?s Antarctique collection, which kicked off with a limited edition in 2020 to widespread praise (pictured below, alongside the ?Sunrise? edition), and has grown since via a successive series of other limited editions. The Antarctique Rattrapante represents a novel evolution of the original design into new high-horology territory, significantly adding a distinctive skeletonized design to the growing collection.

The classically styled, bracelet-integrated steel watch is slightly larger than the 40-mm original Antartique; this new Rattrapante version features a 42.5-mm case, fi...