The Geneva Watch Days event is in full force, and avant-garde Swiss watchmaker Czapek is among the brands unveiling its newest timepieces there for Fall 2021. Headlining this year’s collection is the new Antarctique Rattrapante, notably Czapek?s first skeletonized split-seconds chronograph. The watch follows up the Antarctique Rattrapante ?Sunrise? edition, introduced earlier this year as a unique piece for the Only Watch auction, and introduces the complication to the indie brand?s regular catalog.

The Rattrapante also expands the brand?s Antarctique collection, which kicked off with a limited edition in 2020, to widespread praise (below, alongside the “Sunrise” edition), and continued with a series of other limited editions. The Antarctique Rattrapante represents a novel evolution of the original design into new mechanical territory.
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, finished throughout with an expertly executed combination of radial and straight-brushed finishing, along with accents of luxurious polishing on the bracelet, bezel, and pushers. The pushers themselves, used to operate the split-seconds chronograph displayed in openworked fashion on the dial, are integrated into the case, the shape of the right-side pusher flowing seamlessly into the the extended lip of the crown guard.

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