Czapek & Cie. – FAUBOURG DE CRACOVIE “Crossroads” Victory Green Chronograph Edition

Czapek & Cie. – FAUBOURG DE CRACOVIE “Crossroads” Victory Green Chronograph Edition 2026

 FAUBOURG DE CRACOVIE “CROSSROADS” VICTORY GREEN
CHRONOGRAPH: A CONQUERING COLOR

Czapek & Cie enriches its collections with the Faubourg de Cracovie “Crossroads” Victory Green chronograph. This short-time measuring instrument, produced in steel in a limited edition of 18 pieces, boasts a dial combining a clever guilloché pattern with an "English green" whose elegance underlines its uninhibited sportiness. Powered by the SXH3 integrated high-frequency automatic chronograph caliber, it embodies the entire philosophy of the maison: the intelligent interweaving of watchmaking arts with the spirit of an era resolutely focused on a tireless race toward modernity and innovation.

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In fact, this chronograph, with its rare elegance and sporty accents, is produced in 316L surgical steel. Its 41.5 mm diameter case is both timeless and particularly well-suited to this active complication, appealing to lovers of "versatile sportiness" and adaptable to literally any situation — “from marathon to evening wear,” as Xavier de Roquemaurel, CEO of Czapek & Cie, likes to say. To achieve this, the 5-atmosphere water-resistant case is lightened by the presence of lugs and flanks refined by delicately sandblasted recesses, and by the integration of the two chronograph pushers into the extension of the crown guard.

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For this urban collection with a sporty-chic accent, the choice was made to place the tachymeter scale on the periphery of the dial, where the flange is usually located. Once the timing has been started, this discreet scale allows the average speed over a distance of one kilometer to be read. Very useful at the dawn of the twentieth century, it enabled the pilots of the first automobiles and aircraft to determine the speed of their "strange machines," which were not yet equipped with modern instrument panels. 

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Today, despite the widespread use of electronic aids, this display remains one of the most appreciated by enthusiasts. Its presence required the diameter of the dial on which the guilloché is applied to be reduced. However, to preserve its harmonious proportions, the 30-minute and 12-hour counters have been reworked. Recessed in relation to the surface, their periphery has been diamond-polished and their centers have been given a discreet circular azurage treatment. 

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These treatments, which are complex to execute—especially on a guilloché dial — provide both a strong presence and excellent legibility. Also present at 6 o'clock is the very sober small seconds indicator, which blends into the decor, as does the date aperture featuring a semi-instantaneous jumping date.

A “Signature” Dial

The Faubourg de Cracovie “Crossroads” Victory Green chronograph dial is once again engineered by one of the company's historic dialmakers and partners: Metalem. As with the last two versions of this chronograph, a reinterpretation of the “Double Soleil” guilloché created for the Quai des Bergues 40.5 mm models has been favored here. For the Faubourg de Cracovie collection, however, the motif is straighter and more deeply engraved to evoke the “profile” of a sports car tire.

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This decoration is also a subliminal allusion to Czapek's position at the crossroads of tradition and modernity. This guilloché, with its “Victory Green” tint obtained by PVD treatment, allows the contemporary design to evolve according to different angles of observation, helping to enhance legibility by reducing incident light reflections.

An Integrated Reference Caliber

The Faubourg de Cracovie “Crossroads” Victory Green chronograph is powered by an integrated high-frequency (5 Hz) self-winding chronograph caliber. This movement, bearing the reference SXH3, was developed in 2018 by Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier and adapted to https://www.czapek.com/shop/fdc-crossroads-victory-green-8160's specific requirements. The fruit of more than six years of research and development, it incorporates the very best technical solutions for both the movement and the chronograph functions.

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Visible through the transparent sapphire crystal caseback, the movement is 30 mm in diameter (13 ¼ lines) and 6.95 mm thick. This ensures that the chronograph maintains a strong yet relatively contained presence on the wrist. In addition, the plate and bridges—sandblasted, anthracite-treated, and widely openworked—feature handbeveled finishes designed to emphasize their profile.

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The 22-carat pink gold oscillating weight is widely skeletonized and features a bi-directional winding system ensuring nearly 65 hours of power reserve. Moreover, the skeletonization of the oscillating weight reveals various components such as the circular-grained wheels, polished flat screws, the polished column wheel, and the highfrequency regulating unit.

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The latter features a variable-inertia balance (with 4 gold adjusting screws) that oscillates at a rate of 36,000 vibrations per hour (5Hz). It uses a classic flat balance-spring made of a stable metal alloy with an unlimited service life. Compared to the vast majority of today's mechanical movements, this high speed ensures 1/10th of a second timekeeping accuracy, better chronometric performance in action, and greater resistance to shocks. This chronograph proudly carries COSC chronometer certification.

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Finally, to offer owners of these 18 pieces an exceptional experience, a vertical clutch has been integrated into the mechanism. This prevents the hand from "jumping" at the start of a measurement and allows the user to leave the central chronograph hand running permanently without affecting timekeeping accuracy. It also features efficient linear hammers which ensure the perfect return of the chronograph hands to zero.

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The Faubourg de Cracovie “Crossroads” Victory Green chronograph can be worn on a hand-sewn calfskin or Alcantara strap with a deploying buckle. Priced at CHF 32,000 (exclusive of tax), it will be available at official Czapek retailers worldwide, at the Czapek & Cie boutique in Geneva, and at www.czapek.com.

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About Czapek & Cie
 
François Czapek was a Czech-born Polish watchmaker who fled to Geneva in 1832 after fighting in the Polish uprising. He immediately started his own atelier and in 1839 entered into a partnership with Antoine Norbert de Patek, introducing him to the world of watchmaking. In 1845, at the end of their partnership, he created Czapek & Cie and achieved considerable success. He became the official watchmaker of Napoleon III and opened, what was most likely the first watchmaking boutique on the Place Vendome in Paris. 

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He wrote a book about watchmaking, but unfortunately, he died before publishing a second one. Czapek & Cie has been revived in 2015 with an exceptional collection, whose leading model won the Public Prize in the Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie in Geneva in November 2016. This collection takes its inspiration from an 1850’s Czapek time piece. It features a beautiful enamel dial and a 7-day proprietary movement perfectly combining craftsmanship with design and exclusivity with rarity. The Company second collection, a suspended Tourbillon with a second time-zone, was launched one year later in 2017, while the first Czapek chronograph Faubourg de Cracovie was unveiled at Baselworld 2018. The company is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model name: GARRICK – FAUBOURG DE CRACOVIE “Crossroads” Victory Green Chronograph Edition

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Stainless steel case, green handcrafted Czapek exclusive “Crossroads” guilloché dial in ‘Alloy 401’
(AuPtPdAg), with tachymeter scale. Certified Chronometer (COSC).

CASE
    Material: Stainless steel
    Diameter: 41.5 mm
    Lug-to-lug: 49 mm
    Sapphire crystal glass-box with anti-reflective treatment
    Sapphire case back with anti-reflective treatment
    Water-resistant to 50 meters
DIAL
    Handcrafted Czapek guilloché “Crossroads” dial in ‘Alloy 401’ (AuPtPdAg) in a vivid green colour
    Black tachymeter scale
    Baton applied indexes with Superluminova treatment
    Double index at 12 o’clock with Superluminova treatment
    Rhodium plated and blackened steel arrow hands
MOVEMENT
    Calibre SXH3: haute horlogerie integrated automatic chronograph movement with a Czapek bespoke execution
    Diameter: 30mm - 13 ¼ lignes
    Height: 6.95mm
    Frequency: 5 Hz - 36'000 VpH
    Column wheel, vertical clutch and linear hammer
    22 karat golden rotor with Czapek logo
    Power reserve of 65 hours
    Certified chronometer (COSC)
    Finishing: Finely sandblasted and diamond blasted anthracite bridges, snailed trottoirs
FUNCTIONS
    Chronograph, hours, minutes & seconds

•     Chronograph's minutes at 3 o'clock
•     Chronograph's hours at 9 o'clock
•     Small seconds at 6 o'clock
•     Date window at 6 o’clock

BRACELET
    Alcantara or calf strap with a deploying clasp
    Size : 22mm / 18mm

 🔰Edition - Only of ✅18 pieces
🔴INTERNATIONAL RETAIL PRICE without tax CHF 32'000/ EUR 34’600 / USD 44’800 (before taxes).

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Contact presse: Valeria Garavaglia Pedroni
Email: valeria@czapek.com | jane@czapek.com (UK)

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Czapek & Cie. – TIME JUMPER 10th Years Revival 180th Anniversary Edition

Czapek & Cie. – 10th ANNIVERSARY Time Jumper ‘10th Years Revival / 180th Anniversary 40.5mm Edition 2025

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THE TIME JUMPER 10 for 10: 

Czapek & Cie Celebrates its 10th Anniversary with Calibre 10

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Celebrating a decade since the revival of the Maison’s name, Czapek trips back to the future with the Time Jumper, powered by the new in-house Calibre 10. 

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A new twist on traditional guillochage decorates the futuristic form of its 40.5mm steel case and the half-hunter cover plays hide-and-seek with the time indication and the open-worked movement that drives it. 

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Released as a limited edition of 100 pieces in stainless steel and 30 in 3N 18-carat gold, the watch will be unveiled at a 10th Birthday celebration that will gather Czapek’s Rare People from all over the world in Geneva on November 12.

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Reimagining the pocket watches created by François Czapek in the 19th century in playful, avant-garde style, the watch is centred on a jumping hour complication displaying 24 hours on two discs (a première with a patent-pending mechanism) and complemented by trailing minutes on a peripheral ring. 

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On the half-hunter cover, a new, threedimensional guilloché pattern creates the optical illusion of a black hole, its event horizon taking the form of a loupe in the centre that reveals the open-worked complication. Flipping the cover open unveils the entire movement beneath a sapphire crystal glass.

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“Our goal with the Time Jumper was to rethink the expression of time and bring something new and fresh to the table,” says CEO Xavier de Roquemaurel. “We have been keen to explore time indications without traditional hands and a jumping hour is one way to do that. However, the jumping hour displays that have been done until now tend to be quite similar and we wanted to express the complication in our own, different way.”

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The result is an almost literal expression of Czapek’s ‘head in the sky, feet on the ground’ style of thinking: the former translated into a retro-futuristic ‘flying saucer’ case; the latter rooted in the traditional round shape derived from historic pocket watches.

Space Oddity: Calibre 10 and the Next Decade

For the 10th anniversary milestone, it might be assumed that Czapek would create a highly complicated calibre to show off its technical evolution and haute horlogerie credentials. 

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However, given the delight it takes in going against the expected flow, Czapek chose simple functions – hours and minutes only, albeit with an unconventional display – to celebrate this first decade as a modern haute horlogerie house.

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The conceptual genesis of Calibre 10 lay in the notion of exploring and dissolving the space-time continuum. The Maison’s previous nine calibres have been essentially traditional: contemporary reinterpretations of classical complications, expressing a modern Czapek style – philosophically, technically, visually – that has become increasingly recognisable over the past decade. 

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Calibre 10, born from the desire to explore new timekeeping ‘space’ over the coming 10 years, has been designed as the foundation of a series of in-house movements that will host a wide variety of complications. 

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Celebrating the true spirit of haute horlogerie, each evolution of Calibre 10 will be completely redesigned and re-engineered so that every complication is fully integrated – an entirely different philosophy from adding modular functions to a simple base, which is the standard approach in watchmaking driven by commercial or industrial optimisation. 

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To make this possible, the key criteria were that the movement should be self-winding, compact in both diameter and height – thus able to be housed in cases as small as 36mm in diameter – and with a highly adaptable architecture. 

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As well as ensuring that every future iteration of the calibre will be aesthetically distinctive, this approach enhances mechanical efficiency – since conventional stacking of modules often increases friction, thus reducing both power reserve and precision.

“Elliott, that machine, what does it do?”

The starting point for the Calibre 10 architecture is a centrally mounted winding rotor in recycled 950 platinum, skeletonised to provide an unobstructed view of the movement. 

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The overall design is harmonious and fluid – ‘very Czapek’ with its graceful curves, concentric circles and airy interplay of bridges, visually anchored by the strong, straight lines of the rotor’s ‘arms’, shaped like a geometry compass, which attach it to the central axis. The 5-spoke design of the wheels with their diamondbevelled edges, an exclusive Czapek signature.

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Calibre 10.1 – the first application of the Calibre 10 technical philosophy – combines the central jumping hours display on a 24-hour register, with trailing minutes on a rotating peripheral ring. The hours are marked on two sapphire discs – one for single digits, one for tens. 

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With the flying saucer shape of the case suggesting an astronaut’s watch, a 24-hour register seemed a natural complication, as well as being a departure from the standard 12-hour register.

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Haute horlogerie finishes, in combinations that have come to define Czapek’s signature aesthetic, add life and movement. The high shine of rhodium coated bridges contrasts with blackened plates to create a play of reflections and increase the sense of visual depth: light against the deep black of space. 

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Traditional negative engraving on the winding rotor plays against the modernity of laserengraved minutes and hours – the latter filled with Super-Luminova.

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Representing another stage in Czapek’s technical evolution, Calibre 10.1 was not only designed, conceived and assembled in-house, but also machined 75% in-house. This is not to suggest that Czapek is striving for full vertical integration. The principle of établissage is a fundamental value that it will always defend. 

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However, greater in-house capabilities allow agility and freedom: the ability to produce elements internally while also choosing and collaborating with the best specialist partners in any given area.

Beam Me Up, Scotty

Given the conceptual notion of dissolving the space-time continuum, a techno-futuristic habillage was the natural visual expression – hence the flying saucer shape, popularised by science fiction of the mid-to late-20th century (a topic fascinating to Xavier between the ages of 11 and 18 – as it was to many boys growing up at that time). 

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The traditional round shape and half-hunter case loop back to the form of pocket watches and the 19th-century genesis of today’s Czapek. However, Czapek’s design partner for the project, Thomas Funder, has used curves and angles to express that tradition in a different and less-expected way. A key design element – also present in earlier Czapek watches – is the tension between balance and imbalance, symmetry and asymmetry, beauty and strangeness.

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“We wanted an avant-garde and uncompromising design without being extreme – different from other Czapek models yet a clear expression of the brand’s signature elements and aesthetic codes,” explains Xavier.

The design was led by the jumping hour display, which determined the form and style of the minutes. These had to be in a guichet or aperture – hence the half-hunter idea, which in turn created an ideal canvas for guillochage. 

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With the cover closed, all eyes are on the hour indication – under the bubble-shaped loupe in the centre of the case (the flying saucer cockpit), which is set directly over the dial crystal. With the cover open, the full reveal of the mechanism and the complications is there to understand and enjoy.

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Straight lines and flat planes are almost non-existent. The case, produced by Czapek’s partner AB Concept, is as smooth as a pebble – and as aerodynamic as a spacecraft. Soft curves are present in every detail: the oval-shaped button to release the case cover, the polished and rounded ends of the lugs, the rounded crown with the notches required for grip half-hidden close to the case. Straight edges have been minimised even on the strap buckle.

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The guilloché pattern on the case cover adds another visual layer. Czapek’s longstanding partner Metalem, which has been evolving the once-lost savoir-faire of guillochage in new ways, had proposed a new pattern that proved to be perfect for this piece and is now exclusive to Czapek. An evolution of the vortex-like Singularité guilloché created for the Antarctique Tourbillon, it creates the optical illusion of curves being drawn into a deep centre.

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Completing the space-time story, the Time Jumper’s presentation box also takes the form of a flying saucer made of aluminium with a sandblasted finish and tiny polished details.

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Czapek will produce only 180 pieces of Calibre 10.1 movements, to celebrate the 180th anniversary since the original founding of the maison in Geneva in 1845. The Time Jumper will be first introduced with a limited edition of 100 pieces in stainless steel and 30 pieces in 3N 18-carat gold. The rest of the calibres will be used for special projects, including an allocation of 10 bespoke pieces – that can be ordered immediately by contacting the Czapek boutique.

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The Time Jumper will be unveiled on the 12th of November 2025 in Geneva during a gathering of media, collectors, partners and friends of the 0 community, and will be available on order at the Czapek boutique in Geneva at 18 rue de la Corraterie, at authorised Czapek dealers worldwide, and at Czapek.com.

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About Czapek & Cie
 
François Czapek was a Czech-born Polish watchmaker who fled to Geneva in 1832 after fighting in the Polish uprising. He immediately started his own atelier and in 1839 entered into a partnership with Antoine Norbert de Patek, introducing him to the world of watchmaking. In 1845, at the end of their partnership, he created Czapek & Cie and achieved considerable success. He became the official watchmaker of Napoleon III and opened, what was most likely the first watchmaking boutique on the Place Vendome in Paris. 

Click, to see the large size. ▶  BIG FOTO     

He wrote a book about watchmaking, but unfortunately, he died before publishing a second one. Czapek & Cie has been revived in 2015 with an exceptional collection, whose leading model won the Public Prize in the Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie in Geneva in November 2016. This collection takes its inspiration from an 1850’s Czapek time piece. It features a beautiful enamel dial and a 7-day proprietary movement perfectly combining craftsmanship with design and exclusivity with rarity. 

Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 

The Company second collection, a suspended Tourbillon with a second time-zone, was launched one year later in 2017, while the first Czapek chronograph Faubourg de Cracovie was unveiled at Baselworld 2018. The company is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model name: GARRICK – ANNIVERSARY Time Jumper 10th Years Revival / 180th Anniversary 40.5mm Stainless steel case 

🔰Edition - Of ✅100 pieces

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FUNCTIONS
Jumping hours & trailing minutes
MOVEMENT
Calibre 10.01: Czapek’s in house self-winding mechanical movement
Diameter: 30 mm – 13 ¼ lines
Height: 6.13 mm
Number of parts: 275
Number of jewels: 44
Swiss lever escapement, variable-inertia balance fitted with four gold inertia-blocks
Frequency: 4 Hz – 28'800 vph
Power winding system: recycled platinum mass
Power-reserve: 60 hours on one single barrel
FINISH
Sandblasted & circular brushed rhodiumplated bridges, bevelling
New exclusive wheels design, circular brushing & bevelling
SLN sapphire hours and minutes discs
Minutes disc laser coloured in blue & texturized
Black polished springs
CASE
    Material: Stainless steel case & white gold guilloché inlay
    Handmade three-dimensional guillochage with registered motif
    Diameter: 40.50 mm
    Lug-to-lug (12h to 6h): 42.40 mm
    Height: 10.5mm without magnifying crystal, 12.35 mm with crystal
    Sapphire crystal glass-box with antireflective treatment
    Sapphire crystal glass-box case back with anti-reflective treatment on the inner side
    Cover opening pusher at 6 o’clock
    Water-resistant to 30 meters
BRACELET 
Blue rubber strap
Lug to lug: 19mm
18mm stainless steel pin buckle

🔰Edition - Only of ✅100 pieces
🔴INTERNATIONAL RETAIL PRICE without tax CHF 42'000 (including GST).

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Model name: GARRICK – ANNIVERSARY Time Jumper 10th Years Revival / 180th Anniversary 40.5mm 3N 18-carats Gold case 

🔰Edition - Only of ✅30 pieces

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FUNCTIONS
Jumping hours & trailing minutes
MOVEMENT
Calibre 10.01: Czapek’s in house self-winding mechanical movement
Diameter: 30 mm – 13 ¼ lines
Height: 6.13 mm
Number of parts: 275
Number of jewels: 44
Swiss lever escapement, variable-inertia balance fitted with four gold inertia-blocks
Frequency: 4 Hz – 28'800 vph
Power winding system: recycled platinum mass
Power-reserve: 60 hours on one single barrel
FINISH
Sandblasted & circular brushed rhodiumplated bridges, bevelling
New exclusive wheels design, circular brushing & bevelling
SLN sapphire hours and minutes discs
Minutes disc laser coloured in blue & texturized
Black polished springs
CASE
    Material: 3N 18-carat yellow gold case & guilloché inlay
    Handmade three-dimensional guillochage with registered motif
    Diameter: 40.50 mm
    Lug-to-lug (12h to 6h): 42.40 mm
    Height: 10.5mm without magnifying crystal, 12.35 mm with crystal
    Sapphire crystal glass-box with antireflective treatment
    Sapphire crystal glass-box case back with anti-reflective treatment on the inner side
    Cover opening pusher at 6 o’clock
    Water-resistant to 30 meters
BRACELET 

Blue rubber strap
Lug to lug: 19mm
18mm 3N 18k yellow gold pin buckle

🔰Edition - Only of ✅30 pieces
🔴INTERNATIONAL RETAIL PRICE without tax CHF 64'000 (including GST).

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Press Release - 2025
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Czapek & Cie – 2, Rue Saint-Léger, 1205 Genève Suisse
Contact presse: Valeria Garavaglia Pedroni
Email: valeria@czapek.com | jane@czapek.com (UK)

Tel.  +41 79 314 08 54
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