Czapek & Cie announces two new limited editions of the Antarctique: the Frozen Meteor in 40.5mm, limited to 38 pieces, and the Antarctique S Frozen Meteor in 38.5mm, limited to 25 pieces. Both feature a dial in Gibeon meteorite tinted in a light denim blue, set within a stainless steel case and the new V2 integrated bracelet.

From the Gibeon Crater, via GT Cadrans
The dials of both the Frozen Meteor and Antarctique S Frozen Meteor are produced by GT Cadrans, near Lausanne, from slices of the Gibeon meteorite — a mass of octahedrite iron-nickel that fell over what is now Namibia in prehistoric times, estimated at approximately 600 million years ago. Each disc must be acid-washed and polished by hand to reveal the full geometry of the Widmanstätten lines before any tinting is applied; the precise angle of those lines, determined by the plane on which the raw mass is cut, is different in every slice.

In-House Calibre SXH5
Visible through the sapphire caseback, both models are powered by Calibre SXH5 — the first movement conceived entirely in-house by Czapek, introduced with the Antarctique collection in 2020, and still the emotional and technical signature of the line. At 30mm in diameter and 4.2mm in height, the movement holds 193 components across 28 jewels. It runs at 4 Hz (28,800 vph) via a Swiss lever escapement with a variable-inertia balance wheel regulated by four gold inertia-blocks, and delivers 60 hours of power reserve from a single barrel at a torque of 8.8 Nmm. The off-centre micro-rotor in 100% recycled 950 platinum winds bidirectionally; platinum’s density ensures optimal inertia in an extremely compact footprint.

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