Czapek & Cie introduces the Antarctique Frozen Meteor in two sizes, a 40.5mm reference limited to 38 pieces and an Antarctique S Frozen Meteor in 38.5mm limited to 25 pieces, both built around dials cut from Gibeon meteorite. The dials are made at GT Cadrans near Lausanne, where each disc is acid washed and polished by hand to reveal the Widmanstätten pattern, the crystalline geometry formed as molten iron nickel alloys cooled over millions of years in space. Because that pattern follows the angle of the cut rather than any repeatable process, every dial is genuinely one of a kind. Here the meteorite’s natural silvery grey has been layered with a light denim blue lacquer, polished to a finish that shifts tone as light moves across it.
The trapezoid indexes and sword hands stay true to the Antarctique’s established restraint, letting the dial’s natural architecture do the work. Both editions carry the new V2 generation of the Antarctique integrated steel bracelet, produced with Swiss specialists STL Swiss and RD Manufacture. The C shaped polished links and brushed outer surfaces remain, but tighter machining tolerances bring sharper transitions, reduced play, and a more solid feel on the wrist. The bracelet is now fully disassemblable, and a redesigned clasp introduces a tool free push button release.
Power comes from Calibre SXH5, Czapek’s first fully in house movement, visible through the sapphire caseback. Running at 4 Hz with 60 hours of power reserve, its seven skeletonized bridges echo the pocket watch architecture of François Czapek, finished with sandblasted bridges and hand chamfered angles throughout.
