CZAPEK

François Czapek opened his own atelier in Geneva and in 1839, he formed a partnership with his fellow countryman Patek, inviting him into the world of watchmaking. He went on to found the highly successful Czapek & Cie. He became the personal watchmaker to Napoleon III and opened one of the first boutiques in the history of watchmaking on the Place Vendôme in Paris.
CZAPEK & Cie. was relaunched in 2015 with an outstanding collection, the flagship model of which won the Public Prize at the Geneva Watch Grand Prix in 2016. This collection is inspired by CZAPEK's work from the 1850s. It features a beautiful enamel dial and an in-house movement with a 7-day power reserve, making it CZAPEK's first in-house movement. It is a Swiss workshop led by one of the leading independent watchmakers of the modern era.

CZAPEK　チャペック

The Birth of SXH1 V2

Capek developed the SXH1 movement based on the legendary No. 3430 movement. It is a beautiful hand-wound movement with a 7-day power reserve. He further redesigned it for the hand-wound watch "Quai des Berg". This is the birth of the SXH1 V2. He succeeded in designing it by incorporating the design of the "skeleton bridge" of the SXH5 mounted on the highly successful Antarctic. He created a movement with phenomenal performance of 36,000 vibrations and a 7-day power reserve.

Development of SXH5

"Creating a base movement from scratch was more challenging than starting a brand," said De Roquemaurel. "We knew we needed to invest in production, use only the highest quality components, and include the most exquisite finishing to ensure the overall result was truly special." De Roquemaurel Capek developed an open-bridge movement with a micro-rotor for the Antarctic. Highly sophisticated decorative techniques are used, including a platinum rotor that is sandblasted to finish the movement.

チャペック　アンターティーク

CZAPEK's creative process

Perfect detail

The Antarctic Passage de Drake collection is presented on an ergonomic brushed bracelet.
The sand-brushed links of the bracelet are connected by highly polished links in the shape of the CZAPEK "C". The bracelet features a quick-change system, allowing it to be quickly and easily replaced with a rubber strap decorated with the same trapezoidal pattern as the dial. A masterpiece of CZAPEK's pursuit of perfection.

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Modernizing tradition

The movement is an evolution of the No. 3430, a famous pocket watch given to Napoleon III, and is equipped with the SXH1 V2 hand-wound caliber with 36,000 vibrations and a long power reserve of 7 days. The Quai des Berques dial, which combines a traditional look with modern elements, is made of carefully fired Grand Feu enamel with guilloche, which prevents the dial from corroding and exudes a high-quality elegance.

The fleur de lys

The hands of the watch are made of white gold and carefully rhodium-plated, giving them a distinctive clock shape, which is a motif of French aristocracy. The fleur-de-lis pattern is a very noble motif, and only high-ranking aristocrats were allowed to use it at the time. It is a design typical of CZAPEK, the watchmaker exclusively for Napoleon III.

To reconstruct the philosophy of creating things from scratch

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OUR SERVICE

  • Ordering special parts

    Comptoine sources and assembles CZAPEK straps, special buckles, and two types of hands from Switzerland, a process that only a select few retailers are allowed to do in Japan.

  • Custom Orders

    At Comptoine, we accept some custom orders by combining your own original parts at the Swiss CZAPEK workshop according to your preferences. Please ask our staff for details.

  • Overhaul Service

    Overhauls that should normally be done in Switzerland will be done in Japan depending on the wear of the parts. This is a testament to the friendship that has led Comptoine to be entrusted to Capek in Japan. Of course, when we sell our watches, we include a 3-year manufacturer's international warranty that is valid worldwide.
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Events as Absences

We at Comptoine will once again magnify the watch industry with a large microscope. We are no longer in the watch industry as an investment. Therefore, in order to remember that we are a library of watches, we have once again reviewed watches from the past. For Comptoine, the Capek was such a watch.

新しいCZAPEC

To the Thousand Plateaus

We have reconsidered the functional and artistic concepts once again, and succeeded in deconstructing a new way of thinking with the history of CZAPEK. Beauty is not beauty, and does not need function. And so we redesign the blueprint of the watch. By repeating this process over and over again in product design, a masterpiece like grapes blooming in the wilderness, naturally created with CZAPEK in the form of horizontal craftsmanship. "Things from the past and things of the future coming together again" Experience the intense exotic stimulation of bringing the black box into fashion and everyday life.

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Back to the clock

Comptoine returns to watches again. Of course, it is not an investment, nor is it about function or beauty. We will discard the fixed ideas of the past and create the next dimension of abstraction and concreteness together with our craftsmen as our activity goal for 2030. We leave the answer to future generations. We will challenge ourselves to create new things. Of course, with respect for the great men of the past. Without forgetting the past or the future. And yet, we will move forward without hesitation.

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