CZAPEK | Presentation - Antarctique R.U.R Tribute to Karel Čapek

Will robots rule all our lives one day? Or will Czapek’s Rare People escape that fate? Might the answer be found in Czapek & Cie’s new Antarctique Rattrapante ‘R.U.R.’, where a robot adds a playful animation to the mechanics revealed beneath the grey-metallised sapphire dial? "When we launched the Antarctique Rattrapante in 2021, one of our shareholders immediately suggested incorporating a robot into the movement, as a way of celebrating the beauty of the mechanism," says Xavier de Roquemaurel, CEO of Czapek & Cie. "Since the pursuit of mechanical and aesthetic Beauty is central to our philosophy of watchmaking at Czapek and we are always thinking about different ways of approaching it, we loved the idea of a robot - a playful mix of aesthetics and mechanics - but the real impetus for the robot idea came from further away..." Order books open on September 5th at 3PM CET, with deliveries scheduled before the end of the year.