Czapek Place Vendome Platinum
Czapek Place Vendome Platinum
Description:
Movement with off-center tourbillon
Hours/minutes located at 12 o’clock, second time
Zone, day/night and power reserve indication
Functions:
Hours and minutes on separate dial located at 12 o’clock
One-minute tourbillon located at 8 o’clock
Second time zone on subdial at 4 o’clock, turns counter-clockwise
Disk day/night indicator located at 6, turns counter-clockwise
Power reserve: Off centre disk, located at 12, turn on 90° on 60h, winding counter clockwise
Movement:
Calibre SXH2: Haute Horlogerie proprietary
Mechanical hand-wound movement developed by Chronode and Czapek & Cie
Power reserve: 60 hours with one barrel spring
Frequency: 3 Hz (21,600 VpH)
Diameter: 34.8 mm – 15 ½ lines
Height: 9.8 mm
Finish:
Front: anthracite sand-blasted plate, steel bridges with sandblasting, circular graining, and polish
Case back: open ratchet with circular bevelling, sand-blasted bridges, blue screws, final “anglage” main
Hands:
Fleur de Lys available in different colours
Case & Bracelet:
Platinum Pt950 case
43.5 mm diameter
Curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
Sapphire crystal case back with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
Water-resistance: 30 meters (3 atm)
Alligator strap with 5N rose gold buckle
Dial:
“Grand feu” Enamel ring, steel polished bridges and sand-blasted plate
CASE
The Place Vendôme series, named “Lumières”, is a limited edition which comes in ten pieces in Platinum and fifteen pieces in Rose Gold. It refers to both the reflections flashing off the beveled edges of the bridges visible on dial side as well as to the Age of Enlightenment, which ultimately produced the tourbillon, the ultimate balance between science and mechanical poetry.
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MOVEMENT
The Place Vendôme “Lumières” is driven by the proprietary, manually wound SXH2 movement beating at 21,600 vph (3 Hz). The single barrel spring delivers a solid 60 hours of power. The 34.8-millimeter diameter is relatively large, but the height of 9.8 millimeters allows the watch to be discreet and elegant in spite of the many functions. The traditional satin-brushed bridges and openworked ratchet are back again. In the back of the watch is an inscription: Tourbillon suspendu – Ici et Ailleurs, a reference to the second time zone, a gift to global travelers that Czapek himself never knew.
DIAL
From a technical standpoint, the watch represents an evolution from the more staid, romantic Quai des Bergues. A day-night disc turning counterclockwise has inserted itself between the two subdials, which now carry the tourbillon on the left and the second time zone on the right. The power reserve indicator migrated and now peers out of the clock face at 12 o’clock. “François Czapek was a modern thinker with a deep sense of traditional watchmaking” says de Roquemaurel. “This watch is no doubt he would have dreamt of, and it connects his thoughts about watchmaking esthetics and techniques to the future.”