Czapek & Cie Quai des Bergues watches

The Czapek Quai des Bergues is a classical dress watch, named after the Geneva quay where François Czapek kept one of his workshops. Czapek, a Bohemian-born watchmaker, went into partnership with Antoni Patek in Geneva in 1839 under the name Patek, Czapek & Cie, before Patek went on to found Patek Philippe with a new partner. The Quai des Bergues launched in 2015 as the Czapek name returned, and won the Public Prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève in 2016.

Alongside the hours and minutes, the dial shows small seconds and a power-reserve indicator. Behind them in the 42.5 mm watches is the SXH1, a proprietary calibre developed with Chronode. It is wound by hand, beats at 21,600 vibrations per hour and runs for seven days.

The steel N°21, N°23 and N°25 carry grey, silver and white dials. The enamel-dial pieces are in gold and made in small runs: the N°29 and N°29 bis in white gold are limited to 20 pieces, and the red gold N°31, N°33 and N°33 bis to 31. The N°27 and N°27 bis take a different direction, with titanium cases and black carbon dials in runs of 25.

The Lady models (N°1 to N°11) come in a smaller 38 mm case with white mother-of-pearl dials, in steel, white gold or red gold, some with a diamond-set bezel; the red gold Lady N°1 is limited to 31 pieces.