Amid the global conversation on AI, for Geneva Watch Days 2025 Czapek and Cie bring forth the Antarctique Rattrapante ‘R.U.R.’, featuring a hand-polished and laser-engraved titanium robot head on the dial at 12 o’clock. It is not merely for aesthetics – the figurehead also features a playful animation corresponding to the chronograph function with its colour-changing eyes, micro-painted by hand using neon tones of three colours. When the chronograph is activated, the eyes of the robot turn yellow, upon stopping they turn red, and on resetting turn blue. The robot head is set on top of the chronograph column wheel, which translates each click of the column wheel directly into a changed eye colour. The term R.U.R comes from the play Rossum’s Universal Robots, written by Karel Čapek, who is credited with the creation of the word ‘robot’. That his name and the name of the brand is similar was a happy coincidence, and gave rise to the idea of incorporating a robot in the design.
Antarctique Rattrapante R.U.R
Reference Number
Tribute to Karel Čapek
Functions
Split-second monopusher chronograph, hours, minutes & seconds
Movement
Automatic Calibre SXH6
Case
Stainless-steel
Strap and Clasp
Stainless Steel
Dimensions
42.5
Price
₹ 65,43,000 (approx.)
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