At Donzé Cadrans, only four craftspeople apply the enamel to the rippled dial of Czapek’s Promenade Goutte de Rosée, and each dial takes up to five hours of work.
Czapek today introduces the Promenade Goutte de Rosée, French for “drop of dew”, limited to 25 pieces. It takes the Promenade Goutte d’Eau, launched in steel in 2024, into green Grand Feu enamel and 18K 3N yellow gold.
The ripple pattern, designed by Czapek’s team, is stamped into a sterling silver base. Around five layers of translucent green enamel follow, each fired in a kiln. Depth comes from the enamel’s thickness, not colour: up to 0.5mm in the hollows, under 0.2mm on the crests.
With a rejection rate approaching 50 percent, about 60 blanks were started to deliver 25 dials, so no two are quite alike. Inside the 38mm case is the in-house automatic Calibre SXH5.1, its micro-rotor cast in recycled platinum.
“When visitors come to our atelier and see these dials alongside our other work, it is always this one that stops them,” says Claude-Eric Jan, Manager of Donzé Cadrans.
The Basics
Brand: Czapek
Model: Promenade Goutte de Rosée
Diameter: 38mm
Thickness: 10.8mm
Case material: 18K 3N yellow gold; 42mm lug to lug; sapphire crystal glass-box; sapphire case back
Dial: Green translucent Grand Feu enamel on a stamped sterling silver (925) base, by Donzé Cadrans; ripples around the small seconds at 4:30
Water resistance: 5 atm
Strap: Shiny green alligator; optional brown calf leather or green Alcantara
Limited edition: 25 pieces
The Movement
Calibre: SXH5.1, in-house, automatic
Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds at 4:30; stop-seconds
Winding: Automatic, micro-rotor in recycled 950 platinum
Power reserve: 60 hours
Frequency: 4Hz (28,800 vph)
Jewels: 26
Images courtesy of Czapek.