Independents

What do you guys think of this ? 7 days power reserve , day indicator and date and with beautiful aventurine dial . 38.5 mm . Any owners of this brand ? Any experience ? ...  

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Beautiful dials. Just that there are so many independents to try. Xavier is a good guy, personable.

Very pretty. Size and proportions seem optimal. Good price too

Mentally though, I keep having the exact opposite reaction than they’re trying to provoke — whenever I see “Czapek”, the thought is always that the name might have been written on the best watches in the world today, had history been kinder to the guy (or... 

In person it looks even beter imo . I own a Czapek for a few years now and have only good experience with the brand ...  

I have a big wrist so its not a problem for me

My only concern with some of these model for me is thinnest of the hands which makes it difficult to read time with my old eyes!

The dial is stunning. And the hands instantaneously identity the brand. That’s what I really like and love. The case however is, in my view, is a bit blanc, but anonymous. The case without that dial could be any regular brand. I have no personal experienc... 

Czapek had a lot of momentum. I’ve owned this about 3 years and have a Passage de Drake Roaring Forties grey dial arriving shortly. ...  

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Some striking designs and real transparency in its horizontal integration. All said, not bad for a brand that started up again in 2012 and crowdsourced funding in 2015.