Antarctique Passage de Drake Afterglow
- Hand-finishedCalibre SXH5
- IndependentGeneva, CH · est. 1845
- Service for lifeThrough Palladio · in person
A choice we can defend in person.
We carry Czapek because it makes independence tangible. A Polish-Genevan house revived in 2015 by enthusiasts, it builds its own SXH micro-rotor calibre and shows it openly through the case-back, hand-chamfered throughout.
This Passage de Drake Afterglow gives the Antarctique a striking voice: a flinqué dial bearing the registered Stairway to Eternity pattern in a deep PVD purple, its steps shifting with the light above the in-house SXH5. The steel bracelet keeps it grounded for daily wear.
Hand-finished, made to be serviced.
The SXH5 carries 28 jewels, 60 hours, one single barrel of power reserve, beating at 4 Hz - 28800 VpH.
Servicing is organised through us and the manufacture, and the watch comes back to your wrist — with a loaner in the meantime.
The watch, by the number.
The case
- Height
- 10.6 mm
Strap & water
- Water resistance
- 120m
A relationship, not a transaction.
Every watch we sell stays close to us. We organise servicing, source straps, and answer the telephone ourselves — for as long as the watch is yours, and the wrist after that.
When the time comes, we arrange the full service through Czapek, handle the shipping both ways, and put a loaner on your wrist while you wait.
Replacement straps and bracelets at cost, in any material the manufacture offers, fitted in person at the bench.
You speak to Jason — for a warranty question, a service interval, or simply a second opinion — for as long as you own the watch.
When your watch is at service we will put another independent on your wrist, so the wrist is never empty.
Hold it once. Turn it over.
A watch makes more sense in the hand than on a screen — particularly through the sapphire back. Book a viewing at 900 West Hastings St., Vancouver and we will put a loupe in your hand.
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