Antarctique Passage de Drake Glacier Blue
- Manufacture CalibreSXH5, in-house
- IndependentFounded 1845, Revived 2015
- DialGlacier Blue
- StrapBracelet/ Strap
- Service for lifeThrough Palladio, in person
A sports watch that rewards a closer look.
The Antarctique Passage de Drake is one of those rare watches that becomes more interesting the longer you live with it. Since its revival in 2015, Czapek has built its reputation through thoughtful design and uncompromising execution, creating watches that reveal their quality gradually rather than demanding attention.
The Glacier Blue "Stairway to Eternity" dial transforms constantly as light moves across its stamped architecture, while the in-house SXH5 micro-rotor calibre and integrated bracelet demonstrate the same attention to detail beneath the surface. Every element feels resolved, from the sculpted case to the finishing visible through the sapphire case back.
This is the watch we recommend to collectors who appreciate restraint over recognition—people who value exceptional craftsmanship, independent thinking and a sports watch that stands apart without needing to announce itself.
A micro-rotor calibre designed to reward every glance.
The SXH5 is Czapek's first fully in-house automatic movement, developed from a blank sheet to reflect the brand's independent approach to modern watchmaking. An off-centre 22k gold micro-rotor reveals the movement's architecture beneath, while a single barrel provides a 60-hour power reserve.
A free-sprung balance with four adjustable gold inertia weights enables precise regulation, while seven skeletonised bridges showcase the gear train through a design inspired by 19th-century pocket watches. Traditional hand-finished anglage is paired with contemporary laser engraving, creating a movement that is every bit as compelling through the sapphire case back as it is technically accomplished.
Servicing is handled directly through our relationship with Czapek in Geneva. The movement returns to the manufacture for inspection and regulation, with a typical turnaround of six to eight weeks. Should you need it, we're happy to provide a loan watch while yours is away.
The watch, by the number.
The case
- Diameter
- 40.5 mm
- Thickness
- 10.6 mm
- Lug-to-Lug (12hto6h)
- 46.6 mm
- Material
- Stainless Steel
- Finishing
- Open ratchets, sandblasted black bridges, bevelling, straight grained sides, six hand chamfered inward angles
- Crystal
- Sapphire crystal glass-box with anti-reflective treatment
The Dial & Functions
- Colour
- Galcier Blue
- Pattern
- Stamped " Flinqué " Glacier Blue dial with exclusive, officially registered "Stairway to Eternity" pattern
- Indices
- Applied, three-dimensional, rhodium-plated, filled with Super-LumiNova®
- Hands
- Sword-shaped, faceted, rhodium-plated, Super-LumiNova®
- Seconds
- Central sweeping seconds hand, rhodium-plated with luminous tip
- Functions
- Hours, minutes and seconds Date at 6 o’clock
Bracelet & Water Resistance
- Bracelet/Strap
- Integrated stainless steel bracelet • Additional calf leather or rubber strap
- Clasp
- Stainless steel folding clasp with integrated push-button release
- Crown
- Screw-down
- Water Resistance
- 12 atm
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 and handle the shipping both ways.
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.
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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