Antarctique Passage de Drake Ice White
- Hand-finishedCalibre SXH5
- IndependentGeneva, CH · est. 1845
- Service for lifeThrough Palladio · in person
A choice we can defend in person.
Czapek belongs with us for in-house movements, open case-backs and serious hand-finishing, the work of a house revived in 2015 by enthusiasts loyal to François Czapek. The Antarctique, to our eye, is among the most considered steel sports watches made today.
This Passage de Drake Ice White is its purest reading: a pale flinqué dial in the registered Stairway to Eternity pattern, steps catching the light against luminous sword hands, the SXH5 behind. On the steel bracelet. Calm and quietly architectural.
Hand-finished, made to be serviced.
The SXH5 carries 28 jewels, 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
- 120 meters (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, 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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