Czapek & Cie Antarctique Passage de Drake SS Salmon Dial

The Czapek Antarctique Passage de Drake in steel with a salmon dial is a modern sports watch built around a singular dial concept: the 3D stamped trapezoidal pattern branded as Stairway to Eternity, rendered here in a rich salmon tone for a dimensional, almost architectural look under light. Introduced around the Watches and Wonders 2022 period, this reference sits in the Antarctique S family and is designed to wear with the same confidence as a luxury integrated bracelet watch, but with the performance-minded water resistance expected of the category. At the core is Czapek in-house automatic Calibre SXH5, a micro-rotor movement running at 28,800 vph and engineered around a direct, reliable architecture with a meaningful power reserve. The dial supports the brand’s sporty legibility, with luminous sword hands and a date at 6 oclock that keeps the layout functional without diluting the design focus. The integrated stainless steel bracelet is finished to match the case, and the overall profile is deliberately restrained, with a slim 11.3 mm height and a comfortable, lug-to-lug stance (about 38.5mm) that suits most wrists. Collectors tend to value the Passage de Drake for two reasons: it is visually distinctive even among microbrands, and it is supported by a genuinely in-house calibre rather than a generic platform movement. With its combination of manufacture movement, registered dial signature, and contemporary steel-sport ambition, this is the kind of piece that earns its place as a daily-driver grail. Like New with Czapek box and papers dated 2023.