Hajime Asaoka

The Tsunami , by Japanese independent watchmaker Hajime Asaoka , is a simple 37 mm diameter three-hands watch, which was first launched around 2013 . Simple ? That's what you might think until you discover the movement , with its 15 mm diameter balance wh

For the Kurono Special Projects Malachite ‘孔雀石’, the hour markers feature Etō, the Japanese zodiac signs, reinterpreted as distinctive indices across the dial. “In Japanese, the indices are referred to as ‘Etō’ (Japanese zodiac). This time, we literally u

The Usual Late Night Scrolling, my thoughts drift towards these two threads www.watchprosite.com / And www.watchprosite.com / Some get all the attention and lack of creativity were the two main themes Haldimann H2 Tourbillon Resonance Sour

Judging from the not-so-direct explanation (copied below) from the Kurono website, I'm assuming that Mr. Asaoka did not paint numerals on the dials, but rather created the template for them: "Hajime Asaoka drew upon his art school training in lettering an

Pictured above is “The Citizen Caliber 0210 Automatic” which (together with its no-date-display predecessor, the “0200”) represents what is probably Citizen’s most serious non-quartz watch challenge in recent memory, with the exception of such outliers as

My Pantheon includes but not limited to: Paul Gerber Ludovic Ballouard Beat Haldimann Kiu Tai Yu Franck Muller Roger Dubuis Vianney Halter George Daniels Derek Pratt Urban Jurgensen CL Klings JB Viot Philippe Dufour Renaud Tixier Pascal Coyon Hajime Asaok

Just adding this no glass 'montre à tact' concept watch by Japanese master watchmaker Hajime Asaoka. Just planned for the moment, not yet realised and the final watch might be slightly different. credit: hajime asaoka

from Hajime Asaoka Source and Credit: Robin aka jrwong23 https://www.watchprosite.com/independents/incoming--hajime-asaoka-tsunami/16.1366306.12085371/

The question of course remains how much attention it takes away from the main brand. It will not be the same people making it (I doubt there will be any Groenefeld in there), the likely success and relatively easy money (much simpler than trying to grow t