Masahiro Kikuno

Born on February 8, 1983 in Hokkaidō, Japanese watchmaker Masahiro Kikuno is one of the most original and unique independent creators . He became the youngest member of the AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants) and the first Japanese full m

This piece is lovely. I believe that his production of these types of watches is extremely low, less than 5 a year. To make ends meet the Kuruno series are made in quantities that suffice. His work is superb. Communication is a concern from others I spoke

“ Firmitas , utilitas , venustas ” (Firmness, commodity, delight) is the motto of Nouvelle Chronometrie , an independent brand founded by Noritaka Sakurai . Its first watch , called “ Montre Ordinaire ” (Ordinary watch) is nothing less than a tourbillon c

When most people think of Chinese Watchmaking its the mass produced watches by Seagull and the Shanghai Watch Factory or Super Clones by Clean, VS or Noob that comes to mind. Ofcourse we are Purists, we know better 😊 and have collectively experienced the

Minhoon Yoo Sylvain Pinaud Bernard Lederer Anton Suhanov Masahiro Kikuno GoS-Patrik Sjögren Gotta love the iPhone 16 pro max camera. With the relatively appalling lighting, I’m happy with these images. I think back to Baselworld in the teens and how much

We could go into a very long discussion about this as handmade is a very ......complicated term in watch making! I am also curious tho if the handmade title can be given to people like Masahiro Kikuno or other such people (Christai

I would compare the watch to something more like Masahiro Kikuno or jean baptiste viot in that the point is not necessarily perfect hand finishing but that it has the "feeling" of being hand made and that a lot (i know RWS uses CNC machining etc...) of th

So my ultimate grail is a bespoke watch that has flexible lugs so that it sits comfortable on the wrist and both sides of the watch can be worn (like Bovet Amadeo or the De bethune reversible) and each face has several functions. Some of the functions I w

I imagine there are many who are comfortable and excited by independent brands and the watches they produce but for me personally, it’s the support of independent watchmakers that matters. Not designers, marketers, investors, etc. As watchmaking has sever

Excellent and difficult question that has plague me for years!! I honestly have no idea, the watches I want all start at around 5 grand USD and there are very few watches below that. Some of the one below 5 grand that interest me are Girard Perregaux equa