Watch Curator ’18
- Barocco
THE “IRREGULAR” PEARLS
October 2018
Appearing first in the sixteenth century, the adjective “baroque” comes from the Portuguese barocco, which meant a pearl with an irregular shape. From (…)
Minase, a window on the watch [Video]
JAPANESE CRAFTS
April 2018
Originally a family company specialized in the production of cutting tools in the Akita province of Japan, Minase is a growing-up watch artisan aiming at (…)
What about Japanese independents?
FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL
February 2018
The independent Japanese watchmaker Hajime Asaoka has produced a grand total of... 19 watches! They are the result of meticulous craftsmanship, performed (…)
