Credor: 50 years of understated sophistication
July 2024
Founded in 1974, Credor is both the most understated and the most sophisticated brand in the Seiko galaxy.
Grand Seiko Dô: the way of precision and elegance
July 2024
Travellers to Japan in the 2000s discovered that Seiko offered a collection of beautifully made, fine quality mechanical watches. This range, named Grand (…)
100 years of the Seiko wristwatch
July 2024
A century ago saw the first wristwatch bearing the Seiko name on the dial – the start of a new endeavour that would change the global horological landscape. (…)
“Japanese brands have all come to the same conclusion: move upmarket”
June 2024
Hirota Masayuki has been the face of Chronos Japan magazine for two decades. He is also one of Japan’s leading watch market specialists. We asked him about (…)
A year of symbols for Japan
EDITORIAL
June 2024
An interesting development, perhaps even a major shift, is taking place in Japanese watchmaking. The Japanese watch industry has long set itself up to be (…)
Naoya Hida: Japan’s handcrafted watches for vintage lovers
February 2024
Naoya Hida, a Japanese watch sales professional for several decades, was able to develop a hobby brand into a solid brand and a full-time profession. Since (…)
Orient Star is rising
February 2024
Orient Star denotes the top range of mechanical watches from Orient, a watchmaker with a history dating back to 1901 but fully integrated into the Seiko (…)
Miyota: from movement-maker to brand name
October 2023
Miyota is on a mission to convince the global mid-range segment of the virtues and importance of mechanical calibres. In other words, to put the movement (…)
Watch Q&A with... Akio Naito – Seiko, Grand Seiko
June 2023
“A unique sense of beauty rooted in traditional Japanese aesthetics – sublime, yet understated and restrained”
Grand Seiko unveils its first mechanical complication
April 2022
Grand Seiko’s new Constant-Force Tourbillon Kodo combines a constant-force mechanism and a tourbillon as one unit on a single axis.
King Seiko: a 1965 classic is re-born!
December 2020
Never before in the company’s history had there been a period of such creativity and achievement. From the first Grand Seiko in 1960 to the automatic (…)
Orient revives the M-Force Sports collection
October 2020
Orient is bringing back its popular M-Force model, a much-loved member of the Orient Sports Collection. The first four models of the new third generation (…)
