“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 (…)
Citizen Super Titanium
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WHEN INNOVATION MEANS MATERIALS
October 2020
As illustrated on the cover of the lastest edition of Europa Star, in 2020 Citizen is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the first titanium wristwatch. (…)
Grand Seiko’s new addition to the 60th anniversary collection
October 2020
The revolutionary automatic caliber 9SA5 and a powerful new look are completing the Japanese brand’s celebration. Discover the three innovations that set (…)
Grand Seiko’s chronometric quest
INNOVATION AS A CONSTANT FORCE
October 2020
To widespread surprise, in September Grand Seiko presented a wholly unprecedented concept movement, the T0 (T-Zero) Constant-force Tourbillon. Its (…)
