ABOUT JAPANESE WATCHMAKERS

In a world first, the Japanese brand is introducing three new Eco-Drive watches that achieve an accuracy to within ±1 second per year. They draw directly on (...)

Grand Seiko Urushi

April 2019

With its amber-coloured (or black, once mixed with iron) dial in Urushi lacquer sourced from trees near the Shizukuishi Watch Centre, where some of Seiko’s (...)

Grand Seiko U.S. Exclusive Limited Edition

October 2018

The Japanese brand launches three limited editions for the American market, available at select Grand Seiko retail partners and Grand Seiko boutiques in (...)

“Strengthening the appeal of G-Shock for mature buyers”

INTERVIEW WITH SHIGENORI ITOH CEO

May 2018

G-Shock is 35 years old in 2018. Among the most striking anniversary models that Casio has launched this year are the Red Out, the Gold Tornado, the Big (...)

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 (...)

G-SHOCK MRG Limited edition

CASIO

April 2018

MRG G2000HA limited edition G-Shock watch for Baselworld 2018 combines top of the line G-Shock technology with traditional Japanese ancestry and (...)

April Fool Ninja

GRAND SEIKO

April 2018

This is April Fool’s Day, the Japanese way! Indeed, “a new Spring Drive Grand Seiko has been designed especially for Ninja! The case is inspired by (...)

CASIO NOVELTIES BASELWORLD 2018

March 2018

Casio announces the release of a new addition to the flagship MR-G Series, which is part of its G-SHOCK line of shock-resistant watches. The MRG-G2000HA is (...)

Citizen Promaster

GO BEYOND

March 2018

Since its debut in 1989, the Promaster professional sports watch has been a firm favourite with professionals who challenge their (...)

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 (...)

Reflections and travel notes on the japanese watchmaking market

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

February 2018

Exports of Swiss watches to Japan seem to have decreased again this year. Rolex, Cartier and Omega remain the top brands sold in (...)

Japan transitioning from technology to luxury

JAPAN

February 2018

All have developed a continuum of unparalleled technological innovations, from the use of quartz to solar energy. All have continued to produce large (...)

Seiko has grand plans for the future

INTERVIEW

January 2018

This is the oldest Japanese watch brand, with more than a century of history. It has been in on every technological innovation. But 2017 will remain (...)

Citizen: a strategy of acquisitions

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

January 2018

Unlike its two fellow watchmaking companies which are launching an offensive internationally by moving their own products upmarket, this giant has opted (...)

A brief history of Seiko mechanical chronographs

CHRONOGRAPHS

January 2018

In the mid-60s, a race was raging: who would manage to release the first automatic chronograph wristwatch?

G-SHOCK the world for 35 years

November 2017

2018 is the 35th anniversary of a watch icon, the G-SHOCK, which revolutionised the face of a global industry, and which has just shipped its (...)

Japanese student makes clock that “writes” the time [Video]

August 2017

Reading the time is one thing, but writing it? The Plock does exactly that - a machine that is part work of art, part timekeeper, and all (...)

Seiko opens flagship boutique in London

August 2017

The Japanese watchmaker makes a statement with the opening of its flagship UK location, located in the heart of luxury shopping at (...)

Casio: a question of age

JAPAN

May 2017

How to win over the generations of G-Shock lovers, those teenagers who have since matured? Can ultra-high-tech quartz watches sell for the same price as (...)

CASIO combines traditional Japanese craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology

March 2017

ABOUT JAPANESE WATCHMAKERS

Citizen Caliber 0100

THE ONE-SECOND CHALLENGE

Grand Seiko Urushi

Grand Seiko U.S. Exclusive Limited Edition

“Strengthening the appeal of G-Shock for mature buyers”

INTERVIEW WITH SHIGENORI ITOH CEO

Minase, a window on the watch [Video]

JAPANESE CRAFTS

G-SHOCK MRG Limited edition

CASIO

April Fool Ninja

GRAND SEIKO

CASIO NOVELTIES BASELWORLD 2018

Citizen Promaster

GO BEYOND

What about Japanese independents?

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

Reflections and travel notes on the japanese watchmaking market

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

Japan transitioning from technology to luxury

JAPAN

Seiko has grand plans for the future

INTERVIEW

Citizen: a strategy of acquisitions

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

A brief history of Seiko mechanical chronographs

CHRONOGRAPHS

G-SHOCK the world for 35 years

Japanese student makes clock that “writes” the time [Video]

Seiko opens flagship boutique in London

Casio: a question of age

JAPAN

CASIO combines traditional Japanese craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology