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Japanese ephemeral papers

Japanese ephemeral papers

In Japan, it is often said that the packaging is more important than what’s inside. In a gift – or simply with the food one brings home from the market – (...)

Daizoh Makihara: horological delicacies

Daizoh Makihara: horological delicacies

This former cook made a radical career change in the mid 2000s. In a process that is the horological equivalent of slow cooking, he makes one watch per (...)

Masahiro Kikuno: time is anything but linear

Masahiro Kikuno: time is anything but linear

Masahiro Kikuno made his mark on the horological map with the Wadokei, back in 2011. Since then, he has produced no more than one or two watches a year, (...)

HYT Watches names Vahé Vartzbed as new CEO

HYT Watches names Vahé Vartzbed as new CEO

The announcement sees Vahé Vartzbed, who joined the independent Swiss watch brand 10 months ago, take up the new role, along with several organisational (...)

Minase: windows on rare crafts

Minase: windows on rare crafts

The growing Japanese brand specialises in unique case-in-case designs, Sallaz polishing and the inclusion of artisanal crafts.

Casio: calculating time

Casio: calculating time

Exactly 50 years ago, in 1974, Casio, the leading name in calculators, launched the Casiotron – a completely novel concept of time measurement not as gears (...)

Citizen: en route for the next 100 years

Citizen: en route for the next 100 years

In 1924 the Shokosha Institute brought out its first entirely Japanese-made pocket watch and named it Citizen. A century later, Citizen is a heavyweight in (...)

Iconic japanese calibres

Iconic japanese calibres

Our thanks to Hirota Masayuki (Chronos Japan) for this selection.

Credor: 50 years of understated sophistication

Credor: 50 years of understated sophistication

Founded in 1974, Credor is both the most understated and the most sophisticated brand in the Seiko galaxy.

Horological uchronias: what if... Switzerland had embraced quartz?

Horological uchronias: what if... Switzerland had embraced quartz?

SERIES

For more than 20 years, quartz did so much damage to mechanical watchmaking, we no longer consider the reasons why it emerged nor why the Swiss watch (...)

“What if...”: welcome to horological uchronia!

“What if...”: welcome to horological uchronia!

INTRODUCTION

Uchronia is an appealing concept. A pure thought exercise. The philosopher appreciates its eminently speculative nature. The journalist balks at the (...)

Grand Seiko Dô: the way of precision and elegance

Grand Seiko Dô: the way of precision and elegance

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

100 years of the Seiko wristwatch

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. (...)

TAOS, beautiful beginnings

TAOS, beautiful beginnings

Watchmaker Olivier Gaud, artisan Olivier Vaucher and artist Dominique Vaucher are the founders of TAOS. Together they create artisan watches that show off (...)

“Japanese brands have all come to the same conclusion: move upmarket”

“Japanese brands have all come to the same conclusion: move upmarket”

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 (...)

Byrne: changing faces

Byrne: changing faces

Despite the many newcomers swelling the ranks of watch brands each year, genuinely innovative concepts are few and far between. Launched in 2022, indie (...)

A year of symbols for Japan

A year of symbols for Japan

EDITORIAL

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 (...)

In the Mood for Tissot: the debut in Hong Kong (1920–1997)

In the Mood for Tissot: the debut in Hong Kong (1920–1997)

It is always interesting to re-evaluate Tissot’s business choices and activities in China from a present-day perspective. Just recently, 2023 saw the launch (...)

“I've set Tissot a target of 5 million watches a year”

“I’ve set Tissot a target of 5 million watches a year”

Not all Swiss watch brands subscribe to the strategy of scaling back production as part of the industry’s push upmarket. Some use a different playbook, as (...)

Arizona Fine Time: a grassroots dealer's grit and glory

Arizona Fine Time: a grassroots dealer’s grit and glory

Outside the vortex of the ‘super retailers’, a standalone watch store from the desert city of Scottsdale was spotted in Geneva at a constellation of brand (...)