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Good morning! A few weeks ago I came across some images in Instagram of Jiro Katayama's watches which are labeled with the Otsuka Lotec brand. I've done a little digging around and can see that some of his last activity (besides his recent Instagram posti...  

Non lo conoscevo e lo devo condividere assolutamente con un amico che impazzisce per lo stile steampunk. (agli altri il compito di tradurre). Back to us, i've just found out a page full of photos. lotec.blog24.fc2.com His work is great, i lov... 

Sono contento che puoi condividere questi orologi con il tuo amico, anche a me piace tanto lo stile steampunk! Yes, i was really captivated by his style and the fact that I hadn't heard of his work before. Thanks for the link to the images, I hadn't seen ... 

First one looks a bit too thick, but I would love to see the second one on my wrist, and if I like it, even buy one. Thanks for sharing. Vte ...  

Love the comparative image! I have to ask a friend of mine to translate what it says on the Lotec dial of the model you have. Maybe Ken if he sees this post can help. Glad that you like these pieces. I think the first pice might not be so thick. from the ... 

Hi, Sebastian. That's a mA meter on the front of one of my tube amplifiers. It was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw your post, both being hand made in Japan. I checked Jiro's blog and found some info on the watches, and a couple of videos o... 

That'd be great to have a matching piece for the amplifier Thanks for the other link too. I think it's similar to what PiccoloChimico gave us. In the mean time I'll also see if I can contact him through a friend who speaks Japanese. I'll let you know if w... 

Credit: gfoo Best wishes Alkiro ...  

For a second I thought it might have been somebody involved in the design of the Zeitmaschine, but then realized that it's two different conceptions of a similar idea. The Lotec piece seems more straightforwardly steampunk, for some reason they also bring... 

Agree with you about Azimuth style. Always very interesting to see new brands and watches. Hope I will learn more about this one. Best wishes Alkiro

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With the blue R2D2 theme, and the gold 3CPO. Regardless of the Star Wars them I think they're great! too bad that we don't have any of the owners of these pieces produced here on PuristPro I was hoping for some first hand images! Thanks for this! Saluti! ... 

My friend was able to take contact with Jiro Katayama and got some info on the pricing. PM me if you'd like specifics, but both models seem to be available and they are quite affordable, we're talking in the low to mid 100K Yen plus tax, so for the qualit...