Kurono Reiwa

Beautifully executed. Just arrived this week. The lacquered black centre and blue/green perimeter of the cylindrical dial really do achieve impressive depth. Magical in sunlight. This is the 5th Kurono I’ve bought and by a long long way the best.

So far I am happy, they look both very nice in terms of case, hands and dial work. The reason why I bought them was their design and I don’t mind the simple movement. At this price point and even in the price level above, I struggle to find dress watches

Hajime Asaoka is back. A new Kurono will be coming soon and in line with the previous sales approach, it will be offered on a single day and in non-limited quantity for those who order it. It is from the Reiwa series and has a two part dial, with a lapis

Recently stumbled upon the Grand Seiko guy’s wonderful website/substack and the Seiko guy’s complete guide to vintage GS webpage and have completely gone head first into this little area of the watch world. Had I found this stuff out during the pandemic I

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