Jiro Katayama

Horological machines and legacy machines are the best examples, another player is obviously Urwerk. Trying to walk different paths and saving a lot of money, you could have a look at Jiro Katayama aka Otsuka Lotec or Behrens.

Very excited to be receiving this piece in the next week or so. I love the story of Jiro Katayama’s watchmaking journey and will post more pics once I have it on the wrist.

Was able to get this new model by Otsuka Lotec. The wandering hour carousel does recall timepieces by Urwerk, but on the wrist it feels very unique. As with other models by Jiro Katayama, to me, the watch feels as though it was 'engineered' more than 'des

This is the cheapest of Otsukas and least complicated. To me it feels lot different to other things on the market, it is supposed to be reminiscent of old 8mm 3 lens cameras and I think you can see that, to me it is also reminiscent of Vianney Halters Ant

Few photos of my visit to Precision Watch in Tokyo and chat with amazing Jiro Katayama . I am attaching some photos and videos as I feel these watches have to be experienced in motion.

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

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