Explore the Delicate Balance of Tradition, Craftsmanship and Innovation in the Kiwame Tokyo Kubo Collection.

In an era when boutique watch brands are relentlessly seeking to differentiate themselves, Kiwame Tokyo, under the experienced helm of Masami Watanabe, has swiftly emerged as a front-runner. Over three decades of work in the watch industry has culminated in a brand that seamlessly brings together ancient Japanese architectural and cultural nuances into a wearable art form.

The latest in their series of uniquely curated watch designs is the Kubo collection. Named after the Japanese character for a ‘hollow or recessed space’, the collection draws heavily from the aesthetics solar nuances, depth, and shadow often found in traditional Japanese architecture and landscaping. The real appeal of the Kubo collection lies not in elements that stand out but those that subtlety lurk, offering gentle, mesmerizing play of light and shadows.

The Kubo’s dial is a rich multi-layered lacquer surface, playing as a backdrop to the dance of light and shadows. Applied Arabic numeral indices stand sharp and brushed against the glossy dial base. The dial, also home to motifs drawn from Japanese landmarks, gloriously represents the brand’s legacy while ensuring continuity with their other collections consistently.

Kiwame Tokyo offers the Kubo Collection in three distinct colorways, showcasing a variety of traditional Japanese tones and textures, creating a unique symphony of depth, lacquer and colour that Beauty of depth is unravelled in the simplest of forms, providing a tactile experience of time like no other.