HAJIME ASAOKA
A Japanese industrial designer who is a self-taught watchmaker, Hajime Asaoka began watch production in 2005 and released his first Tourbillon in 2009. He designs and fabricates majority of the watch parts in his workshop in Tokyo. In 2019, Hajime Asaoka founded a second brand named Kurono to offer affordable yet high quality mechanical watches that share the same Art Deco design elements that Asaoka-san utilises in his eponymous brand.
The watch to own: The Tsunami
KONSTANTIN CHAYKIN
A Russian master watchmaker who holds more than 60 patents for inventions in the field of watchmaking, Chaykin is the creator of the most complicated clock ever made in Russia with 26 different indicators for horological and astronomical values. But he is best known for his whimsical watches with high complications. His
