Seiko has added its favorite complication to another watch, this time one featuring a handcrafted dial with multiple layers ...
Urushi lacquer, derived from resinous tree sap and first introduced in Asia thousands of years ago, has—in more recent history—been used to decorate watch dials, pens and other objets with ...
Seiko has welcomed an Urushi GMT into its Presage Craftsmanship Series, a sleek time-teller that merges functionality with a ...
“We saw a great potential to use lacquer hybrids industrially,” says Honda. However, the traditional production process involved in producing urushi is labour-intensive, time-consuming and ...
Japanese independent watchmakers Hajime Asaoka and Jiro Katayama have created unique pieces to benefit the Noto Charity ...
SHIOJIRI, Nagano Prefecture--When artisan Yusuke Iwahara decided to customize his Harley-Davidson, he didn’t just coat the motorcycle’s fuel tank and handlebars with “urushi” lacquer.
Meet the lacquer-dialed Seiko Presage Craftsmanship Series SPB447 and the Cocktail Time Star Bar LE SRPK93 and SRE015 ✓ Fancy ...
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Tokyo provided assistance since the mid-2010s, and local cities offered training assistance for two free years of training from craftsmen.
The floorboards came from another century-old house my carpenter worked on, and with his help I refinished them with urushi, lacquer made from the sap of urushi trees. I splurged on a new wood stove ...
Luxury has often turned to unusual organic materials. In Renaissance Europe artisans created wonders for princely kunstkammer ...
Tokyo provided assistance since the mid-2010s, and local cities offered training assistance for two free years of training from craftsmen.