That George Daniels book is the best thing to ever happen to independent watchmaking.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

I had the chance of filming recently his personal watch, felt privileged

This is top tier content. Thank you

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

That’s very nice of you, thanks so much!! 🙏

Thanks Marc for everything you do, for showing us all these beautiful timepieces.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Many many thanks 🙏

He is one seriously talented watchmaker. Wow, absolutely beautiful watches.

@naleenperera1969

2 жыл бұрын

What About His Watches Proven Time Accuracy ? Rather Than His Watches Out Look Designs ?

That tourbillon is gorgeous!! Look forward to the rest of the Japan series.

He is MY idol... I had the luck to see one of his watches - simply mindblowing, ingenious...

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Nice!!!! Thanks

Real watch makers are always artists.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Very true!

Amazing and thank you for not forgetting about the small guys . Great video

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

We love the small guys! Thanks

Such exciting times we live in, when we have access to this kind of top notch content. Thank you for another great video!

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

That’s very very nice of you, thanks a lot 🙏🙏

Great report from Japan, I’m so glad that you produce these!

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

I have never heard of Hajime Asaoka before, but now I am in love with his creations! Thank you very much for this wonderful documentary.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome and thanks a lot for this nice comment. Best to you

@naleenperera1969

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously Yes...............

These reports on the great watchmakers are a great contribution to world horology! Keep up the brilliant work, Marc: eventually, it will receive its highly deserved great recognition and rewards!

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Would be nice but already having a blast doing what er do!!!

Terrific interview, Marc Andre. Your content is priceless, my friend. Mr. Asaoka is a very unique watchmaker, everything about his timepieces is specific to himself. His dials and balance wheels in particular (tourbillon included). By the way, like you, he has a great taste in glasses I see.

As a visitor to Japan 16 times, I assure everyone, Japan embraces high-end creative timepieces. Around 2010 in the summer, there was a timepiece Expo advertised all over Tokyo. Admission was FREE. I arrived dressed in shorts and sneakers. The watch dealers were in the finest suits and dresses. Yet they still welcomed me and urged me to stay and enjoy. It was the first time I handled a two million dollar Cartier timepiece. I feel SEIKO makes fine watches at any price point. I hope you visit Japan again. Thank you for a great presentation.

I like the watch you're wearing! Saw it in one of your episodes! :) More power to the channel.

Very cool to see this!! So awesome to see his dial pad printer he made by converting a press machine on the background. He even made the moulds and cast the pads! Truly inspirational! Thank you 🙏 I’m loving the interviews of the independents

Thanks for this - one of my favorite watch makers! The independent watch makers is where the creativity happens.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

We often see this indeed!

Another excellent video with great content Marc.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this 🙏🙏

Great content. Keep up the good work.

... I've always admired your genuine passion for horology Marc... Keep up the excellent work... Vivaaa!!

@WATCHESTVcom

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks and really happy you like what we do, very appreciated!

Amazing Marc, 6 years follow to Hajime, he is a Master Watchmaker, VIVA WATCHMAKING !!! ❤❤

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

That's right, a huge VIVA!!! Best to you

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Love this video, UNIVERSAL watchmaking indeed !!! Exciting and very impressive !

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks and there are indeed talents all around the world, hope to visit many more!!

Appreciate this very much! Self taught and yet innovating! Brilliant independent watchmaking.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

We like it too ;) Best to you

@melchizedekpsj

5 жыл бұрын

@@WATCHESTVcom 👍

Thanks for covering the independents. This is a underappreciated segment

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

And thanks for appreciating this, we love them!!!! All the very best to you

Thank you so much Marc André, you are truly unique. I admire you, and I love the fact that you ventured into Japanese,watchmaking. Grand Seiko is my favourite brand, so I’m sure you’ll be doing something with them.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Many many thanks for this and we’ll indeed have something regarding Seiko coming soon, but in a couple if weeks, still requires quite some work ;)

Thank you for a very cool video, those tourbillons are beautiful, the dial design so nicely balanced, classy yet modern, complicated yet elegantly simple, hints of Art Deco style, wow really shows his background as designer...amazing!

Thank you for this very interesting episode, Marc-André, and looking forward to the rest of the tour of Japan! I briefly met Mr Asaoka at last year's Baselworld. He seems humble, low key, and I know he is a genuine watch enthusiast, of all kinds of watches, also lesser known brands. His art deco inspired watches are so elegant. Interesting to hear about how he values the design of the whole watch, and that he feels about the communication of that and its reception. It puts an interesting light on his collecting watches, too. I would have liked to hear more about what it is that makes great design, in his view. I also had the idea that he used really old fashioned methods to make his parts, but there was no mention of this in this episode, almost to the contrary with his liasion with Yuki. Now onto that one!

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this inspiring comment, many things to uncover still!!

Merci beaucoup Marc et bravo pour votre contenu de qualité .

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Merci à vous de nous regarder et merci beaucoup pour ce commentaire, ça nous fait très plaisir!

Just discovered your channel, this is great! I'm expecting my Kurono Tokyo White Shiro to arrive this week, and while it's obviously not one of the "5 a year" atelier watches, Hajime-san designed it and I'm so excited to finally have it!

@WATCHESTVcom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much and great to hear this!!! I'm sure you will enjoy it greatly, bravo to you

@cdevarona

Жыл бұрын

Just came here to see this after Kurono just announced their chronograph mark2 . I hope to get it!

Thank you very much for the very interesting report! It was exciting to see Hajime Asaoka in person. I follow his Instagram since one year and always wondered who he is.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Well there you go ;) Thanks for watching!!

I actually have a copy of George Daniels' book. I've read it a few times, but I haven't found the money or opportunity to purchase a small lathe. I have many pages of designs for both the mechanical and artistic aspects of timepieces. I hope that I can bring those designs to fruition like Hajime Asaoka and Masahiro Kikuno.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Perseverance ;) All the very best to you!

@noelr9376

4 жыл бұрын

I have his book also but it’s hard to find the tools to make the watches. I also wish there was a school nearby to teach some of it. George Daniels was the reason I wanted to make a watch and also the reason I didn’t. When he said he invested 3,000 hrs on one watch, I said nope. You basically have to become a monk, and give up your life to the holy monestary of watchmaking. I love watchmaking, but not enough to drop everything for it.

Expanding the universe o The watches TV, cool, keep it up Marc!!

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Still so much to be uncovered !!!

@rarts2000

5 жыл бұрын

@@WATCHESTVcom can'nt wait :)

Thank you for this 😘😍🥰

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Very welcome, always a pleasure to!

Amazing to be a member of AHCI in such a short time

Great interview. This man is a treasure.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Totally!!! Nice comment

It's nice to see you getting out and about. I would recommend having a look at Minase watches. I find their design philosophy very interesting.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I had met them in Geneva and would really like to visit their set up. Original design, interesting.

Those are some of the most beautiful watches I’ve ever seen.

So glad you got to experience Japan! I lived there for three years in the 90's. Quite the culture shock!

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, but such an interesting country!

Geat video, great information, great host, thank you.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for this!! And all the very best to you

Great video, as always. I truly love the pieces coming from indie watchmakers, particularly the recent generation from Asia. They have a completely unique, deeply cultural aesthetic that's more distinct and at times, more innovative than what's coming from the west. However, I've been curious about any differences and/or concerns with maintenance and support from smaller, one or two--person brands. When spending 5 or 6 figures on one of their pieces, with production runs of a handful per year, how are they able to provide efficient long-term maintenance, repairs, etc. for their products?

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

There is indeed a little risk but at the same time and if you stick to strict mechanics then any watch should be repairable by any good watchmaker ;)

Finally a long video!!

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Finally 😉

Very impressive man. Very nice watches.

Impeccable finishing on his watches. Love independent watchmakers. They fill a void in my appetite for watches.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

We understand!

Very cool respect that and I’m sure you enjoy trip to Japan👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Cheers Alan

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, was great and very inspiring!

Amazing

Great work

Love 💕 the independents & their creative spirit. Could you do one on Christiaan van der Klaauw/ Dutch watchmakers ?

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Hope to visit him one day!!!

Thanks, Marc!

Absolutely wonderful 😍

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and best to you!

What an inspirational guy! His work is fantastic.

Great interview,it would be nice though see the workshop

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

We only saw this one, since the other one is not at the same location, but perfect excuse to go back ;)

A work of craftsmanship and art

Incredible

Asaoka's design language really speaks to me. His watches are quite technical and I understand now why. I love his designs, simple, very effective and with a fantastic finish.

Great content

@WATCHESTVcom

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Wow great video.👍👌

Viva watchmaking #Perpetual!

=) some unique paths towards watchmaking show themselves in the watches you see at the end. I‘m also planning to teach watchmaking to myself one day, it looks like an interesting hobby after all.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

A beautiful one but requires patience ;)

@SnowmansApartment

5 жыл бұрын

TheWATCHES.tv :) i think i have more patience than enough.

I hope you enjoyed your time in Japan! It’s a shame I couldn’t meet you here in Tokyo! You should organize a get together with all the Tokyo fans lol, cheers!

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

We’ll have to come back!!! 👍👍

Lovely

Thanks

Stunning Achievement. Tourbillon

Marc, have you seen Konstantins new piece called Mars Conqurer mk1? it is very interesting!

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Super interesting indeed, he showed it me when i visited him but naturally we couldn’t yet talk about it ;)

That is a cool Snap Back. How can i get one???? Ps: great cover story.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Haha, happy you like it, we might get some in the future ;)

never underestimate the passion and dedication of a Japanese craftsman

Beautiful watches by independent watchmakers Hajime Asaoka.

It's good that scale of the metallic pieces was shown, one thing to watch this video on a large monitor screen, the other is to see watches in person. Monitor screen cannot really show you how small and impressive these watches are, but I am sure most people subscribed to this channel have some clue...

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Especially now in 4k ;)

What a beautiful man

That tourbillon watch is so beautiful!

Nice interview, although I would've liked if you'd have asked him how to learn the art of watchmaking, I wonder how he'd answer that question.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

We’ll take care of this later ;)

Wow

I am so impressed iam watch machanic

That man is a genius

@WATCHESTVcom

3 жыл бұрын

And a great character!

@CyberBeep_kenshi

3 жыл бұрын

@@WATCHESTVcom yes indeed. Very humble man. I don't wanna know what these watches cost though lol. Happy with my Steinhart here. Hehe

cool intro music. anybody know the title?

Complements to the camera people for these awesome shots.

@WATCHESTVcom

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for this 👍👍

👏👏👏

Cool

If I ever strike it rich I would like to get a Japanese artisan watch. They’re amazing

wowwwwww

Did he present you with a watch or could you be able to buy one from him ?if possible buy one for your collection it will be good for your family in future think it over thanks

I'm proud of Japanese manufacturing.

As Hayashi the Magician at Fool Us said: No matter who you are (Patek, VC, ,etc...), no matter how hard you work or how good you think you are (Rolex), there will always be an asian who takes it to the next level!. Very much indeed.

7:25 my god that's as good as it gets.

I love Japanese innovation. unlike some .. they aren't out to steal ideas.. they are looking to improve the art.

I guess after some sake , the language barrier disappeared completely , right Deschoux san ?

Advanced Host Controller Interface :)

Luxury watch...

Watchmaking at it's best.

You can tell someone is serious about watchmaking when they have a book by George Daniels on their shelf.

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

True ;)

A pure shokunin...

You look so hip with your hat worn backwards... more Eleanor!

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha ;)

Shame that you didnt have time to ask Asaoka San about his reasons for starting the Kurono branded watches and his vision for this company

i fucks with you homie👊

"Hajime" is what you say when your start a karate combat, right? ;)

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe...

Hajime use staff... I think his watch not independent anymore Do you agree? I like H. Kikuno watch.... Hajime watch to perfect to be call independent watch

@WATCHESTVcom

4 жыл бұрын

And Kikuno watches are very good and interesting too 👍👍

I bet hajime could put Philippe Dufour in his place

His tourbillons are amazing! Elegant with beutifull faces intersting watmaker.

Are Seiko's JDMs really that much better compared to their Seiko 5 line from Vietnam and China? One of the few companies still producing decent mid-level priced watches.

I prefer another japanese independent watch maker.... Hajime use staff... I think his watch not independent anymore Do you agree?

@WATCHESTVcom

4 жыл бұрын

Well independent doesn’t necessarily mean a one-man show ;)