Following the success of the primary version in 2024, Seiko has offered a brand new exhibit at Harajuku’s Seiko Seed location. Aptly named Extremely Specialised Watch Exhibition 2, the brand new occasion will highlight new creations by six in-house designers, every presenting extremely specialised watches for particular customers akin to DJs, ninjas in addition to fictional characters like Santa Claus and vampires.
The Specialised Look ahead to Membership DJs captivates the viewers with its distinctive design that comes with the “infinity mirror” method, creating the phantasm of countless house. Designed to remodel dynamically underneath black gentle, the watch incorporates a dial that seamlessly combines Lumibrite and fluorescent paint, displaying the time from 6 p.m. to five a.m.
The Ninja Stealth Watch is crafted for stealth, permitting time-telling and not using a look. Designed with a sliding cowl and tactile arms and hour markers, it allows discreet time studying in full darkness. Its accompanying deer leather-based strap attracts inspiration from Japanese archery gloves and could be adjusted to suit varied arm sizes.
Designed for these with nocturnal life, the Vampire-Unique Watch spotlights a dial that solely shows time between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. The watch additionally incorporates a rotating bezel with coloured stones, representing the time handed because the final blood-sucking and obscures daytime hours with semi-transparent ink to keep away from confusion.
As for the Egg-Boiling Look ahead to Boiled Egg Lovers, the piece is conceptualized to assist customers obtain the proper soft-boiled or hard-boiled eggs. It incorporates a case constituted of a novel plastic materials containing 10% eggshell, a gradient dial and an eco-friendly strap that’s additionally derived from eggs.
That includes Arabic numerals from 7 p.m. to six a.m., the Santa Claus’ Specialised Watch is specifically designed to assist him ship presents at evening. The watch’s mushy, rounded curves mirror Santa’s light presence, whereas the star-shaped GMT hand permits him to verify the time throughout a number of time zones.
Final however not least, the Look ahead to Women in Love is designed to intensify pleasure by incorporating a “flower fortune-telling” operate, the place the disc hand rotates to disclose “LOVE me” or “LOVE me NOT.” The hand incorporates a delicate flower petal design whereas the domed glass refracts gentle to maintain secret emotions hidden. This cute and considerate design goals to deliver pleasure and encouragement to younger ladies in love, with a pink leather-based strap as a pleasant secret recognized solely to the wearer.
Every watch displays the designers’ creativity and the corporate’s dedication to innovation, pushing the boundaries of conventional watchmaking. The exhibition is open till February 16 with free admission. For extra data, head over to the exhibition’s official web site.
Seiko Seed
WITH HARAJUKU 1F
1-14-30 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo 150-0001
Japan
