KURONO Celebrating Collectors 2021 - Flipbook - Page 62
茜茜
GRAND:AKANE
Ku ro n o ’s fi rs t ar tisan-level tim e pi ece - the G rand:Akane
‘ 茜 ’ - i n N ovem ber 2 0 2 0 , with a unique l y made urus hi di al featur i ng a
‘ Hamo n ( 刃 文 ) ’ p attern that is finishe d wi th the tradi ti onal J apanes e
‘ N iiro 煮 色 ’ c h em ical treatment, and fur ther s eal ed by an addi ti onal
laye r o f s u k i - u ru shi ( transp arent lacquer ).
T h e d es i gn i s finished with arab ic numeral s i n s i l ver, and the
c h ara c ter ‘ 茜’ at the 6 o ’clo c k p o siti on al l udes to the col or of the
d ia l ba s ed o n the imag e o f a d aruma s uns et. The G rand:Akane
fe a t u res a special, never seen b efo re cas eback that i s s i gni fi cant
on ly to th e ‘ Grand ’ line o f watches - Haj i me As aoka’s cal l i graphi c
sig n a t u re, fl a n ked by his hanko imp res s i on and the Kurono l ogo.
Th e Gra n d: A ka ne is the result o f mo re than a year ’s wor th of des i gn
a n d d evel o p m e nt. T his p ar ticularly uni que di al i s created by an
u ru sh i m a s ter craf tsman to H ajime As aoka’s ar ti s ti c and ex acti ng
s ta n da rds a n d the d ial’s c o lo r and character wi l l conti nue to change
ove r ti m e, a c c ord ing to how and where i ts owner wears and s tores
it . To geth er w i t h the lig ht-p lay ef fect i ntroduced by ever y Kurono’s
u n iqu e box s a pp hire, the Grand :A kane s ci nti l l ates between deep ruby
to s u n s et : o r w here shad ows c an cas t s hades of bl ack under tones ,
a n d w h i te o f fi ce lig hts allow the underl y i ng orangey -red metal l i c
h u e s to pl ay d ominant.
‘茜 ’
