KURONO Celebrating Collectors 2021 - Flipbook - Page 83
CHRONOGRAPH 2
‘ What really makes Kurono so intriguing, bey ond these more
approachable price points , is the design language utilised across
the v arious lines . This Japanese take on Art-Deco design has really
caught the ey e of collectors around the w orld. No detail is left
unconsidered and the Kurono designs really reviv e an era of more
classical proportions and aesthetics .’
Z a c h B l a s s , T i m e + T i d e ( 2 0 21 )
‘Chronographs are the most elite measurement tools around and
Kurono has really taken that to heart by including almost ev ery
possible counter or scale y ou could w ant , all packed into the dial
without looking cluttered. The lay out is the same as the original
model and it still looks amazing, the interconnected dials and
v arious measuring scales draw the ey e and the longer y ou look at
it the more details y ou see ….With the launch of the Chronograph 2 ,
they ’ v e risen to expectations and created a super stylish Art Deco
inspired w atch packed full of information and mechanical goodies .’
O r a c l e T i m e ( 2 0 21 )
‘The dial is busy and complex, mainly due to the unusual placement of the
tachymeter scale at the center, but ev ery decision on its execution has
been made with an ey e tow ard legibility and creating something that’s
purely ey e catching.... It also retains one of my fav orite small details that
Asaoka has implemented in his Kurono line: hour markers that are simple ,
polished steel studs . This is a rarely seen method of marking the hours and
giv es the Chronograph 2 a unique Art Deco flourish.’
Z a c h K a z a n , Wo r n & Wo u n d ( 2 0 21 )
‘In the Kurono Chronograph 2 , Hajime Asaoka’s design language is
once again at the core of what is a charmingly full mid-century dial
design. The Reiw a cocoa brown centre plays a stylish game with
the copper tachymetre scale intersecting the large twin registers ...
the polished small nugget of 38mm simply displays all w e w ant
in a vintage chronograph, with the bright polished details clearly
denoting the Art Deco magic w and of Hajime Asaoka.’
T h o r S v a b o e , T i m e + T i d e ( 2 0 21 )
