Wabi-Sabi Inspired Retrograde

The Wabi-Sabi Mirror: The Poetics of Time’s Emptiness

Sato’s schedule often resembled the flashing ticker of the New York Stock Exchange: 7:00—project proposal, 9:30—meeting with suppliers, 14:00—site inspection…
If his life were a watch, it should have been one overflowing with “information overload.”

Yet in his grandfather’s final days, what he passed to Sato was something entirely different—a mechanical watch with a silver dial that carried almost no text at all.

Sunburst patterns ripple gently across the dial, like the soft waves of a lake. The hands are as thin as threads of silk. And the lone number “31” hangs quietly at the top, like an unfinished sentence suspended in time.

At first, Sato considered replacing it with a modern “smart reminder.” But one day, as his fingers brushed across the warmth of the crocodile leather strap, he suddenly understood:
Emptiness is not absence—it is space where infinite possibilities unfold.

The vacant dial becomes a canvas of time, waiting to be filled with either the rush of meetings or the stillness of daydreams. And the retrograde hand? It whispers of a silent desire—that fleeting hope to return, even for a moment, to the time already gone.

This philosophy of wabi-sabi lives within our craftsmanship. The watch houses a modified 8215 movement, enhanced with a retrograde function: when the hour or minute hand reaches the end of its scale, it does not continue in a circle but jumps back instantly, resetting the rhythm of time with mechanical grace. Its 316L stainless steel case offers durability and refinement, while customization options—engraved logos and diverse movement functions—allow each piece to carry a unique identity.

This is more than a watch. It is a philosophy of time, a handcrafted story, and a personal canvas—crafted to remind you that even in a crowded life, there must be room for silence.