Watch to Travel Japan with Scents and Art
Tokyo, a Japan’s brand as well as the leading center of a new culture. Sumo-wrestling, the part Japanese Shinto ritual, part festival, and part martial arts or budō, and also a traditional form of entertainment.
TOKYO series is decorated with the symbolic art of Tokyo.
TOKYO White
TOKYO Gray
SUMO Black
SUMO Blue
Enveloped by forest, feel the breeze in whiteness.
The scent of hinoki, a high-quality building material is well known for its natural insect repelling and relaxing qualities. Hōryū-ji, a Buddhist temple built in the Asuka period, is a famous building constructed from this wood. Japanese people with long lives have been known to enjoy hinoki’s scent from 1300 years ago. Its English name is “Japanese Cypress”.
Feel the fragrance loved by the three most beautiful women in the world.
A fresh and elegant scent of Sumi wafts in the air . Feel like an aristocrat with a watch that produces a scent which has been loved by them from ancient times for its rarity and preciousness. The scent can help you concentrate, and calm your nerve.
The flavor of the Japanese spirit
Smell the wonderful citrus essence that have been used by Japanese people since time immemorial. It has been used in delightful Japanese cuisine. This calming fragrance was incredibility popular during the Edo period. Yuzu is the flavor of the Japanese spirit, and it continues to permeate into Japanese life to this very day.
Scent of Agarwood Incense adds “healing” to our everyday lives.
It is said that incense was introduced into Japan with Buddhism around the 6th century. During the Heian period (794-1185), it became popular among the aristocracy. In Sengoku period (1467-1590), it is said that the samurai warriors perfumed their armors. They burned the incense to calm their minds before going to a battle. The incense has been used in various places throughout the ages. Nowadays, it is added to our everyday lives to ‘heal’ modern people tired from daily stress.
Glittering Day and Night. The World's Ticking TOKYO
Illuminated by the rising sun, people start moving. The white-based color of the dial plate represents the meaning of “bright”, “possibility”, “infinity” and “peace”. Flying birds represent “hope” “leap forward” and “freedom”. They are expressed in the design in combination with the Japanese traditional scent of Hinoki.
Tokyo nightscape with the moon light.
The dial-plate shows the streets of Tokyo glitter like jewels in the moonlight at night. The scent of yuzu (citrus) brings out the atmosphere of “calmness”, “cool” and “elegance”.
The wrestler's loincloth (mawashi) in “purple” has been a special color approved to wear only for “yokozuna”, the champion wrestler.
Sumo wrestling, where a rikishi (wrestler) competes with his opponent by grappling with each other in the ring. And, Mawashi is only one thing that rikishi wears to fight at a grand sumo tournament. Sekitori includes the top and the second highest division among the six ranked divisions of professional sumo. They are allowed to wear navy blue and purple.The rikishi who is under the Makushita uses the white mawashi made from cotton or sailcloth. The design uses purple as the background color and color of the mawashi to express the highest rank.
“Sumo wrestler's appearance of bravely stamping one's feet for a warm-up” is expressed in the design.
For the rikishi motif and its background, there is a “sayagata” pattern. It means infinity. And, is considered to be a pattern of “timeless eternity”. It indicates a family's prosperity or long life. It is preferred to be worn during a celebration since ancient times. This is because of its endless, continuous pattern.
Memories are more than just landscapes. They are the air and the scents from places you’ve been. This is the birth of a product which exhibits the technology and spirit of Japanese craftsmanship and fragrances of Japan both domestically and internationally.
Usually, most of watches around this price range are produced overseas and are of unreliable quality. Our company has pursued quality in creating the “KAORU” series, producing the watch domestically in order to create “a special product which can represent Japan”.
Unique Silicon Straps
The scents emitted by “KAORU” are generated by silicon straps which have undergone a unique process. These watches are 100% made in Japan and are a collaboration between a Japanese flavoring company, a rubber company, and a watch manufacturer.The silicon strap has a supple quality, wrapping in a way that epitomizes a Japanese sense of subtleness. *The surface of silicon strap adopts the special pattern of hemp leaf.
Special Specification of JAPAN MADE
KAORU is made to JAPAN MADE specifications, established by Japanese manufacturers and the watch manufacturer working in collaboration.
Elastic Texture
The elastic texture of the silicon strap has a supple quality, wrapping in a way that epitomizes a Japanese sense of subtleness.
The Pursuit of Comfort
Soft silicon that fits to wrist. Hypoallergenic materials allow you to wear KAORU comfortably.
One Size Fits All
“I don't know their wrist size, but I want to give them this as a gift!” You don’t need to worry about size when giving KAORU as a present.
Seiko Epson quartz movement installed.
KAORU adopts “Seiko Epson Made” three hand quartz movement internationally recognized for its reliable quality and precision. The Japan Made movement alters from vibrations that is crystal oscillated 32,768 times per second into the movements of second hand, and its precision is within lunar equation ± 20 seconds.
SPEC
| Brand | KAORU | ||||
| Color | Tokyo WHITE KAORU002TH / Tokyo GRAY KAORU002TY Sumo wrestling BLACK KAORU002SB / Sumo wrestling BLUE KAORU002SJ |
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| Case material | Polucarbonate | ||||
| Case size | Height38 × Width38mm / Thickness8.5mm | ||||
| Strap material | Silicone | ||||
| Strap size | Width18mm / Circumference 12.5-21cm | ||||
| Weight | 28g | Waterproof | Water resistant | ||
| Movement | Japan Made | Assembled | Japan | ||
| Case cover | Plactic | Warranty | Half year | ||
More Choices
All six types of JAPAN series consist of Japan’s representative Mt.Fuji, talisman Maneki-neko and Daruma, the samurai warriors Oda Nobunaga and Sanada Yukimura designed as motifs.
All three types of KYOTO series consists of Chōjū-giga Model that is a caricature scroll depicting humorous rabbit and frog, and Kyoto’s symbol, the Maiko design.
All two types of OSAKA series consist of friendly Osaka dialect design and illustration of local food.
Each watch chooses a story of Japanese Virtue
Japanese Patterns of package portray Japanese traditions and sporits.
The packageing is cute like bag of candy and makes for an ideal present.
The logos of “KAORU” and “Made in Japan” are engraved in the back of the watches case as an assurance of quality.