"Saku" means the "new moon" and "Bou" means the "full
moon", so this word "SAKUBOU" means both new and full moon. For Japanese people, the moon has been the natural tool to give light during the night, the calendar to tell the tide, and the
art in the sky to look at and admire. Now there are so many artificial lights all around and we no longer see the true darkness, therefore we no longer look at the moon with the same
admiration as we did in the past. SAKUBOU was created to admire the moon again on your wrist.
SAKUBOU is also the watch you would enjoy the change of itself
over time. SAKUBOU will be telling you the time and at the same time it will "age" together with you. This is totally a different paradigm in the sense of value - today's overwhelming
sense of value dictates that "new in the box" is the top condition and once opened and worn it will start the clock to deteriorate. SAKUBOU will let you feel the art and beauty in the
"aging" process, which is not the deterioration but the change caused by the time passing, just like us.
Thank you very much.
Specification:
Sakubou
Size - 38mmCase - Kuro-Shibuichi and White gold
※"Shibuichi" is the alloy 75% copper and 25% silver.
Shibuichi means "quarter", so 25% silver made that name. It contained a tiny bit of gold, too.
"Kuro-Shibuichi" is 40% of "Shibuichi" and 60% of
"Shakudo" which is the alloy of copper + 3% gold.
Water resistant - 3 ATM
Movement - cal. mk17
Frequency - 28,800 vph
Number of the stones - 22
Manual winding
Moonphase(accuracy
of one day per 122 years)
engraved by Masahiro Kikuno
Availability - 4 per year.
Price - JPY5,000,000 (before tax).
Thank you very much and please feel free to ask me anything via email or the contact form of
this website.