Seiko Power Design Project: Passionately and Obsessively Crafted Watches Exhibition
Seiko is hosting its annual Power Design Project exhibition in London, showcasing non-production concept watches created by the brand's designers based on their personal passions. The exhibition, themed 'Passionately and Obsessively Crafted Watches,' will be on display at Japan House London from August 27th to September 15th and is free to attend. While these are concept pieces, Seiko has previously produced watches based on designs that garnered significant interest.
- Exhibition theme: 'Passionately and Obsessively Crafted Watches'
- Location: Japan House London
- Dates: August 27th - September 15th
- Admission: Free
The 'Machining Marks' concept by Naoya Sukeda features a case and dial made from a single steel block, with exaggerated, uniform machining marks celebrating the manufacturing process.
Yu Ishihara's 'Spherical Surface' concept extends the domed sapphire glass design to the entire watch, with concentric rings forming the bezel, case, and crown guard.
The 'Dial Texture' watch by Takuya Matsumoto is inspired by the Alhambra Palace, featuring an intricately embossed dial with traditional Japanese motifs representing a river, the sun, a starry sky, and falling snow.
Kento Ito's 'Manual Winding' concept includes a rotating bezel that meshes with the crown to wind the watch, with an off-centre handstack to accommodate an exaggerated power reserve indicator.
Miho Wada's 'Bar Indices' watch utilizes bar indices as the primary design element, forming a geometric mosaic across the entire dial, housed within a rectangular case.
Akihiro Hasegawa's 'Day Indicator' watch presents day indications through three apertures, showing today's day in English and Japanese with positive affirmations, and tomorrow's day in Japanese.
The 'Hands' concept by Yuki Omori features Seiko's cat mascot, Ten-chan, with its hands as seconds, feet as minutes, and tail as hours, referencing the Japanese term 'needles' for watch hands.