Takamaki Timepiece

Description:

Takamaki Timepiece
1.4435NcU stainless steel case with fluted sides. Diameter 43.00 mm height 14.00. Sapphire crystal, historical hand-winding movement caliber FHF 96, time display by revolving hour disk à „Souscription“. The dial made from Urushi Japan lacquer in high relief „takamaki“ black lacquer conches, shells and snails on black ground imitating the sand of the ocean‘s shore. A few small diamonds representing dew drops. The technique of black on black lacquering is called „yamimaki“. Timepiece and dial  completely hand made in the atelier in Bern, Switzerland.

Metiers d‘Art - Takamaki

Takamakie or „raised maki-e“ is one of the three major techniques in maki-e art.
Developed in the Muromachi Period (1336–1573), the technique of takamakie involves building up design patterns above the surface through a mixture of metal powder, charcoal or clay powder and urushi lacquer

Angular Momentum & Manu Propria is the first and only Swiss watch manufacturer offering timepieces with dials made in Takamaki technique executed in the own ateler in Switzerland.

„It took me many years of training and experimenting to develop the skills to execute takamaki works on watch dials of a probably unique quality. This exceptional takamaki dial is completely built up to its maximum height of 4.20 mm by applying layers and layers of black urushi and metal powders before final detail execution. The working process took 90 days. Martin Pauli“