A FRAMED GRAND SEIKO PEN AND INK DRAWING
By Nobuhiro Kosugi
£1,100
Auction: 16 August 2023 from 06:00 BST
Description
Signed and created by Nobuhiro Kosugi, watch designer at Grand Seiko
This print was won by Jonathan Gilbert of Edinburgh Watch Company, who has donated it to this auction. The work was created at a Hodinkee x Grand Seiko event for RedBar that took place at The Lighthouse in Glasgow in 2019.
Dimensions
40 x 28cm inc frame 28 x 20cm excl frame
Footnote
Note:
Nobuhiro Kosugi was the first watch designer in Japan to receive recognition from the Japanese government as a “Contemporary Master Craftsman.” Among his most celebrated designs is this automatic GMT watch, first offered in 2010. “Its originality comes from the crescent moon shaped profile on the Zaratsu polished, curved lugs.” says Kosugi. Perhaps so, but the combination of this distinctive case with the blue tempered GMT hand, the ivory color dial and the brown leather strap also play a role in creating a design that looks as perfectly understated today as it did nearly a decade ago.