Speake-Marin Kennin-Ji Temple Masters Project Watch

The Kennin-ji Temple Masters Project is really a one-off piece commissioned by a skilled collector who's enthusiastic about high-quality artisanal craft and thinks that it's the people involved that impart a Luxury watch using its “soul”. And thinking about the calibre from the master craftsmen involved with this adventure, it's certainly obvious the watch is exclusive in additional ways than a single.

The muse with this special watch may be the Kennin-ji Temple, a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1202, the Kennin-ji Temple is regarded as the earliest Zen temple in Japan, and also the temple’s founding abbot Eisai is credited with presenting the Zen philosophy to Japan. To commemorate the temple’s 800th anniversary in 2002, the Hatto Building was enhanced with a dramatic painting of two beautiful dragons around the ceiling by famous artist Koizumi Junsaku. The expansive painting covers roughly 175 square metres and also the style is different from the standard circular layout because the commissioning Abbot asked for the dragons be “rampaging over the ceiling”.

Talking about the work, Master Watch manufacturing company Peter Speake-Marin communicated his ideas around the project by stating that it's the most remarkable engraving project he's have you been associated with. Because of the complexness and incredible detail from the engravings which the very fact it is not only one component that's being engraved, it had been a significant challenge and incredibly complex.

The multinational Swiss-based groups of four Master Craftsmen accountable for the Kennin-ji Temple Masters Project were Peter Speake-Marin (Project manager and watch manufacturing company accountable for the in-house SM2 movement) Kees Engelbarts (Engraver for that dial and situation) Eddy Jaquet (Engraver for that SM2 movement) and Christophe Seewer (Engraver for embossing the leather from the presentation situation). It's very detailed all the way through which informs particularly when you consider the bezel that's been redeveloped and changed from the walked bezel to some rounder profiled bezel to ensure that the dragons flow effortlessly in the dial, within the bezel and lower the edges from the caseband.

The engraving doesn’t hold on their though the movement also being engraved and also the leather lining from the presentation box embossed having a similar dragon motif towards the watch. The whole piece culminates right into a beautiful high-finish very beautiful watch that's given elegance and standing. It's a statement piece along with a very attractive at this. For that private collector, it will likely be a treasured and valued possession that lots of us are only able to imagine possessing.