*As I'm at the Tokyo Watch Wow! event and then Spring Sprang Sprung event, the shipping would likely be around 18-19 of November*
Shibuya - Hachiko
In this super cool collaboration, Makoto Watches of Canada and AndoAndoAndo did something fun to Makoto's unique Shibuya Watch to make it more memorable!
As many of you know, the Shibuya scramble crossing is said to be the world's busiest pedestrian crossing. And Makoto Watches made that into a fantastic watch dial with the texture of asphalt, with full block lumed crossing lines.
When I looked at this, I thought of a place in Shibuya, next to the crossing, where people gather to remember a story, or rather a history, of a faithful Akita dog who waited his owner's return from work at the Shibuya station everyday. And everyday the dog came to the station to wait for the owner's return, not knowing his passing, for almost 10 years.
Now in our collaboration, they can meet each other every single hour. How beautiful is it?!
The 3 o'clock marker has a different color. This is intentional, as it is said that the dog met his owner at the station at 3 o'clock!
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The case back has a beautiful hydraulic pressed 3D relief of the dog and its owner. Also you see the HACHI 0000 that is the mark for the first edition. This bit was originally planned to hold the serial number of the each watch, but for some unknown reason, the manufacturer made a mistake and all the first batch comes with HACHI 0000. "0" in Japanese can be read as "rei / 霊", meaning ghostly spirit, and "four" in Japanese could represents death, as the number four can be read as "shi / 死", death.
Would it be a message from the dog and its owner? Who knows, but I think it's a good representation of "memento mori" a famous Latin phrase for reminding us that we are all mortal beings. Maybe we should interpret it as Hachi and the professor telling us from beyond, to cherish your time being together.
Specs:
Full Lume Blocks
BGW9 - Super Luminova
Case: Stainless Steel
Movement: TMI VH31
- Accuracy: ｰ/＋15 sec/month
- Vibration Frequency: 28800 per hour
- Battery Life: approximately 2 years
- Battery Type: SR920SW / 371
Water Resistance: 200 m
Screw down engraved crown
Dimensions:
- Lug-to-Lug: 47 mm
- Lug Width: 20 mm
- Case diameter: 39 mm
- Case Thickness: 11.5 mm
- Crystal: Sapphire Crystal, with Anti Reflection coating
Standard International Shipping
Our international shipping use FedEx or DHL Global Mail.
We will provide you two tracking numbers. One that tracks your shipment from Finland to DHL warehouse in Germany, and another which tracks the shipment from Germany to your address.
It would take several days between the second tracking number would be updated.
Their delivery aim is the following:
To Germany: 4-8 days
To EU: 6-12 days
To USA and Canada: 10-18 days
To Rest of the World: 12-20 days (for example, a package to Nagoya, Japan took 10 days)
Express Shipping
It costs more, but it's faster! It uses FedEx or DHL Express
Free Domestic (Finland) Shipping
Shipping within Finland uses DHL Domestic or Posti Domestic Parcel shipping service which delivers our product to your nearest Posti Parcel Locker.
Delivery in 1–3 working days. (If you trust Posti that is!)
1-Year Manufacturing Defects Warranty
I have been wearing one of the functioning prototypes for almost 6 months. So far, it's functioned with no problems, and I am confident that it would for at least the next 6 months.
The reason I made sure that it's specifically 1-Year warranty for "Manufacturing Defects" is that I believe that most of the people who have never utilized the warranty of a product don't realize that the warranty only covers Manufacturing Defects. Some watch brands offer a longer warranty, such as 5 years or 10 years—but by then, how would you know that your broken watch suffered a manufacturing defect, or normal wear-and-tear? And would you ever be able to convince the brand's customer service that it was indeed a manufacturing defect?
Their warranty doesn't cover wear-and-tear, or user error, and neither does this warranty. But I do think it is important to clarify that it is a warrant for manufacturing defects, instead of just issuing that it is a vaguely worded "warranty" which sounds like something that might cover something more than manufacturing defects. And 1 year is enough time to warrant manufacturing defects.
60-Days 100% / 90% Return Policy
If you wish to return the watch, you can absolutely do that within 60 days of purchase. You have to take several photographs of the watch and send an email to me before shipping it back. Depending on the condition of the watch, the amount of the refund is different.
-Full Refund: If the watch, within 60 days of purchase, was never worn, and the packaging (boxes, wraps) is intact. Please send us an email with photographs of the watch and the proof of purchase, before shipping it back to us. When shipping back, please use a trackable shipping method. We will fully refund the watch and the shipping cost once it arrives to us upon inspection.
-90% Refund: If the watch, within 60 days of purchase, was never worn, but some of the packaging (boxes, wraps) is missing. Please send us an email with photographs of the watch and the proof of purchase, before shipping it back to us. When shipping back, please use a trackable shipping method. We will refund 90% of the watch and the shipping cost once it arrives to us upon inspection.