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Kurono Tokyo / Classic Series

Kurono Tokyo Classic Series

Collection profile · 2019

Kurono Tokyo’s Classic Series is the brand’s accessible, art-deco-leaning core line: compact, high-polish, time-first watches that translate Hajime Asaoka’s design language into more attainable daily wear while preserving the brand’s refined dial balance and strong typographic identity.

Why it matters

The Classic Series is the entry point to Kurono’s design philosophy, where the brand’s collector-accessible mission, compact proportions, and art-deco cues are distilled into its most recognizable everyday watches.

Key references

Bunkyo Tokyo

Bunkyo Tokyo — The first-ever Kurono series, launched in June 2019 and tied to the accessible Classic lineage.

Classic Series

Classic Series — Brand collection page describing the accessible, art-deco-inspired core line.

Reiwa

Classic Reiwa — A Classic-series example introduced in December 2019, showing the line’s more refined two-part dial execution.

Collection timeline

  • 2024 — Kurono’s official site continues to feature the Classic Series as one of the brand’s main watch families.
  • 2024 — The brand describes the Classic Series as the line that launched Hajime Asaoka’s vision for a more accessible timepiece.
  • 2024 — Kurono’s current site still positions the Classic range as the reminder of the brand’s humble beginnings.

FAQ

When did the Classic Series begin?

Kurono’s first series, Bunkyo Tokyo, launched in June 2019 and is described by the brand as the start of its accessible watchmaking effort.

What defines the Classic Series?

Simple, art-deco-inspired watches with a focus on legibility, proportion, and Asaoka’s signature design DNA.

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More from Kurono Tokyo

  • Grand Series — Kurono Tokyo’s Grand Series is the brand’s artisan-led flagship family, centered on urushi dials, complex finishing, and higher craft density while still aiming to remain attainable relative to traditional haute horlogerie and to showcase Hajime Asaoka’s most ambitious design and material work within Kurono.
  • Complications Series — Kurono Tokyo’s Complications Series applies the brand’s art-deco vocabulary to mechanically more involved watches, pairing higher-function layouts with the same disciplined typography, polished finishing, and collector-friendly limited-production ethos that define the label’s more accessible line.
  • Special Projects — Kurono Tokyo’s Special Projects is the brand’s experimental lane for limited-run, more expressive interpretations of Hajime Asaoka’s Art Deco design language, often using unusual dial materials, custom typography, and one-off thematic ideas that sit apart from the core range.

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