Kurono Tokyo / Special Projects
Kurono Tokyo Special Projects
Collection profile · 2026
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.
Why it matters
This is the collection where Kurono Tokyo signals design direction, collector scarcity, and material experimentation without leaving its accessible-indie identity.
Key references
Collection timeline
- 2024 — Kurono Tokyo continued the Special Projects cadence with the Calligra Special Project, reinforcing the line as a venue for limited-run, more characterful dial concepts.
- 2024 — The brand followed with additional Special Projects executions, including the Réserve de Marche / Sensu NOS variant discussed by watch media as a more expressive, limited interpretation.
- 2024 — The Special Projects label was used again for later limited releases, culminating in 2026 coverage of the Inseki meteorite edition.
FAQ
What makes Special Projects different from Kurono’s core collections?
It is the line for more experimental, limited-run designs that move beyond the standard catalog while still keeping Kurono’s compact proportions and Art Deco DNA.
Are Special Projects watches repeated?
Typically no; recent coverage describes these as limited production pieces and, in some cases, not repeated.
More from Kurono Tokyo
- Classic Series — 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.
- 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.