THE ARAB GATSBY

I’ve known about this collaboration since its inception, and it’s been tough keeping it a secret. I’ve talked about Kuoe in my past blog post , and the whole experience of purchasing my Kuoe Old Smith 90-002 from their Kyoto Boutique. It was truly an experience that I enjoyed, but I wasn’t the only one to enjoy that experience. My dear friend Salem Al-Mutawa, aka Tokei Ronin, who I have mentioned numerous times on here about being my watch addict enabler, felt the same way w

For a while now I’ve seen pictures of beautiful vintage inspired watches with the unwavering quality of the Japanese. Kuoe Kyoto started in 2010 by Kenji Uchimura, while studying in the United Kingdom, he entered an antique shop and fell in love with watches that were on display, a line of watches from the 1940 to the 1970s.   With the inspiration of these watches Kuoe Kyoto was started. The inspiration is extremely evident when you look at their watches, but also paying homa