Journals

Introduction From the very beginning, Hitori has treated the dial as more than a surface. It has always been the first place where emotion, season, and place come together. Long before the Nexus, our watches carried subtle references to Japan’s changing landscapes, drawn from moments that are often overlooked rather than declared. The dial is where those moments are distilled, where nature is not illustrated, but felt. With the Nexus, this philosophy continues, though with a

Introduction The Nexus was never designed to compete for attention. From the outset, it was shaped to exist quietly within it. For those who have followed Hitori over the past five years, the Nexus will feel like a clear departure from our earlier expressions, a step away from what some may describe as tribute driven interpretations of Japanese classics. In many ways, that observation is fair. At the heart of the Nexus lies an architectural approach to watchmaking, one that r