Daizoh Makihara’s Beauties of Nature brings Edo Kiriko glass to an automaton watch

Beauties of Nature combines Daizoh Makihara’s mechanical work with Edo Kiriko, the Japanese craft of cutting intricate patterns into glass. Flower forms open and close through an automaton mechanism, while decorative birds and geometric motifs connect the watch to the changing seasons. The dial is conceived as a narrative rather than a conventional flat surface.

Makihara’s March 2026 interview explains how the design grew from the idea of flowers, birds, wind and moon. He describes a moonphase calculated to need a one-day correction after 122 years. The Edo Kiriko elements are made with specialist artisans, while Makihara undertakes the watch’s design, engineering, assembly and extensive component work.