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Otsuka Lotec

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A designer profile of Otsuka Lotec founder Jiro Katayama, tracing how his background in automotive design, product prototyping and Tokyo’s machine-age landscape shaped one of Japan’s most distinctive independent watch brands.

Industrial gauges and mechanical objects that inform Otsuka Lotec's design language
Katayama’s references include gauges, cameras and utilitarian mechanical objects. Otsuka Lotec ↗

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