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Seiko Ananta Urushi Watches
Now these watches are a bit more of what I think of when someone says to me “urushi painted dial.” As a follow-up to the Ananta Urushi Diver from last year, Seiko has released two new urushi watches for 2012. This time they remedied one of the principle issues of last year’s limited edition urushi watch. See those red stripes on the Ananta Limited Edition Kumadori Chronograph dial? Well those are hand-painted in urushi lacquer – a special natural lacquer from a tree in Japan. I am not actually sure about the rest of the dial. Why is this important? Mainly because there is a very clear idea that something is special about the dial.The Ananta Urushi Diver from last year had an urushi dial that looked basically black. Unless you knew it was done in urushi or looked really close – it would be difficult to know anything was special about it. Sure the person wearing it would know, but when you include something really nice like a hand-painted urushi dial, it is
Jer?me Lambert Appointed Richemont Chief Operating Officer
The Richemont Group, among the several major luxury watch brand conglomerates, has today announced the creation of a new executive role of Chief Operating Officer and it will be immediately filled by a familiar industry name, that of Jer?me Lambert. This means that Mr. Lambert will have direct responsibility for the daily operations of all the group’s “maisons”?¨C except Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels. Also in a newly created role, assisting Mr. Lambert will be Emmanuel Perrin as Head of Specialist Watchmakers Distribution. Let’s try to make sense of these titles, and what they might mean for the products we love.Jer?me LambertYou might remember Jer?me Lambert from Richemont Group watch executive roles such as Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO and later Montblanc CEO until April 2017. His role at Richemont until earlier this year was called Head of Operations, so his new title doesn’t seem like a major leap. He has been considered successful in these past roles and