Evangelion Mechanical Watches Use Traditional Raden Craftsmanship
The collaboration pairs a major anime property with a labor-intensive traditional craft, producing a limited-run collectible that emphasizes material permanence over mass-market licensing.
Key Facts
- The watch dials use the raden mother-of-pearl inlay technique, with abalone nacre shaved to 0.1mm thickness and set on a lacquer base.
- Each dial passes through six production stages: shell polishing, coloring, cutting, lacquer application, manual piece attachment, and final coating.
- The three models are themed on Evangelion units 01, 02, and 00, priced at 77,000 yen (Unit-01) and 79,200 yen (Unit-02 and Unit-00).
- The watches use a Japanese-made MIYOTA automatic movement and have a see-through case back with the NERV mark.
- Ueni Trading states the natural-material dials maintain their beauty unchanged after 100 years.
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Ueni Trading is releasing a mechanical watch collection under the GARRACK brand, featuring three models themed on Evangelion units 01, 02, and 00. The dials use the raden mother-of-pearl inlay technique, with a Japanese-made MIYOTA automatic movement. Prices range from 77,000 to 79,200 yen, available at Evangelion stores and Ikebukuro TOKYO-01.
The dial production for each watch passes through six stages: shell polishing to 0.1mm thickness, coloring, cutting, lacquer application, manual piece attachment, and final coating. The raden technique uses abalone nacre shaved to extreme thinness, set on a lacquer base, so each dial shifts appearance with light angle and is effectively one of a kind. The case back carries the NERV mark printed on a see-through window. Ueni Trading says the works, made from natural materials by artisans, maintain their beauty unchanged after 100 years.
- Unit-01 Model: 77,000 yen (tax included)
- Unit-02 Model: 79,200 yen (tax included)
- Unit-00 Model: 79,200 yen (tax included)
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.