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An ivory dial draws Teddy Baldassarre to Kiwame Tokyo

His personally purchased Kubo tops a five-upload week that also explores a professor's collection and everyday watch care.

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I Bought This $630 Watch from Japan

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0:23Teddy bought the ivory-dial Kubo for $630 before import fees, after missing an earlier release.
4:49The case measures 37mm across, with sapphire crystal and 30 meters of water resistance.
6:48The lacquer dial combines a recessed subdial, applied numerals and contrasting hand shapes.
9:07The Miyota 82S5 automatic movement gets an assessment of accuracy, performance and power reserve.
11:00Teddy considers why Japanese microbrands remain relatively uncommon despite interest in Japanese craftsmanship.

Teddy Baldassarre missed the first release, caught the July drop, and finally had a Kiwame Tokyo Kubo to examine. The attraction wasn't an elaborate movement. It was the ivory lacquer dial, with its recessed subdial and applied numerals.

"I Bought This $630 Watch from Japan" was the week's most-watched new upload, passing half a million views. Teddy explains that import costs took his own purchase to around $750, an important distinction from the price in the title. His review balances the compact case and dial detailing against the limitations of its Miyota automatic movement. As he puts it: "The Kubo is not going to be a piece that you're going to buy for movement theater; you're buying it for the dial."

The comments pick up that same distinction. Viewers discuss the dial's depth and numeral styling, while others weigh the movement's accuracy and whether quartz would suit the design better.

Elsewhere, "The Watches of a Professor (Omega, Seiko, Benrus, CWC, and More)" brought military-watch history and vintage pieces into a collection tour. Shorter subjects included showering with a watch and the balance wheel's role in timekeeping. The newest upload, "EDC Watches Under $500", already has the strongest daily viewing momentum, with the Kubo review and professor's collection next.

Channel-wide daily views are running about a third above their usual level, although subscribers were unchanged over the week. Among nearby-sized shopping and product-testing channels, Sarah and Chyler Emery had a particularly large viewing week; fellow watch creator Nico Leonard was closer to his usual daily pace. For Teddy, the week's biggest new audience gathered around a small Japanese brand and the details of a single dial.

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What viewers say

The font in the indices look amazing. So crisp and clean.
@michael7324See it on YouTube
I love my Kuoe Old Smith. Keeps better time than my other watches, excluding my $25 casio F-91W.
@whalehandsSee it on YouTube
The ivory dial is gorgeous. The accuracy range is disappointing. A nice quartz mvmt would make this more palatable.
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Very nice watch, thank you for introducing me to this brand.
@Bugeater61See it on YouTube
I can attest to the depth and beauty of these dials thanks to seeing them in the steel at Clicky Bezel in San Francisco over the weekend. These are lovely!
@landonmeier-p1eSee it on YouTube
Μaybe it’s just me, but I find the font of the blackened numerals just a touch too bold.
@joyaclubSee it on YouTube
I just received mine and frankly, the contrast between the indices, numerals against the black face are not nearly as pronounced as what the website shows.
@johnstiller520See it on YouTube