Descrizione
A dial is the only part of a watch you actually look at, and it is the part most brands treat as a print job. JianZhan glaze is the opposite of a print job. It is fired, and the kiln decides the pattern.
The technique comes from Song dynasty tea bowls, where iron-rich glaze is fired until it breaks into streaks and spots that no two pieces share. Applied to a watch dial at this scale, it produces a surface that shifts between deep brown and copper as the light moves, with a texture you can see through a loupe and read across a room. There is no decal, no sunburst stamping, and no repeat between two watches.
Behind the dial sits the Miyota 9015, which is the movement you want in a watch at this price: 28,800 beats per hour, hacking, hand-winding, and a service network that does not require sending the watch back to the other side of the world. The case is stainless steel at 10.1 mm thick, with a domed sapphire crystal and 10 bar of water resistance, which is the difference between a dress watch and a watch you can wear to the coast.
Three case sizes are offered across the GADA line, from 36 to 42 millimetres, because the same design reads completely differently on a 6.2 inch wrist and a 7.8 inch one. Choose the size for your wrist and the strap for the season, and the watch stops being a collector's object and becomes the one you reach for.
The kiln signs every dial differently. That is the signature.
What Makes It Different
- ✦Hand-fired JianZhan glaze dial: no two pieces carry the same pattern.
- ✦Miyota 9015 automatic movement, 28,800 vph, hacking and hand-winding.
- ✦Domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating.
- ✦Stainless steel case at 10.1 mm thick, wearable under a cuff.
- ✦100 metre water resistance for swimming and coastal wear.
- ✦36, 39 and 42 mm case sizes across the GADA line for different wrists.
- ✦Folding clasp with solid links, plus leatherette travel case included.
Technical Specifications
- MovementMiyota 9015 automatic, 28,800 vph, hacking
- DialHand-fired JianZhan glaze, individual pattern
- Case materialStainless steel
- Case thickness10.1 mm
- Case sizes36 mm, 39 mm, 42 mm across the line
- CrystalDomed sapphire, anti-reflective coated
- Water resistance10 bar / 100 m
- ClaspFolding clasp
- BandStainless steel bracelet, 7.9 inch length
- PresentationLeatherette watch case included
Where It Earns Its Place
This is a watch for someone who has owned enough black dials. An architect wears the 39 mm on steel through the week and notices the glaze catching the light in a meeting. A collector buys the 36 mm as a dress piece because the dial does the talking and the case stays out of the way. A traveller takes the 42 mm to the coast, since 100 metres of water resistance and sapphire mean the sea is not a reason to leave it in the room. In all three cases the appeal is the same: a surface that cannot be reproduced, on a movement that can be serviced anywhere.
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Questions Buyers Actually Ask
Q: Is the dial really different on each watch?
Yes. JianZhan glaze is fired, so crystal formation varies between pieces. Two dials from the same batch share a family resemblance, not an identical pattern.
Q: How accurate is the Miyota 9015?
It is rated within roughly minus 10 to plus 30 seconds a day from the factory, and most examples settle closer than that after a break-in period. Any watchmaker can regulate it.
Q: Can I swim with it?
Yes. 100 metres of water resistance with a screw-down crown covers swimming and snorkelling. It is not a dive computer, so leave it off at depth.
Q: Which case size should I choose?
Measure your wrist. Under 6.5 inches, take the 36 mm. Between 6.5 and 7.2, the 39 mm. Above 7.2, the 42 mm. The lug-to-lug distance matters more than the number on the dial.
Q: Is the bracelet easy to resize?
It uses screw pins rather than friction pins, so resizing is a small screwdriver and five minutes rather than a trip to a jeweller.
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