Quiet Club Workshop
Sumida City, Tokyo, Early Winter Morning
Measured Focus
A clock often does more than tell the time, reminding us of the minutes ticking away, of the pressure of the next engagement. We wanted a timepiece that does the opposite. Our goal was to build a filter between the world’s noise and the things you are trying to accomplish—so you can forget about time, not be constrained by it.
Introducing “Fading Hours”
Introducing Quiet Club’s first model: Fading Hours. Designed, engineered, and handcrafted in our Tokyo workshop. Featuring an alarm-like function with a mechanical gong and hammer, similar to a minute repeater, Fading Hours produces a beautiful sound that aids in entering a state of concentration and gently signals when it’s time to move on. When the alarm function of Fading Hours is activated, we hope the wearer feels liberated from the noise of daily life, allowing time to fade into the background.
Fading Hours was designed to focus on purpose—specifically for practitioners of outward reserve and internal devotion. Their need is not merely to observe time, but to inhabit it in a state of genuine, deep focus. This necessity drove the design not just in terms of aesthetics but towards intentional usability, culminating in a first-of-its-kind alarm mechanism. In a world dependent on electronics, we believe a mechanical watch is still the best instrument for blocking out noise and losing yourself completely in the act of creation.
The Movement
The movement is fully designed, engineered, and handcrafted by our Head of Watchmaking, Norifumi Seki, in our Tokyo workshop. Due to the first-of-its-kind nature of the dial gong and vertical hammer complication, very few components could be used off the shelf and the vast majority are designed and manufactured in-house.
The Dial
In contrast to the highly complicated movement visible on the back of the watch, the dial is designed to appear clean and simple at first glance. However if you dig a layer deeper, the dial houses perhaps the most striking feature of Fading Hours. The dial consists of an outer and inner dial, with the inner dial acting as the gong struck by a vertical hammer from behind, producing the distinctive sound of Fading Hours. The donut-shaped outer dial conceals the outer edges of the inner dial, hiding this intricate mechanism in plain sight. Reflecting the brand's philosophy, the dial is crafted to outwardly demonstrate quiet balance and composition while inwardly embodying strength, complexity, and passion.
The Case
The case is an original design and manufactured by a supplier in Tokyo. Titanium was selected to maximize comfort as it’s lightweight and it doesn’t feel cold on the skin. The caseback is crystal to display the vertical hammer complication as well as the many unique parts that are produced and hand finished in-house.
Fading Hours
Fading Hours has been carefully designed overall to ensure a daily wearable size, despite housing a highly complicated movement. The watch features a vertically mounted hammer, and a separate set of dedicated alarm hands for setting hours and minutes, hidden behind the traditional time hands when not in use. The watch's 40mm diameter wears smaller on the wrist due to a lug-to-lug measurement of just 44mm, comparable to many 38mm diameter watches. This compact fit is achieved by designing the case in a bowl shape, where the caseback diameter is smaller than the front, allowing the lugs to be tucked in further than in a cylindrical case.
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Diameter: 40.3mm
Thickness: 11.9mm
Lug to lug: 44mm
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Material: Grade 5 Titanium
Caseback: See through crystal
Case front: Crystal with AR coating
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Materials & Finish: White gold inner dial, machined to produce sound and then hand polished and sandblasted. Pure silver outer dial, heat treated to white by hand with a reduction flame.
Markers: Grand Feu enamel inlaid hour and minute markers
Hands: Polished Zirconium (time hands) and German Silver (alarm hands)
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Frequency: 2.5Hz
Power Reserve: 50 hours
Type: Hand wound
Complications: Mechanical alarm function, dial gong and vertical hammer, monopusher operation of set/start/cancel functions, rotating bezel to set alarm time, dedicated alarm hour and minute hands that are hidden when not used (rattrapante)
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Purchase price: $85,000 USD excluding taxes and shipping costs
Pre-order deposit: Non-refundable 30% deposit ($25,500 USD) required
Initial allocation: 30 units
Delivery Schedule: 12~36 months from deposit
Price: $85,000 USD excluding taxes
Our Team
Johnny Ting, Head of Design (Left)
Hokuto Ueda, CEO (Middle)
Norifumi Seki, Head of Watchmaking (Right)