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Edonotoki Reiwa Edition Pocket Watch 10125 Gold Color
Edonotoki Reiwa Edition Pocket Watch 10125 Gold Color
SKU:10125
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A Japanese pocket watch that blends Edo period and modern time.
This pocket watch is a modern version of a daimyo clock/Japanese clock that can simultaneously display the time from the Edo period (temporary time system), which is familiar to many as "What time is it now?", and the current time.
And then there's the "Edo no Toki" Japanese pocket watch, which will make you feel like you've traveled back in time to the Edo period. This is a product we highly recommend not only to pocket watch fans, but also to fans of period dramas.
Japan's unique "unscheduled time system"
In modern times, we live under a "fixed time system" where the length of a day is set to 24 hours, but before the Edo period, people lived by waking up with the sunrise and going to bed with the sunset, so they used a "variable time system" where the length of a day changed depending on the season.
12 Zodiac Rings
Equipped with a standard 12-hour hand and a 24-hour hand that shows Edo time, this revolutionary watch allows you to know Edo time in the modern era by attaching a zodiac ring that shows the Edo time for each month between the rotating bezel on the surface and the watch body.
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●About the time system used in the Edo period The time system used from the Edo period to the early Meiji period was called the "temporary time system" and was determined based on the movement of the sun . Based on dawn and dusk, a day was divided into two parts, daytime and nighttime, and each part was then divided into six parts, and a day was measured in 12 parts (named after the twelve zodiac signs). This is a time system unique to Japan that is unique anywhere in the world. With this method, the length of one koku differs between day and night, and of course the times of dawn and dusk change daily, so the length and start time of each koku also changes depending on the season.At that time, a year was divided into 24 periods and the "koku" was changed. This is a rather complicated and strange system of timekeeping, but when you consider that in an era when clocks were a luxury item only available to a select few feudal lords, and the movement of the sun was the only guide to time that everyone could share, and that it was an era without electricity, so people worked when it got light and rested when it got dark, it can be said to be a very rational and reasonable system of timekeeping. In keeping with the times, this "unfixed time system" was changed to the current "fixed time system" in 1872, which measures a day as 24 equal hours. |
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The Reiwa version of the Japanese clock, which brings the time of the Edo period back to the present, is the "Edo Stamp" pocket watch, which is a very popular gift item.
The watch is wrapped in crepe cloth and delivered in a paulownia wood box. The luxurious exterior makes it perfect as a gift.
It is popular as a gift with memorable engraving such as a name, message, anniversary, etc.
You can have text engraved on the back of your watch.
It is very popular as a birthday gift or present.
To engrave the back cover, please enter "Edo no Toki" on the first line (up to 7 characters) from the center to the right and on the second line (up to 7 characters) from the center to the left in step 2 of the shopping cart.
For engraving prices and fonts, please click here.
