The Touge Racer sits right where Aevum's road ends and Garage Hira's begins. The case shape carries something new entirely with the massive radial bezel that gives you the impression of Mt Fuji from a side view. Every line on that face is laser-cut and painted by hand, built around the kind of manga panel energy you'd find in a touge battle scene — speed lines pulling toward the apex, ドン and ギャァア breaking through like sound effects lifted straight off the page. It's not printed or stamped; it's engraved into the steel itself, so the artwork has real depth under the light. The pink seconds hand cuts through the monochrome just enough to keep your eye moving, and the iridescent blue-to-purple bezel shifts with it depending on the angle you're catching it from. It's going to be small run, hand-finished top to bottom, ever changing in the layout and it carries the first Garage Hira (平) mark, the moment the brand started becoming what it is now.
The white brass dial is made entirely in-house. Hand brushed, hand painted and hand lumed with Nemoto BGW9. A dial that pulls you in with the curve of the road.
Paired with a Kurozan urushi tipped Japanese leather strap and an NH35 automatic movement, the Touge Racer is a handmade tribute to Japan's racing spirit, craftmanship and the entertainment that pulls it all together.
Full Touge Racer Titanium Automatic specifications:
Dimensions: 40mm wide x 50mm lug to lug, 20mm lug width, 13.7mm thick on the wrist (including sapphire crystal in measurement).
Case: Handmade lathe turned Ti-6Al-4V Grade 5 titanium.
Movement: NH-35 automatic 3 hand movement with a 41 hour power reserve.
Water resistance: estimated low at 10ATM until we purchase a pressure tester that can exceed 10ATM, however these utilize a 20ATM capable 0.8mm rear compression gasketed with triple screw down crowns so we suspect they'll perform at a much higher ATM rating, we just can't confirm the numbers yet.
Crystal: thick double domed and high chamfered sapphire crystal with blue tinge anti-reflection coating.
Dial: In-house hand made and hand brushed turbo fan design with dark chrome hands. Completely lumed by hand with Nemoto BGW9 (blue glow).
Crown: 7mm Aevum double-wrench artwork and high grip knurled crown. Screw down triple gasket design.
Case back: Handmade lathe turned screw down case back with hand torched blue finish that locks down a 0.8mm compression gasket for water resistance.
Leather strap: The Touge Racer Titanium Automatic comes with one 100% handmade by us in-house Japanese urushi tipped leather strap with quick release spring bars. It is tapered from 20mm to 18mm at the laser engraved Aevum buckle.
Carry case: All Touge Racer Titanium Automatics come with a ABS plastic travel box with an in-house laser engraved top plate.