Made by hand in Echizen, Japan
Urushi is the sap of the lacquer tree — harvested, filtered, and tinted by hand. The Japanese town of Echizen has been a center of urushi lacquerware since the 6th century, and the technique has changed little: thin layers of lacquer, applied and cured one at a time, building slowly into a finish that is both mirror-smooth and remarkably tough.
At Decima Japan, our watch boxes are made by a fourth-generation family workshop in Echizen. Each one takes three months to complete.
This is the final production run. Decima Japan is closing, and once these boxes are gone, we will not be making more. See the box here.
The things we keep should last — not just for years, but for generations. A Decima box is made to outlive the watches inside it. The lid lifts off rather than hinging, because drilling hardware into urushi would damage the lacquer. The finish deepens with age. It is an object meant to be used daily and handed on.
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