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How a Memorigin Design Evolves
The journey from FaLaLa Tourbillon to FaLaLa FLY shows how Memorigin can carry a shared character into a different mechanical and visual world.
A character can remain itself while the watch around it changes. The FaLaLa projects offer a particularly clear view of that possibility at Memorigin: an original creative idea moving from an openworked tourbillon to a playful automatic watch, with a different way of telling the time.
An idea with its own history
FaLaLa is the creation of singer-songwriter and designer Vic Teo. Memorigin’s December 2025 project introduction traces the character to an idea he first imagined in 2007 and illustrated in 2010. Inspired by a small fly, it presents an affectionate, freedom-loving personality.
That background matters because the collaboration began with something more developed than a logo. There was a character to understand, with a temperament and a visual identity. Memorigin’s task was to give it an appropriate setting within a watch.
The FaLaLa Tourbillon placed the character within a skeleton dial. A manually wound movement and the visible flying tourbillon made the mechanical structure part of the encounter. The wearer could look from the character into the mechanism, taking in two kinds of movement: the suggested life of the illustration and the actual motion of the watch.
Giving the character a new role
At the 2026 Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair, the partners introduced FaLaLa FLY Automatic. In the October 2026 launch report, the character occupies the minute disc and rotates with the passage of time. A companion character forms the hour hand, creating a small chase across the dial.
The design changes the character’s role. It becomes involved in telling the time, rather than simply appearing beside the mechanism. A frosted rubber case and a white rubber strap, printed with a flight path, extend the illustration into the watch’s exterior.
These differences give the two projects distinct experiences. The tourbillon invites attention to an open mechanical structure. FLY uses a lighter visual language and a moving character to bring humour into an everyday glance at the wrist. Both begin with the same creative source, but neither needs to repeat the other’s arrangement.
Continuity without repetition
The same launch announced a further shared venture, Sunny Park. It suggests how an initial watch collaboration can become a platform for continuing design work. The relationship has room to develop rather than ending with the first finished object.
For Memorigin, this is a revealing kind of progression. The brand can preserve the essential idea of a project while reconsidering its display, materials and intended character. Continuity is found in the thinking behind the design, as well as in what can be recognised on the dial.
Seen together, the FaLaLa watches make that process easy to follow. A familiar character returns in a new role. The wearer can recognise the beginning and still enjoy the surprise of what has changed. That is one of the pleasures of a design allowed to grow.
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