ADO Series

Love is the present continuous tense. Love needs time. Love needs action. Love is easy but regretful to forget...so love always needs a reminder. These quotes seem to be known by everyone, but not all understand them well. Memorigin recently collaborated with the Founder of ADO Culture, Mr. Karr Yip, to design the ADO Series tourbillon watch, aiming to share the great meaning of love with time.

Karr has been a Christian since he was a child. His sisters are full-time social workers. As they all struggled from different interpersonal relationships, they pay much attention to the issues of relationships and communication. With the theme of love, this watch tells you what love is and lets you know that love is everywhere. 12 sentences based on Corinthians - Bible chapter 13 verses 4-8 are engraved on the solid black abrasive-blasted surface:

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

These powerful sentences about love are blessings from Karr. They will remind your heart or comfort your soul whenever you need.

Memorigin has selected a manual-winding movement with 40 hours of power reserve and a frequency of 28,800 oscillations per hour for this series. The simple design highlights the dynamism of the tourbillon movement which injects energy to the sentences at the dial center. As time flies, the minute and hour hands will gradually move to different sentences and these principles of love will teach you how to love and be loved.

About Karr Yip
He is the Founder of ADO Culture, an artist and an architect. He obtained a master degree in architecture from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a research diploma from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and a diploma in administrative education from Harvard University in the United States. He is the current Chairman of the Hong Kong Designers Association, Director of the Hong Kong Design Center, and Vice- Chairman of the Design Council of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries. His art and architectural works have won major awards in Hong Kong and overseas, including: FRAME Design Award of the Year, New York Interior Design Award of the Year, Mercure Beijing China's 10 Most Influential Designers, DFAA Asia's Most Influential Design Award, etc. His sculptures are also displayed in the office of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong and galleries in France and Britain. Karr’s creations have no media restrictions, covering architecture, interiors, furniture, sculptures, planes, and App products. The main design works include Cheung Chau Tankas Water Ancestral Hall, Xishanju Martial Arts Hotel, 100 Faces of Tai Kwun, Mei Ho House, clubhouse of China Merchants Group, Changsha South China Pearls Museum, Victoria Harbor Cycling Track, T-Park Scheme Design, China Mobile Digital Exhibition Hall, Wan Chai Ferry Pier, etc. There are more than a hundred design projects. In 2004, ADO Culture was established to rebuild the cracks in various relationships through art and design, to build an emotional space, and create a profound and unforgettable experience.

About ADO Series
Retail price: HKD $88,000

Model No.
MO 2004

Case
Stainless steel case
Watch diameter: approx. 43mm
Watch thickness: approx. 13.5mm
Both sides sapphire crystal
Water resistance: 5ATM

Movement
Flying tourbillon
181 pieces of subassembly module and 19 jewels
Frequency: 28,800 oscillations/ hour

Features
40-hour power reserve
The tourbillon located at 6 o'clock rotates at a speed of 60s for one circle
Manual winding mechanism

Dial
Black abrasive-blasted dial
12 love sentences are engraved
Silver dauphine hands

Strap
Black alligator strap