Father of Gundam Okawara Kunio 50th Anniversary Exhibition Series - Yatterman
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Memorigin × 大河原邦男 Okawara Kunio
Gundam × Okawara Kunio
The father of Gundam drew Hong Kong
For his 50th anniversary exhibition, Okawara Kunio painted God Gundam on Victoria Peak, looking out over the city. Memorigin built a tourbillon around that painting.
Victoria Peak
Victoria Peak
A painting made for the city
Okawara drew this scene specially for the Hong Kong exhibition: God Gundam atop Victoria Peak, the harbour spread below. It was unveiled there in two lights, day and dusk. On the watch it becomes a skeleton dial carved in gold-coloured metal, the machine caught as it enters Hyper Mode.
Plate 01 · GOD GUNDAM
God Gundam
Hidden in the markers
The hour markers trace the plates of God Gundam's helmet. One is set with a ruby: the chest armour that shows only once Hyper Mode is engaged. Silver steel case and bracelet frame a blue movement, so the tourbillon turns in full view, as mechanical as the machine itself.
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Plate 02 · Yatterman
Yatterman
Another Okawara machine
Yatterman is a Tatsunoko series, not Gundam, yet its robot dog Yatter-Wan was also drawn by Okawara. Here he stretches across a skeleton dial, his collar forming the outer ring, beside Okawara's signature. The tourbillon turns between Yatter-Wan and the dice robot Omochama, like the wheels on his feet.
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Ocean Park · 50th Anniversary Exhibition
Mechanical designer · the father of Gundam
Ocean Park hosted Kunio Okawara’s 50th anniversary exhibition from 1 April to 4 June 2023. Memorigin collaborated with organiser PPW Group on the commemorative watches. At the launch William Shum presented Okawara with the God Gundam tourbillon; at the VIP signing, Okawara signed the strap of his Yatter-Wan watch. Every watch in the series comes with a certificate bearing Okawara’s signature, and the first twenty buyers met him at Ocean Park.
Plate 03 · 2015
The rifle and the shield
Memorigin's Gundam story began in 2015, with the machine Okawara drew in 1979. The dial wears the RX-78-2's red, yellow, blue and white, with its head in metal relief and a sculpted spaceship. The hour hand is the beam rifle; the minute hand is the shield. It came in a box modelled on the ship.
Timeline
From drawing board to wrist
1979
Mobile Suit Gundam
Okawara draws the RX-78-2.
2015
Gundam RX-78-2 Tourbillon
Memorigin puts Okawara's machine on the wrist, in Gundam's colours.
2023
Ocean Park, 1 April – 4 June
The 50th anniversary exhibition opens with GOD GUNDAM and Yatterman, 100 pieces each.
2023
AMAZ, Causeway Bay, 1 July – 31 August
The exhibition comes to AMAZ, with both watches in its pop-up shop.
The collection
Father of Gundam Okawara Kunio 50th Anniversary Exhibition Series - GOD GUNDAM
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Gundam RX-78-2
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