Watch Concept CGI · 2026
Tokino Sumi
Sumi-e brushwork meets the Seiko Presage dial. Where engineering ends, gesture begins.
- Year
- 2026
- Scope
- Concept CGI & Art Direction
- Status
- Spec Project
- Duration
- 3 days
Project overview
Where engineering ends, gesture begins.
The starting point was Seiko’s Power Design Project—an internal initiative that gives its designers room to test ideas beyond the usual language of the brand.
That freedom suggested a meeting between two opposite forces: the calibrated structure of a watch and the imperfect, irreversible movement of Japanese ink.
The structure comes first.
3D construction
The case, bracelet, dial and camera were established as a precise system before the brushstroke was introduced as the disruptive element.
These images are working 3D viewport captures from the construction process, not final campaign renders.
One brushstroke. One decision.
Sumi-e gesture
In sumi-e, the motion remains visible. The dial keeps the edge, density and imperfection of a single gesture instead of turning the ink into decoration.
The dial is where the painting starts.
Final visualization
Transparent materials expose the engineering while the yellow ink gives the watch its visual character. Neither side is asked to disappear.
Project details
A watch concept built between measured structure and one irreversible mark.
- Project
- Toki no Sumi
- Year
- 2026
- Created by
- Lamek
- Scope
- Concept CGI & Art Direction
- Status
- Self-initiated spec project
- Duration
- 3 days
Independent / uncommissioned concept. Not affiliated with or commissioned by Seiko.