Ōtsuka Lōtec Model 6 – The Watch I Didn’t Understand (Until Now)

Ōtsuka Lōtec Model 6 Review – Japanese Independent Watchmaking
The 2024 GPHG Challenge Prize award-winning Model 6 was the watch that first put self-taught, watchmaker, Jiro Katayama, on the map. At release, I didn’t connect with it. Living with it changed everything.

Timestamps
0:00 — Model 6: I didn’t feel it
0:55 — Living with the watch
1:31 — Finding the inspiration for its design
2:02 — How the retrograde hands work
3:44 — Design aspects
4:37 — Something from a guitar
5:12 — The remarkable trio: Model 5 Kai, Model 6, Model 7.5
5:40 — An honest conclusion and the place of the Model 6 in the line-up of Otsuka Lotec

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Special thanks:
To Singaporean collector Nop (Instagram @nopstar83) for the loan of the Model 6 for review and filming.

Technical Info:
Filmed and edited by @iso.chrono on a Sony A9iii and Nikon Z8 with various lenses.

B/W image of Mr Katayama taken on Ilford Delta 400 film with a Leica CL and 28mm M-Rokkor lens in Otsuka Japan.

Music Credits:
A New Beginning — Neutrino05 (Copyright and royalty-free)
A Solemn Reflection — Cinematic Emotional, Stop Music for Videos (Shockwave Sound, royalty-free)