Tissot, which opened a flagship store in Ginza, and Daisuke Nasu met.

TISSOT BOUTIQUE GINZA

The boutique employs the latest global design concept. . The warm and inviting space is reminiscent of a Swiss forest. This is the third Tissot boutique in Japan, following the Tissot Daikanyama Concept Store in Tokyo and the Tissot Boutique Ebisubashi in Osaka. The flagship store will carry a lineup of approximately 250 timepieces at any given time.

I've gotten a watch for every anniversary.

Mr. Nasu, who says that soccer has strengthened his biological clock, says that he does not need a watch, or even a smartphone, much to tell time. . However, he has a watch case in his wardrobe, with four watches lined up.

It was Mr. Fukunishi (Takashi), who played with him at "Tokyo Verdy," who made Mr. Nasu turn his attention to watches. On the way to the practice field, Fukunishi-san would bring up the subject of watches.

I was often told, "You are a good adult, so you should have a nice watch. However, I did not need Mr. Fukunishi's advice. All of my seniors, without exception, were particular about watches and cars, and I had come to think that one day I would like to have one too. I even asked some of my seniors for a watch, but it was not something cheap, so it was not something I could afford (laughs).

I had always been interested in mechanical watches, and Mr. Fukunishi encouraged me to get involved. Since then, he has already bought four watches since his first Swiss mechanical watch in 2008, when he was 27 years old, at a store that Mr. Fukunishi introduced to him.

. "I got it on some anniversary, on account of that. And yet I forgot about the important timing of the 200 games played, so I bought it 20 or 30 games late (laughs)."

He is now so particular about what he wears on a given day that he decides what he will wear that day based on his watch. He takes out a watch with his mood of the day, the people he will meet that day, and his work that day in mind, and then he starts to think about what he will wear.

. no matter how casual you are dressed, if you are wearing a decent watch, you look the part. Besides, it makes me feel much smarter than if I were to dress up in high-brand clothes.

. after I got married, I told myself that if it was a boy, I could give it away in the future. But since the baby was actually a girl, I couldn't use this technique anymore (laughs)."

In fact, watches have always been one of his favorite items. In the days when he did not even know the "ho" of a real wristwatch, he had this funny episode.

I was wearing a watch I had just bought and went out to dinner with a woman friend of mine. But even though we were having a nice meal, I was worried about the watch.... I ended up upsetting her. She wanted to go home so soon. I was not looking at the clock very well. . I think it's the coolest gesture to keep your elbows up and your wrists close to your eyes, and I did that when we were eating. And when we ate, I looked at the dial like that, so it stood out no matter how I did it.

This time, Mr. Nasu decided to welcome Tissot as his fifth watch.