AL Trapezoid Collection

As the name "TRAPEZOID" suggests, I first had the image of a trapezoid form in rotation. So, the bezel is cut deeply, and a tachymeter is provided on it. Numbers are proportioned like speed limits painted on a road surface - stretched in height to be readable normally when viewed from the front, despite their steep angles around the circumference. It's a familiar scene and effect, and I've used it now in combination with chronograph functions. In the same way, fashion and motor sports are unified via the use of strong color contrasts; for example, yellow numbers against a red face, and yellow-green against a blue face."

- Naoto Fukasawa - Trapezoid Designer

The chronograph face looks like a functional dashboard. The numbers of a tachometer are engraved on the side of the bezel. While some of the numbers on the side of the bezel are upside down, they are in fact oriented so as to be readable normally when viewed from the top.