Type 3
Model History
Presented in 2021, the Type 3 marks an important milestone for Naoya Hida & Co.: it is the brand's first line to introduce a complication beyond the simple indication of hours, minutes and seconds. The dial, deeper than those of the other lines to house the additional mechanism, adopts Roman numerals and a moon-phase aperture positioned at 6 o'clock, while the rest of the design — vintage-inspired case, German silver finishing — remains consistent with the language of the rest of the collection.
The moon-phase disc, in 18-carat gold, is hand-engraved with stars and a smiling moon made as a separate component applied to the disc itself: a detail that creates a strong color contrast with the matte German silver surface of the dial, and which the brand cites as one of the most elaborate moments of its artisanal engraving work, entrusted to an engraver with experience at Seiko and Tiffany.
As is customary for the brand, the Type 3 was also updated with a second execution, the Type 3B, which took the place of the first series once the initial run of about fifteen pieces was exhausted, while keeping the line's overall design intact and its position as the most elaborate complication in the Naoya Hida catalogue.
Technical Specifications
Main Executions
The moon-phase disc of the Type 3 completes a full rotation every 59 days, following two consecutive lunar cycles before needing to be corrected: no small feat of precision for a brand that, just two years after its debut, was taking on an astronomical complication for the first time.