I sat down with @craftacularuk Victoria Woodcock for @financialtimes@ft_weekend sometime back to talk about beard, inspirations, style and erm... me for their @ft_howtospendit The Aesthete. Yesterday the article came out. A wonderful piece where I narrated my appreciation for healing spaces, creative people, my flat project with the lovely creative couple @michelsens_interior and yeah my fellow Ghanaian creatives doing amazing work all around!
@notbent amplified the impact by presenting these wonderful images to match. He’s been making me look good since 2002.
As if this wasn’t enough already, they published it on Ghana’s 🇬🇭 Independence Day anniversary! Thank you!
Chale! 👊🏾🖤 #kwerh!
Thank you. #theaesthete #midcenturymodern #tmichael #financialtimesweekend
Link in the bio... as they say. 😉
A Masterclass in Stealthy Aesthetics
Controlled Chaos and Bespoke Patina
The absolute centerpiece of this collaboration( NORWEGIAN RAIN X UNIMATIC) is its extraordinary, textured dial. Moving far away from the sterile perfection of standard painted brass, each dial in this 150-piece run is entirely unique.
The meticulous, multi-step production process begins with a base sheet of galvanised copper, which is precisely laser-cut to its final dimensions. These raw copper dials are then deliberately exposed to a controlled oxidation process within a specialized salt and ammonia environment.
This induces a brilliant, unpredictable organic patina, meaning no two watches are exactly alike. Once the desired decay is achieved, the dials are sent to a specialized facility where the indices and the UNIMATIC logo are sharply stamped. A final protective coating is applied to freeze the oxidation in place, ensuring long-term stability.
Adding to the architectural intrigue is the date display. Rather than a standard 3 o’clock window, the dial features 31 laser-cut holes around its perimeter, allowing the date wheel underneath to cleverly indicate the current day through the oxidized surface.
To complement the rich, weathered copper, Unimatic opted for a strictly stealthy, dark interpretation for the handset and accents. The watch utilizes matte black “ladder ghost” hour, minute, and GMT hands, alongside a slick reverse lollipop seconds hand.
Text lifted from @thewatchwarblermagazine Thank you.
Yes we did this.
@norwegianrain@unimaticwatches@norwegianrain_tmichael_tokyo
Get it in Tokyo this Saturday 16th May.
Saturday Servings
Style: B A T W I N G : A deconstructed Batakari
Style: B A T W I N G : A deconstructed Batakari
Style: B A T W I N G : A deconstructed Batakari
Style: R O G E R : DB Belted
Style: D A V I E S : SB one button
Style: D A V I E S : SB one button
Style : T S H I R T : Round neck tunic
Style: B A T W I N G : A deconstructed Batakari
Now you know.
#tmichael
#aconceptualapproachtomenstailoring
It’s spring in Noto and work at @t_wabisato has resumed.
@studio_vandrer thanks for the images.
@kaharakoumuten_noto
Creative Cultural Culinary Compound
A place where creatives, new ideas and traditions meet to recalibrate, blur boundaries and shape new possibilities for local and global interactions.
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T-WAB’SATO
T-Wabisato is a place shaped slowly, through care, attention, and the people who choose to be part of it.
Membership is a gentle way of supporting this process. It is less about access, and more about presence—about standing alongside an idea that values time, craft, and shared experience.
By becoming a member, you help sustain a space where people can gather without haste: to work, to talk, to cook, to reflect. Your support allows T-Wabisato to remain grounded, independent, and open—rooted in Noto, yet shaped by many voices.
There is no expectation beyond curiosity and care. Membership simply helps keep the doors open, the table set, and the atmosphere intact.
You are warmly invited to join us as a non local member.
Email [email protected] for more details or go to
T-Wabisato.com to sign up.
T-Michael
Founder, owner & artistic director/
