Haruo Suekichi got thrown out of watch-making school in Japan for making watches that look like they belong in a Hayao Miyazaki film. Miniature Howl’s Moving Castles. He works alone in a cluttered studio, making about one watch a day. Watches with tiny spinning snowflakes, pneumatic pumps, layers of cities and moons. He takes inspiration Star Wars, Gundam, and Michael Jackson’s ever-morphing nose.

Suekichi’s watches aren’t available in the US yet. If you can navigate the website in Japanese you might be able to convince him to send you one, though he says he’s never shipped a watch outside of Japan, except to the CEO of Nike. You can read the full interview with Suekichi in Chief Mag. The magazine’s editor, A.P. Smith, hopes to finalize a deal soon with Suekichi to import his amazing watches stateside.