WATCHNIAN JP

ABOUT US

Corporate Information
and History

Introduction of
Our Group Companies

Watchnian

Watchnian Corporation

Watchnian CorporationRetail, wholesale, purchase, and import / export of luxury watches, bags and jewelry

Kaitori Watchnian Corporation

Kaitori Watchnian CorporationPurchase of used items

Ginzo Corporation

Ginzo CorporationRetail, purchase, and pawnshop of luxury watches, bags and jewelry

WATCHNIAN -auction-

Watchnian Auction CorporationAuction and wholesale of used items

Quark - Real Watches

R Co.,Ltd.Retail and purchase or luxury mechanical watches (mainly Rolex) and other related items

Corporate Information

Corporate name Watchnian Group Corporation
Representative Hiroki Kozuma, Representative Director
Establishment August 2018
Capital 80 million yen
Banks Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation, MUFG Bank, Ltd., Resona Bank, Limited
and others
Address Nishi-Shinjuku Mitsui Building 5F, 6-24-1
Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023
Corporate name Watchnian Corporation
Representative Hiroki Kozuma, Representative Director
Business details Seller, purchaser, wholesaler, and
importer/exporter of branded bags,
luxury watches, and jewelry including
brand-name personal ornaments
Establishment July 2005
Capital 80 million yen
Banks Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation, MUFG Bank, Ltd.,
Resona Bank, Limited and others
Address Nishi-Shinjuku Mitsui Building 5F, 6-24-1
Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023
Others Secondhand goods business permit [No.
308930507238/Tokyo Metropolitan
Public Safety Commission]
Corporate name Kaitori Watchnian Corporation
Representative Harutoshi Oe, Representative Director
Business details Purchaser of secondhand goods in
general
Establishment August 2014
Capital Eight million yen
Address Room No. 158, CO-OP BROADWAY 1F, 5-
52-15 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0001
Others Secondhand goods business permit [No.
304391409035/Tokyo Metropolitan
Public Safety Commission]
Secondhand goods business permit [No.
621110151184/Osaka Prefectural Public
Safety Commission]
Corporate name Ginzo Corporation
Representative Shinji Kosaka, Representative Director
Business details Seller, purchaser and pawnbroker of
brand-name bags, watches and jewelry
Establishment May 2004
Capital 50 million yen
Address Nishi-Shinjuku Mitsui Building 5F, 6-24-1
Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023
Others Secondhand goods business permit [No.
304360407036/Tokyo Metropolitan
Public Safety Commission]
Secondhand goods business permit [No.
621111901164/Osaka Prefectural Public
Safety Commission]
Pawnbroker business permit
[No.304360405007/Tokyo Metropolitan
Public Safety Commission]
Pawnbroker business permit [No.
304360405015/Tokyo Metropolitan
Public Safety Commission]
Pawnbroker business permit [No.
621111900014/Osaka Prefectural Public
Safety Commission]
Corporate name Watchnian Auction Corporation
Representative Hiroki Kozuma, Representative Director
Business details Secondhand goods market operator and
wholesaler
Establishment November 2012
Capital Eight million yen
Address KM Shinjuku Building 3F, 2-46-5
Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160-0021
Others Secondhand goods market owner permit
[No. 304361604054/Tokyo Metropolitan
Public Safety Commission]
Secondhand goods dealer permit [No.
304361307132/Tokyo Metropolitan
Public Safety Commission]
Corporate name R Co.,Ltd.
Representative Kentarou Fukuhara, Representative Director
Business details Retail and purchase or luxury mechanical watches (mainly Rolex) and other related items
Establishment April 2002
Capital 10 million yen
Banks MUFG Bank, Ltd., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Resona Bank, Ltd., The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd., and others
Address 6-3-1 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0005
Others Secondhand goods business permit [No.304390506722 / Tokyo Metropolitan Public Safety Commission]

History

2005 Established as Ippu Kishi LLC
Started to conduct wholesaling business in Japan
2009 Started to deal with overseas goods
2010 Opened a store at a Japanese online shopping mall
2012 Opened the Ippu Kishi Shinjuku Store
2014 Changed corporate name to Ippu Kishi Co., Ltd.
Increased the amount of capital to 80 million yen
2015 Opened the Ippu Kishi Main Store
Opened the Ippu Kishi Official Online Store
2016 Opened the Ippu Kishi Shibuya Store
Opened the Ippu Kishi Shinsaibashi Store
2017 Opened the Ippu Kishi Nakano BROADWAY Store
2018 Established Ippu Kishi Holdings Corporation
Acquired Ginzo Corporation
Opened the Ippu Kishi Osaka Main Store
2019 Relocated the Ippu Kishi Shibuya Store and reopened it in a new place
2020 Opened the Ippu Kishi Nakano Store
2022 Changed service name to WATCHNIAN
Opened the WATCHNIAN Ginza Store
Changed the Ippu Kishi official online store to the WATCHNIAN official online store
Changed corporate name to Watchnian Corporation
2023 Opened the WATCHNIAN Nakano 2nd Store
2024 Renewed the WATCHNIAN Osaka Main Store
(Renovated the 2nd floor to specialize in Hermes bags)
2014 Established as Top Guy Co., Ltd.
Opened the Kaitori Agent Nakano store
2015 Opened the Kaitori Agent Ginza store
Opened the Kaitori Agent Shibuya store
Opened the Kaitori Agent Shinsaibashi store
2018 Relocated the Kaitori Agent Shibuya store and reopened it in a new place
2019 Opened the Kaitori Agent Okachimachi store
Opened the Kaitori Agent Shinjuku store
2021 Opened the Kaitori Agent Ginza 8-chome store
2022 Changed service name from “Kaitori Agent” to “WATCHNIAN Kaitori Senmonten”
Opened the WATCHNIAN Kaitori Senmonten Shinjuku Kabukicho store
Opened the WATCHNIAN Kaitori Senmonten Ebisu store
Changed corporate name to Kaitori Watchnian Corporation
2023 Opened the WATCHNIAN Kaitori Senmonten Nakano Broadway 3F store
2024 Opened the WATCHNIAN Kaitori Senmonten Nagoya-Osu store
Opened the WATCHNIAN Kaitori Senmonten Shinjuku East-exit store
Opened the WATCHNIAN Kaitori Senmonten Namba Marui store
2004 Founded as Ginzo Corporation (with capital of 10 million yen)
Opened the Shinjuku main store in the Shinjuku Higashi Minamiguchi area
Opened the second Shinjuku store in the Shinjuku Higashiguchi area
Established the NET division at the Shinjuku main store
2006 Opened the first Kaitori Senmon store in the Shinjuku Nishiguchi area
Established a watch workshop at the Shinjuku main store
Increased the amount of capital to 80 million yen
2007 Relocated the headquarters and the NET division to Kabukicho, Shinjuku
Introduced an inventory management system
Opened the Shinsaibashi main store in Shinsaibashi, Osaka
2008 Relocated the headquarters and the NET division to Shinjuku 5-chome
Opened the second Kaitori Senmon store in Shinsaibashi, Osaka
2009 Opened the Shinjuku Nishiguchi store in the Shinjuku Nishiguchi area
2011 Opened the Kaitori Senmon Nakano Ekimae store in the Nakano Station Kitaguchi area
Opened the Kaitori Senmon SHIBUYA CENTER-GAI store in SHIBUYA CENTER-GAI
Relocated and reopened the Shinsaibashi main store
2013 Opened the Kaitori Senmon Shinjuku Nishiguchi store in the Shinjuku Nishiguchi area
Opened the Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Ekimae store in the Ikebukuro Nishiguchi area
2018 Joined the Ippu Kishi Holdings Group
2012 Established as TOP J Co., Ltd.
2013 Started the TOP J Shinjuku auction
2022 Changed service name to “WATCHNIAN-auction”
Changed corporate name to Watchnian Auction Corporation
1998 Opened Rolex Specialty Shop Quark
Opened Ueno Main store and Daikanyama store
2000 Opened Shinjuku store and Nagoya-Sakae store
2001 Opened Shinsaibashi store
2002 Opened Kobe store
2003 Opened Sendai store
2004 Opened Fukuoka store and Yokohama store
2006 Opened Umeda store
2007 Opened Shibuya store
*Unified Daikanyama and Shinjuku store
2010 Opened Hong Kong store
2012 Opened Ginza 888 store
2013 Opened Hiroshima store
2015 Opened Shinjuku store
*Relocated from Shibuya
2016 Opened Quark Museum
2019 Opened Quark Lab Nakano
2020 Opened Quark Salon Tokyo and Quark Salon Osaka
2022 Opened Kyoto store and Shizuoka store
2023 Opened Nagoya-Station store
Joined Watchnian Group