Commemorating the 50th anniversary of a Japanese motorsports pioneer: The MUGEN collaboration EDIFICE SOSPENSIONE
Presenting a collaboration between MUGEN, a brand that is still a leader at the forefront of the motorsports world as it celebrates its 50th anniversary, and EDIFICE SOSPENSIONE, a timepiece born of a “real motorsports” concept. This watch powerfully evokes the valiant racing spirit of MUGEN, capturing the identity of the brand in all aspects of its design, including the colors, logo, and emblem. The band is made of Alcantara, a sophisticated material known for its use in high-end auto interiors, as well. This premium-quality chronograph is more than worthy of this special anniversary.
Established in 1973 by HONDA Hirotoshi, the oldest son of Honda Motor Company founder HONDA Soichiro. In addition to participating in professional races in Japan and worldwide with its Team Mugen, the brand engages in a broad range of motorsports-related activities. These include designing, developing, producing, assembling and selling race car engines and motors, developing carbon composite components, and developing, producing and selling tuning parts and accessories, mainly for four-wheeled vehicles. Since 2003, M-TEC Co., Ltd. has taken on much of the business operations for the MUGEN brand, which is commemorating its 50th anniversary in 2023.
Bold, original face design featuring MUGEN brand colors
The whole watch design expresses the MUGEN brand colors: white, red, gold, and black. A color scheme with a strong visual effect makes the brand identity apparent at a glance with the three colored bars across the middle of the black dial, the tips of the hour and minute hands, the red section of the inset dial, and inlaid parts of the index marks and dial. The MUGEN logo at the 3 o’clock position creates a unique look for this collaboration model.
Actual typeface data supplied by MUGEN for bezel engraving
An engraving on the bezel features the font used on shift knobes made by MUGEN, created with actual typeface data supplied by MUGEN.
Band made of Alcantara material, capturing the MUGEN spirit
The band is made with Alcantara, a material also used in MUGEN race car seats. In addition to being elegant and soft to the touch, the material features durability, breathability, and ease of care. MUGEN POWER and Eye Commander logos symbolising the spirit of MUGEN are embossed on the band, with three-color stitching in brand colors. The MUGEN colors and logo are featured on the double band loop made of leather and metal as well.
*Alcantara is a registered trademark of Alcantara S.p.A.
Carbon fiber-reinforced resin case with suspension arm design
Inspired by the double wishbone suspension used in race cars with pairs of upper and lower forked arms, the lugs that connect the bands to the case are configured in a four-arm arrangement. Carbon fiber-reinforced resin is used as the case material, delivering both strength and lightness.
Engraved case back
The case back is engraved with both the MUGEN and EDIFICE name logos.
Special packaging
Smartphone Link for full functionality at your fingertips
Smartphone pairing via Bluetooth® delivers automatic time correction and makes it easy to configure various functions from the app, including world time. In addition to the watch’s 200-lap memory for the stopwatch timer, it allows data transfer to the app, as well.
Schedule timer for convenient time management
Syncs with your smartphone’s calendar app to display schedule start and end times on the LCD. An inset dial indicator counts down to the next alarm and shows the time remaining in the active timer.
Super Illuminator
(high-brightness auto double LED light) for maintaining watch readability in the dark
Scratch-resistant
highly transparent sapphire crystal
FEATURE
EDIFICE and MUGEN team up to deliver a very special high-performance motorsports watch collaboration.
The EDIFICE MUGEN EDITION embodies the identity of the world-renowned MUGEN brand, developer and manufacturer of racing engines and aftermarket parts for Honda cars. The MUGEN logo and four brand colors — white, red, gold, and black —are featured on the dial, the band and band loop. The band is made of soft, durable Alcantara material and stamped with the iconic MUGEN symbol, the “Eye Commander.” Even the minute display on the bezel features a font provided by MUGEN.
The watchcase in carbon fiber-reinforced resin is lightweight, yet strong, and it features a unique design inspired by a formula car suspension with lugs configured in a four-arm arrangement.
Thanks to Smartphone Link, the watch automatically connects when within range of a paired smartphone and automatically adjusts for accurate timekeeping. Easily access world time, alarm, and other operations via the smartphone app. The Super Illuminator illuminates the watch hands and digital display, and sapphire crystal protects against scratches.
This very special timepiece is dedicated to MUGEN fans the world over.
Specifications
Carbon / Stainless steel
Alcantara material band
100-meter water resistance
Sapphire Crystal
Black ion plated bezel
Neobrite
World time
38 time zones (38 cities + coordinated universal time), city name display, daylight saving on/off, auto summer time (DST) switching, Home city/World time city swapping
Stopwatch
1/1000-second stopwatch
Measuring capacity:
00'00''000~59'59''999 (for the first 60 minutes)
1:00'00''0~23:59'59''9 (after 60 minutes)
Measuring unit:
1/1000 second (for the first 60 minutes)
1/10 second (after 60 minutes)
Measuring modes: Elapsed time, lap time
Timer
Countdown timer
Measuring unit: 1 second
Countdown range: 24 hours
Countdown start time setting range: 1 second to 24 hours (1-second increments, 1-minute increments and 1-hour increments)
Alarm/hourly time signal
5 daily alarms
Hourly time signal
Light
Double LED light
LED light for the face (Auto LED light, Super illuminator, selectable illumination duration (1.5 seconds or 3 seconds), afterglow)
LED backlight for the digital display (Auto LED light, Super illuminator, selectable illumination duration (1.5 seconds or 3 seconds), afterglow)
Light color
LED:White
Calendar
Full auto-calendar (to year 2099)
Mute feature
Button operation tone on/off
Accuracy
Accuracy: ±15 seconds per month (with no mobile link function)
Other features
Hand shift feature (Hands move out of the way to provide an unobstructed view of digital display contents.)
Airplane mode
12/24-hour format
Schedule beeper on/off
Date/month display swapping
Day display (days of the week selectable in six languages)
Regular timekeeping:
Analog: 2 hands (hour, minute (hand moves every 20 seconds)), 1 dial (linked to each mode)
Digital: Hour, minute, second, pm, month, date, day
Smartphone Link feature
Mobile link (Automatic connection, wireless linking using Bluetooth®)
Apps
CASIO WATCHES
App connectivity feature
Auto time adjustment
Easy watch setting
Approximately 300 world time cities
Stopwatch data transfer
Schedule timer
Phone finder
Power supply and battery life
Approx. battery life: 2 years on CR2016
Compatible band size
145 to 215 mm
Size of case / Total weight
Size of case : 52.4 × 48 × 12.7 mm
Total weight : 65 g
Bold, original face design featuring MUGEN brand colors
The whole watch design expresses the MUGEN brand colors: white, red, gold, and black. A color scheme with a strong visual effect makes the brand identity apparent at a glance with the three colored bars across the middle of the black dial, the tips of the hour and minute hands, the red section of the inset dial, and inlaid parts of the index marks and dial. The MUGEN logo at the 3 o’clock position creates a unique look for this collaboration model.