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Craftsmanship

Made With Craftsmanships

At SAAD, our intricate and unique designs have been crafted by skilled and experienced artisans since our inception in 1999. We focus on longevity and quality at every step, from initial design and prototyping to development and final production, ensuring each process is carried out with care by our dedicated team.

With over 25 years of experience, we have honed our craftsmanship skills, aiming to provide quality that even exceeds the high standards of Japan.

Our products are designed to stand the test of time and become cherished companions throughout your journey.

Jewelry

SAAD Feather, one of our signature items, epitomizes our craftsmanship in jewelry making.

The pendant features meticulously sculpted details modeled after an actual bald eagle’s feather, achieving a remarkably realistic appearance. The smoking and buffing processes of the silver are carefully adjusted to highlight these details with optimal contrast, resulting in a strikingly lifelike piece.

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Process of Making Silver Jewelry

1. Casting
This is a pivotal stage in jewelry crafting, involving the creation of a mold from a wax pattern crafted by artisans. Melted 925 silver is then poured into the mold, cooled, and solidified to form the foundational piece.
2. Polishing
The solidified silver is then polished through rough grinding in multiple stages, creating a mirror-like shine. This process generates significant heat, with temperatures reaching nearly 100 degrees Celsius.
3. Engraving
Our silver engravings are meticulously handcrafted, requiring precision and expertise, honed over decades of experience.
4. Openwork
Openwork, a process of creating holes in silver, stands as SAAD's distinctive technique. It is characterized by intricately hollowing and piercing the silver, blending traditional craftsmanship with contemporary allure.
5. Pendant Bail
Pendant bail is then attached to the piece for a completion. Since many of our bail boasts intricate designs, they are soldered one by one with high heat in precision, ensuring every detail is preserved.
6. Oxidized Coating
Our manufacturing method utilizes the unique properties of silver, inducing a chemical reaction with silver sulfide to intentionally blacken the surface. This is followed by meticulous polishing, which enhances the vivid contrast and results in a striking finish.
7. Platinum Coating
Rhodium coating is applied to the silver surface to achieve a platinum-like shine, providing a mature and elegant finish. It also prevents dullness and darkening from sulfurization, which is common in silver products, and enhances surface hardness, making it more resistant to scratches.
8. Inspection Quality Identity
Lastly, each item is carefully inspected by our craftsmen to ensure its detail and texture. Rest assured, our silver jewelry undergoes rigorous quality checks before being deemed complete and ready for your satisfaction.
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Leather

SAAD’s saddle leather wallets exemplify our dedication to craftsmanship. While we use machines for precision stitching, each wallet is meticulously hand-finished. Our double-stitch technique—done in two separate passes—ensures durability and strength. Handcrafting also facilitates easier repairs, unlike mass-produced leather goods that often require complete disassembly.

Our approach ensures that our products are made with future repairability in mind.

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Process of Making Leather Items

1. Tanning
This crucial step in leather production involves a method known as "vegetable tanning," which uses tannins extracted from plants to tan the leather. Without this process, the animal skin would decay. SAAD’s leather develops a rich patina and texture over time due to this natural method, which exclusively employs organic materials.
2. Selecting
After several weeks to months of tanning, the leather develops a firm yet natural texture. At this stage, we meticulously handpick the leather for our products, ensuring it meets our standards by assessing its color, durability, and suppleness.
3. Quality Check
We carefully measure the thickness of each piece of leather using a dial gauge, ensuring that only those meeting our precise standards are selected for production. This thorough quality control process guarantees consistent product quality across our range.
4. Hand-Cutting
Every component that serves as a prototype for our products undergoes a meticulous hand-cutting process, following the prototype pattern for each model precisely. This time-intensive procedure requires intricate cutting and sewing but significantly impacts the quality and craftsmanship of the finished product, ensuring attention to detail and precision throughout.
5. Leather Carving
Leather carving is the essence of SAAD's leather products and captivates many users with its visual appeal. This technique involves creating textures by cutting the leather with a knife or stamping it to make indentations. All work is done by hand, requiring a high level of skill and precision.
6. Punching Holes
Holes necessary for weaving the leather with thread or lace are meticulously punched by craftsmen. This process involves drilling holes at even intervals to ensure consistency.
7. Sewing with Yarn
Saddle leather is sewn together with even and precise stitches using machine sewing.
8. Sewing with Lace
"Lacing" is a signature technique for SAAD leather products. Instead of thread, we use cowhide lace to sew the leather together. The frame part of the leather body is woven with lace to give it an edgy finish.
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Gemstone Watch

Many gemstones are fragile and challenging to process, requiring extreme precision and expertise to shape them into the extremely thin and small pieces needed for watches. A slight mistake can cause a crack, rendering the gemstone unusable. 

SAAD turquoise watch, featuring one of the most delicate gemstones, exemplifies our craftsmanship skills with its intricate design and careful handling.

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Process of Making Gemstone Watch

1. Selecting
We select best quality natural stone blocks with colors suitable for the dial.
2. Cutting
The stone blocks are cut to a thickness of approximately 5mm. Even for skilled craftsmen, the stone may crack at this stage. Once it is cracked, we cannot use it for the watch.
3. Polishing
The stones, cut to approximately 5mm, are continuously polished down to a mere 0.35mm to 0.45mm so they can be set into the movement.
4. Selecting Polished Stones
During the polishing process, we carefully search for the most beautiful part of the stone to use for the dial. This delicate work means that even highly skilled craftsmen can only produce a finished product from about 13% to 15% of the cut stones without cracking.
5. Setting Stones
Once the polishing is complete, the indices are attached to the stones, and each caliber is assembled one by one.
6. Assembling All Parts
We carefully assemble all the parts to create the watch.
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