Heritage Watch · Kids · 4/6 checks · Reference only — buy controls inert
Board art present
Primary plate resolves.
Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 1 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: signature band.
Colourways
12 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
Awaiting owner sign-off — reference only.
Released for commerce
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House · Z-Vibe Leather Collection™
Rounded case and ivory dial on a stone grey soft leather strap with a Bogolan mudcloth inlay, safe rounded edges throughout. Care: wipe with a soft dry cloth, condition twice a year with a neutral leather balm, never machine wash, dry away from direct heat, store on a shaped hanger in the house dust bag.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Heritage Watch · Kids yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Rounded case and ivory dial on a stone grey soft leather strap with a Bogolan mudcloth inlay, safe rounded edges throughout. Care: wipe with a soft dry cloth, condition twice a year with a neutral leather balm, never machine wash, dry away from direct heat, store on a shaped hanger in the house dust bag.
Made up in Stainless rounded case, ivory dial, stone grey soft leather strap, Bogolan mudcloth inlay.
Registered in 4 colourways: Stone Grey, Navy, Olive, Plum.
Sized One size–One size across the run.
Filed under Boys · Z-Vibe Leather Collection™ as Boys accessories, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Leather Collection™ line.
Learning time, in house colours.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-BOYS-LEATHER-COLLECTION-HERITAGE-WATCH-KIDS
Mudcloth in cream & indigo — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Matching zip pouch cut from the same panel.
Story behind the design
Kere mudcloth in cream & indigo, worked into the signature band.
cream & indigo
ZB-KERE-CRE-510
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strips joined into a panel, then bonded to a vegetable-tanned backing. It is dyed with a n'tjankara leaf mordant followed by a slow black-mud pass — the pattern is not printed on, it is drawn in mud and then the ground around it is lifted away. On this piece the mudcloth meets stainless rounded case.
The tape carries tight lattice with hand-dotted corners. In the Bamana reading, Kere is the fence weave — protection of what has been built. Z-Vibe keeps the motif at heritage scale rather than shrinking it into a logo pattern, so the hand of the maker stays legible on the finished piece.
Mudcloth is placed on construction points, never scattered as decoration: signature band. These are the lines the eye already follows on this silhouette, so the cloth reads as structure — an edge, a facing, a seam — and holds its meaning at three metres and at arm's length alike.
Each length is hand-turned and pick-stitched in silk thread, then pressed over a ham so the tape sits flat, not glued. Tape width and motif repeat are cut to the size band, so a petite run and an extended run carry the same proportion rather than the same measurement.
African heritage, global luxury, future design: the mudcloth is set against European finishing and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ mark. Nothing is erased on either side — the meeting is the design. Different Roots. One Human Story.
Care · Air the piece after wear and store folded with the tape inside. Steam from the reverse — a hot iron directly on the mudcloth flattens the weave.
Each step below reflects work that actually exists for this piece. Refinement is a design process — it does not imply the piece is production-released.
Owner-approved design board intakeComplete
The signed design board was registered as the source of truth; silhouette, Bogolan placement and hardware were locked from it.
Z-Sole Architecture™ assignmentComplete
Sole identity resolved for this style — Z-Grip™ Kids Cut (ZG-4557) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, longitudinal rail flutes with a scalloped braking heel, low-slung court last with a flattened tread plane, stack 40 mm heel / 26 mm forefoot, 14 mm drop, laced in twin-tone Bogolan flat tape, obsidian on ivory, aged-gold aglets, diamond Z at the lateral wall, Z-VIBE at the medial wall. Tread, last and stack height were made unique to the shoe rather than shared across the register.
Bogolan signature verificationComplete
Mudcloth was confirmed as a construction detail (laces, panel, tongue or heel band) and not surface print, and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ mark was placed.
Z-Studio 4K refinement passComplete
Studio refinement rebuilt the shoe at 4K: cleaner last geometry, corrected proportions and true material rendering on the released angles.
Seven-view studio captureIn progress
1 of 7 angles are distinct photographs; 02 Left, 03 Right, 04 Back, 05 Interior, 06 Inner tags, 07 Fabric detail still read the design board.
Cut in Stainless rounded case with ivory dial, stone grey soft leather strap, Bogolan mudcloth inlay. Balanced proportions, hand-finished edges, everyday weight.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 signature band \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z clasp at the Circular gold Z medallion at the closure, finished under Global Heritage Fusion\u2122: African heritage in dialogue with global tailoring and future design.
Legacy you can wear.
Bogolan SignatureIn development
Reference study · not yet for sale
This piece is documented from an atelier design board. It is shown for reference only while the house completes its photography, sizing and release. Purchase, pricing and availability appear here once the owner approves the finished piece.
Readiness · 1 of 8 complete
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