Astro Boy (1952)
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Osamu Tezuka's android-hero manga, known in Japan as Mighty Atom (鉄腕アトム), was serialized in Kobunsha's Shōnen from 1952 to 1968. It follows Astro Boy, an emotive robot boy built by scientist Umataro Tenma in place of his own dead son and later cared for by Professor Ochanomizu, as he uses his array of built-in powers to protect humans and robots alike. The character himself first appeared a year earlier, in 1951, as a supporting player in Tezuka's Ambassador Atom, before headlining his own series. (Wikipedia)
Watches
- PREMICO Astro Boy 70th Anniversary Mechanical Watch
- Official product partnership, not an in-work appearance. PREMICO's Astro Boy 70th Anniversary Mechanical Watch is a titanium skeleton watch with an engraved retro-futuristic cityscape dial, limited to 1,951 pieces and released June 25, 2021, commemorating the 70th anniversary of Astro Boy's 1951 debut in Osamu Tezuka's earlier Ambassador Atom. (PREMICO; atpress)
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- PREMICO Astro Boy ATOM THE AUTOMATIC Watch
- Official product partnership, not an in-work appearance. Imperial Enterprise released this automatic skeleton watch May 26, 2017, marking Osamu Tezuka's own 70th anniversary as a manga artist, limited to 999 pieces, its dial rendering Astro Boy's face as the visible mechanical structure. It is licensed merchandise, not shown in the manga or anime. (PREMICO; atpress)
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- Breitling Avenger B01 Chronograph 44 Astro Boy
- Official product partnership, not an in-work appearance. Breitling's Avenger B01 Chronograph 44 Astro Boy, ref. AB01476A1I1X1, is a stainless steel chronograph with a yellow dial and an Astro Boy sub-dial at 9 o'clock, released December 2025 in partnership with Tezuka Productions and limited to 99 pieces sold only in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Macau. (Hypebeast; WatchBase)
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- UNDONE Astro Boy
- Official product partnership, not an in-work appearance. UNDONE, the Hong Kong custom-watch brand, carried this licensed chronograph on its storefront by September 2021 under the identifier astro-boy-standard, with campaign assets filed under 2021: a semi-transparent "X-ray vision" dial showing the mecha-quartz movement, a dual-time inner rotating bezel worked by a crown at 10 o'clock and a forged-carbon-fibre bezel, both UNDONE firsts, a marble-patterned case, crowns ringed in the green and red of Astro's clothes and bi-chromatic lume. The page credits Astro Boy the character generally, naming no single work. (UNDONE, via the Wayback Machine)
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- Louis Erard 2340 x Astro Boy
- Official product partnership, not an in-work appearance. Louis Erard's Tezuka Productions-licensed 2340 x Astro Boy (ref. 35123TA23.BMT12), a 178-piece world limited edition released November 2025 at ¥1,056,000, sets a Sellita SW300-1 automatic in a 40 mm satin titanium and polished steel integrated-bracelet case. Its dial etches a "Metro City" skyline and the classic Robot antagonist in relief, with a satin-brushed, multicolor pad-printed Astro Boy figure applied over them; the chapter ring's Louis Erard logo and the hands glow blue. It is not sold in Hong Kong, Mainland China, or Macau. (Watch Media Online; Louis Erard)
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