If you ever get to San Francisco, East bay - more specifically
Berkeley you can see a couple Watanabes at Yoshis bike shop on
Bancroft St. He was listed in last weeks Atlantis directory. They
are quite gorgeous. Understated paint by US standards, but the
detailing is very nice indeed. Yoshi has some other Japanese
makers there as well - maybe you can get him to reveal who they
are!
Tom rawson