Matoa

Identity and scope

Matoa is an Indonesian watch business associated with handcrafted wooden watches.

This guide treats that identity as the starting point. It does not transfer line-level history to an individual watch without matching reference evidence. 1

Historical position

A Google business case study dates Lucky D. Aria's start of Matoa to 2010 and its first exhibition launches in Bandung to 2011.

The date and context belong to the event described, not automatically to every object bearing the name. 1

What the source establishes

The cited Google record is the evidence anchor used here for Matoa. Its documented scope is narrower than a complete corporate, calibre, or model archive.

Where the source speaks for the brand, its historical statements remain attributed rather than converted into independent verification. 1

Identify the exact watch

Record every visible dial signature, the complete case-back reference and serial markings, movement or module markings, dimensions, materials, and complications. Compare those details with a dated catalogue, manual, archive extract, or service document for the exact reference.

A shared logo or broadly similar case is an identification lead, not proof of age, originality, or authenticity. 1

Keep entities and dates separate

Use 2010 only in the documented context described above. Names may survive ownership changes, disappear and return, or refer to a founder, historic maker, product line, and present operator at different times.

Build an object-level chronology before making continuity claims. 1

Research a Matoa watch

Start with clear photographs of the dial, case back, crown, clasp, and movement where safely accessible. Search the exact markings in primary documentation and retain the document date and page or section.

For authentication, servicing, or valuation, use a qualified specialist and preserve provenance, invoices, and prior service records. 1

Independent research update

Matoa is an Indonesian wooden-watch business associated with founder Lucky Danna Aria and based in Bandung.

Indonesian government and other sources identify 2011 as a Matoa founding/start milestone.

Kontan reported in 2014 that Lucky D. Aria entered the wooden-watch business in February 2013.

The checked sources conflict on whether 2011 or 2013 should be treated as Matoa's business-start date.

An individual Matoa watch still requires model/reference-level evidence; brand identity alone does not establish its age, originality, authenticity, or value. 3456