Pradipta K. Mohapatra
This is the 10th anniversary of the technology marvel that Tissot introduced in the year 2000. T–Touch. In the span of a decade, Tissot introduced the original T–Touch, T-Navigator, T-Touch Trekking and T-Touch Expert. And now, the 5th edition Tissot Sea-Touch, aptly titled for a diving version has been introduced. A friend of […]

Pradipta K. Mohapatra
This is the 10th anniversary of the technology marvel that Tissot introduced in the year 2000. T–Touch. In the span of a decade, Tissot introduced the original T–Touch, T-Navigator, T-Touch Trekking and T-Touch Expert. And now, the 5th edition Tissot Sea-Touch, aptly titled for a diving version has been introduced. A friend of […]

Pradipta K. Mohapatra
Reuters recently reported that two British pilots, Squadron Leader Steve Brooks and Flight Lieutenant Hugh Quentin–Smith, crashed their helicopter in Antarctica. Luckily, they were wearing a ‘Breitling Emergency’ Watch. They activated their emergency transmitter system which was intercepted by a Chilean Otter aircraft who upon receiving the signal rescued the two pilots in […]

Pradipta K. Mohapatra
When Titan introduced Obaku watches in the Indian market last month, it took me back to the trademark Danish simplicity and elegance of designing watches. It is not usual for one to think of Denmark as a country that designs ace watches. However, interestingly, Denmark boasts a long and rich history of superior […]

Pradipta. K. Mohapatra
The battle is heating up in the fast growing premium watch segment. Seiko, the only billion dollar watch brand outside Switzerland is not going to let the Swiss get away with all the cream! Basel World 2008 witnessed Seiko Spring Drive Spacewalk for the first time and later that October, Richard Garriott, the […]

Pradipta K. Mohapatra
When Isamu Kawaguchi, Managing Director of Citizen Watches, launched Citizen’s new range of Radio-Control watches at the 160th anniversary celebrations of retailer P.Orr & Sons in Chennai, watch lovers in India welcomed a whole new technology that makes timekeeping for globe trotters a breeze. It’s a tiny hidden antenna in Citizen’s Radio-Control Calibre […]

Pradipta K. Mohapatra
The history of Indian horology would be incomplete without the mention of P. Orr & Sons. For many new comers into the fascinating world of watches, this name would simply ring the bell of a watch retailer in Mount Road, Chennai that houses some tasteful watches and clocks. However, the fascinating tale of […]

Pradipta K Mohapatra
Four years ago Titan stunned the world market by introducing the thinnest quartz movement. For sometime, Titan had watched with great interest, ultra-slim watches as a significant USP to a section of watch buyers.
For about a decade, Swiss watch brand Concord ruled this segment of the market by commercially introducing a movement 1.75 […]

Pradipta K. Mohapatra
If there’s any brand that has perfectly blended the art of jewellery crafting and the technological prowess of watch making, it has to be the world’s most famous diamond jewellery firm, Harry Winston.
Founded in 1889, the firm entered the watch making business exactly a century later in 1989. Harry Winston’s watch style is […]

Pradipta K Mohapatra
If one man has to be honoured for his contribution to Horology, that would undoubtedly be Abraham-Louis Breguet. It comes as an incredible joy to all watch lovers that Breguet’s works are elevated to art form. The Louvre in Paris held a large exhibition of Breguet’s works from 25th June to 7th September […]