A couple months ago I had a dead HMT Chirag that I tried to use for swapping stem & crown with my Janata, whose crown was so worn it was hard to wind. They didn't fit each other, and for some reason I couldn't get them back into the originals. What I mess. :-( So I asked my friend fatehbajwa if he could perhaps find a fix. Off they went back home to southern India.
In the mail today I found a little package with THREE new watches, a replacement Janata and Chirag, plus one of my all-time favorite HMTs, the "mil-sub" styled Jawan, a generous gift from Fateh. He was doing me enough of a favor enough just fixing the other two, not to mention replacement. Luckily I keep a drawer full of 18mm straps just for such occasions.
My first watch when I was 6 years old was a hand-wind Timex, which cost $10 back in 1969 or so. I still have great warm feelings for humble honest watches, built to serve real people in everyday life. That's why I hang out here in /f71. While some watches serve our yearning for luxury and status, others are made for everyone. These HMT watches are so charming, they wind like butter and keep great time. They'll take a proud part in my wrist rotation of little mechanical wonders.
Thanks, Fateh!
Oh, and let's not forget that they have a companion, whatmeworry's sturdy HMT Pilot.
In the mail today I found a little package with THREE new watches, a replacement Janata and Chirag, plus one of my all-time favorite HMTs, the "mil-sub" styled Jawan, a generous gift from Fateh. He was doing me enough of a favor enough just fixing the other two, not to mention replacement. Luckily I keep a drawer full of 18mm straps just for such occasions.
My first watch when I was 6 years old was a hand-wind Timex, which cost $10 back in 1969 or so. I still have great warm feelings for humble honest watches, built to serve real people in everyday life. That's why I hang out here in /f71. While some watches serve our yearning for luxury and status, others are made for everyone. These HMT watches are so charming, they wind like butter and keep great time. They'll take a proud part in my wrist rotation of little mechanical wonders.
Thanks, Fateh!
Oh, and let's not forget that they have a companion, whatmeworry's sturdy HMT Pilot.