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the usual suspects

 

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the unusual one's

 

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The one that got me infected.........and its spreading

 

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Don't know what made me buy this one, maybe cause of the offset second hand, though it came with a nice box and all (think its an original)

 

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The Bangalore Unity Buildings watch scene:

I am in Bangalore at the moment. I had the morning free today, so I decided to go to Unity buildings which is quite a short distance from my hotel. I landed there early at around 9:45 and found that the HMT showroom was closed, so was Lakshmi Times (a shop bang opposite the HMT showroom). Some other watch shops just adjacent to the HMT outlet had just then opened, and the staff were cleaning the shop. I entered and discovered that this shop had a full counter devoted to HMTs, I browsed through their stock and selected a couple of pieces and bought them. By the time I finished it was 10:30 and the HMT outlet had also opened

HMT showroom at Unity:

They were all sold out of handwinder watches, but they did have a good stock of the supreme automatics.

Lakshmi times opp was still closed.

see how close these shops are:

After chatting for a small while with the HMT staff, I went on to the stationery market (another hobby of mine). On the way back, I decided to take my chances and return to Unity bldgs to see if Lakshmi Times was open, and yes it was:

Bought a couple of watches from him.

The owner Mr. Satyanarayana:

a poor pic of the occupants of Unity Buildings

Cheers!
Hari

Hey Hari , Thats a coincidence , but I was there earlier, evening i think 24 th(it was raining) I barely had the time to visit the unity building showroom, and as you stated they did not have any mech watches, I guess they are waiting for the increase in price probably from 1st oct. Bellary road did have a few mech watches , but i did not want to miss my flight , so I skipped . I think they are getting watches from all closed units to bangalore , and then retail or maybe auction.

 

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I was there on the 23rd morning. God alone knows the plans of HMT, it is beyond my comprehension... Earlier it was that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing, now even the left hand's thumb does not know what the left hand's forefinger is upto.

True and its somebody else who's getting the icing due to all this confusion , Pilot black selling for Rs.9999 on snapdeal !! At first I thought it was a misprint but i guess its not. all other mech on flipkart / snapdeal are for 5K-6K ... ouch!!! Hope nobody falls for these.

 

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Thank you Hari for posting these images. I fell in love with this watch after looking at your photographs and finally got this watch recently. Thanks to you and thanks a lot

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Hey Prashant, Its a beautiful watch. Congratulations on a nice find,This a Bangalore produce?

 

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New finds..

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Raami fantastic finds , I missed a beat on seeing PRAVEEN's dial, I think I have a pramod lying around, will try to post a pic if i find it.
Congrats again

 

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Hari Sir, Any chance of getting HMT Kaushal, I know it will be at a premium but I have to have it. Thanks

 

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HMT Akbar : Somebody had posted about the dial sometime back, so searched for the watch . This a nice grey lined dialed, also comes in gold/ yellow dial, but I think this looks better, seems similar to rohit?

 

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wonderful find. congrats!

Thank you Hari Sir . Who had found the dial, Thanks to him it was a good hunt, Hari Sir, how do I send you email?, Thanks

Also as an afterthought as there is Akbar there must also be a Birbal?

 

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dobber72 the watches are no doubt good but you have also added to their charm with some really nice looking strap combinations.

I really like these simple little watches, very good value for money, they also have a timeless charm about them (no pun intended). Just don't expect Seiko build quality and you'll truly be able to appreciate them.

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Few more finds..

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Sona.. original dial... not sure abt the hands..

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Fantastic finds raami !! The Kanishka dial is unique
I have a Anand which I had bought from Hmt showroom in srinagar in april 14 , but it has a GP case. Dial is similar to Bahadur but its GP while Bahadur is cream, the watch itself is small in size.

 

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HMT Janata TBC : Black - Gold View attachment 4884434

 

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HMT Janata TBC - Black SS

The Back

 

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Hari Sir,
Nice Watch, Does the hand have Lume??

 

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HMT Kaushal ...

Thanks Hari sir for your guidance .
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HMT Kaushal ...

Thanks Hari sir for your guidance .

 

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Congrats, is it available anywhere?

Kaushal as you know is hard to find, will inform if extra is available rajat

 

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Unknowingly I cancelled order.

What to do next?? Reorder It again or to wait for refund and reorder?

Any idea on turn around time for cancellation.

Status is shown as request for cancellation even after two days.

Thank you all.

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akvikram

forgive the typos from my windows phone....

Dont worry some more expected