Wah !! Beautiful Bahadur (Do you think my Bahadur should have been with gold casing ?)
The sight of eerie silence at HMT factory raises melancholic feeling.....it is more pronounced in Bangalore because of its vast area and empty workers quarters.
The Gp pattern variant Bahadur have seen in same steel case so your case is Ok, The plain Bahadur steel case may be different . and yes I get what you mean about the feeling ,have had it since 2014, the small HMT showroom in Pune with whatever meagre stock was among the first that closed in 14.So in a way you in Bangalore are lucky to have it open till now.
I still pass by the closed shutters of the showroom , the board is still there, hoping ...
Hari sir you are too kind , What I have is nothing compared to your collection,you have introduced me to many lovely rare HMTs that I still search for .
And if you insist Hari . it is|>
Hari, what you say about Anand may be true, the Transfer of stock and spares is quite well known with hmt, Chinar had sold Shiv in number of case options, Janata, Amar, akbar, Gaurav, deepak, chetan etc I guess whichever was at hand ;-) . But since the dial is so thoughtfully made and a beauty I dont mind the case. The HMT showroom in Srinagar was ruined during the floods . The factory is in bit of a awkward area.to put it very mildly. So the staff has as such gone thro a lot, but still are very helpful as you mentioned.
I was allowed only to take a pic of the board at the Zainakot plant, after being grilled at the gates for nearly 45 mins;-). Our Army brothers could not believe I was in that area for watches.
jalal-akbar excellent Click of the Braille
raami nice Kohi variant
For today 14th Feb sharing an old pic(please pardon the poor Pic quality), tagged it as
Love affair since 1961 ,
as to the why
HMT assembled its first batch in 1961 of Hmt Citizen 500nos and Hmt Sujata 300nos, and no, the ones I have are not from that batch
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