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Hi friends..need some information on hmt automatic watches..
I have my NASS 13 which is automatic and working perfectly...i just wanted to know like how many times i have to hand wind the crown so that it lasts for a complete day? I tried winding it manually but there is no resistance in the crown even after few good number of turns...i once read in our forum that hmt automatics can be wound manually...if that's true then how many turns i need to do it? I know this is a very basic question i am asking but i am a newbie just getting into mechanics of watches Thanks

 

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Hello Friends...today i would like to show one of my quartz collections....its name is "Sangam MGGL-02-A"....I love this beauty very much...why i love this beauty? see for your self in the pictures below..seeing is believing when you are in love, then you do this kind of crazy things...i did my best to present this perfect craftsmanship from the house of hmt watches....hope you also like it

 

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Automatic watches have something called as an "endless" mainspring. So the crown will not come to a stop when the main spring is fully wound. The main spring will simply slip inside the barrel harmlessly. 18 half turns should fully wind your watch for the day.

Hello Hari, thank you very much |>

 

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Some more goodies from HMT...

Praveen... love the mosaic textured dial
A rare to find blue dialed Deepak (brown dialed Deepak, ofcourse one can find quite frequently)
a deep brown Yeshwant with matching leather strap ...
a majestic Heera....
Pankaj....elegant Roman dialed
Grey dialed Abhishek... dial pattern similar to Amitabh (?)

Dear Vikrama...just awesome collection...its sheer temptation

 

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Beautiful Quartz...

Jalal tum ek shayari likho...Sangam ke bare mein

Dear Vikrama, thank you very much

hehehe....arz hi...

shayari bohat suna hi... lekin kabhi likhi nahi...
sunwaye bohat se shayari logon ne... lekin likne ko kisi ne kahi nahi...

aye mere dost ye tumne kya kahe dala... aaj rukne ko jee chahta nahi...
bata de hum bhi dunya walon ko ki hum bhi kisi se kam nahi...

ye waqt bata tu itna paband kaise? kahi tu hmt ka sangam ghadi pehnta to nahi?
doston ki kya kami iss zamane mey...lekin vikrama jaise housla badane wale nahi...

 

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Nice Pic Jalal and Vikrama.

Happy to see more models.

Dear akvikram..thank you very much

 

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Sent from my SM-N910G using Tapatalk

Dear Sudip..any story behind this star janata?

 

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Hello friends...hope you all are doing well...ok.. here is my hmt shakti (shakti = power)

 

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Good evening friends! Three days back there was a listing on ebay.in for hmt "track UGSS 02" white dial...though used one i placed order and received it today..watch is in a very good condition..i am happy with this purchase and it didn't cost me much, just 500/- Indian rupees. The build quality of this watch is superb..rugged..combination of matte finish and polished bezel is great My intention of this purchase is that i want to mod this watch and do some experiments in the near future Especially i want to change the hands of this watch to give it a more sporty look...dunno that's possible or not but let me try

My general observation is that hmt has a very good quartz watches too and series like INOX, TRACK are my favorites. Ok here is today's pic..Cheers!

 

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jalal-akbar nice ad and awesome pic

Thank you my friend

 

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Happy Dussera friends! Just thought of wishing you all and want to update you that hmtwatches.in has listed few new automatic watches...when i opened the site at IST 9.50 am (today = 11-Oct-2016) i could see new watches like

APOORVA DLX S
NASS 03 BD
NASS 03 BL
PROKRUTHI WD

I am happy that i could place order for PROKRUTHI WD...immediately after my order it went out of stock

 

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The top pic is superb, and I love the look of that strap!

Thank you my friend

 

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Friends..is there any chance this roman goddess will be available in future?...i remember someone said on on this forum that this beauty might be available in future..

My friend i too wish the same...hope is still alive for me

 

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To those who might be interested, both the listed watches are supposed to have a ISA Swiss 307/40 movement.

Hari Ji, Thank you very much for that piece of information. The only disappointing thing for me with the new roman models listed is that there is no logo of hmt on the dial

 

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No. not all Roman have Alarm and EL. But Roman have good cases, good plating quality and good movements like these two have ISA. Alarm watches are listed under Roman section on website, but they are out of stock.

Hari Ji, what is EL? sorry for asking this basic question

 

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Friends..i have two questions here which i was supposing to ask for quite a long time but eventually forgetting every time. Please excuse for my basic doubts as i am just just getting into this world of watch mechanics

Q1 : what is the difference between NASS 12 & NASS 13? I have nass13 but nass 12 also looks quite similar to nass13. So where is the difference occurs?

Q2 : I read on quite a few posts that many watch enthusiasts says that their mechanical watches are accurate with only 5 secs or 10 secs or 15 secs of time loss in 24 hours or for full winding...how come they are able to judge that so accurately? is there any machine to to detect that or just by physical observation?

Please guys educate me on this. Thanks.

 

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Hari Ji, thank you very much. Now i have got some knowledge on it.

Jalal, EL is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroluminescence

The rate (a measure of how fast or slow) of a mechanical watch can be indeed measured by a machine which has been called by various names such as vibrograph, timegrapher etc depending on the manufacturer. One such machine can be seen at this link:
Watch Expert - Testing and measurement of mechanical watches - watchmaking, watch servicing

HMT service centres used to have a similar machine. HMT Mumbai had one till the end.

another way is to observe the cumulative rate of a watch manually over several days and then calculate the average daily rate. This is the approach followed by many WIS.

 

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Man.. i decided not to purchase this watch but you persuade me with these beautiful pics...temptations at its peak i placed my order for yellow dial variant immediately

Just received my roman listed in special section...few quick snaps..hariji was correct...it has awesome anodised case...also the most annoying things about quartz for me personally is misalignment of second hand and indices...to me not only it is irritating but also manifest poor manufacturing quality...i have seen it even in high end timex and titans...but this roman has spot on alignment...great precision in engineering.

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Hi Dhaivat Dhruv and friends...yester i received my hmt prakruti white dial...its like dream come true for me because i was longing for this watch ever since i saw its pics on this forum. Also i read somewhere that hmt stopped production of this watch long back. At one time i thought of purchasing this on ebay at a premium price . But once again god listened to my words and it has been listed once again on hmt website. Oh god thank you very much and thank you hmt. I am very happy with this purchase

Guys this is one of the elegant watches from the house of hmt with case size approx 36mm w/o crown and 43mm lug to lug. Perfect for person with thin wrists. Really adorable watch. Ok here are the pics just now taken with my mobile camera.

 

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Jalal, good selection !!
This looks much better than gold dialed Prakruthi which I have .... < the pasture is always greener on the other side isn't it ;-) >

Dear Vikrama, thank you very much. Yes white dial is more elegant than yellow dial. Infact i ordered both white and yellow dials