Nirupesh Joshi and Mercy Amalraj founded Bangalore Watch Company in 2018 with the goal of bringing fine watchmaking to India with a tangible link to the country. Following a collection of both men’s and women’s dress watches, the husband and wife team launched the MACH 1 pilot’s watches in September 2019. With multiple case and […]
Nirupesh Joshi and his wife Mercy Amalraj founded Bangalore Watch Company in 2018 with the goal of representing 21st-century India with exciting and high-quality watch collections. Neither worked in the watchmaking field prior to this, as both had successful tech and consulting careers. Nirupesh is an aviation and watch enthusiast and grew frustrated by his […]
Bangalore, India isn’t typically associated with watchmaking. Far removed from historical centres in Switzerland and Germany, Bangalore has an interesting watchmaking history of its own. Hindustan Machine Tools Limited (HMT) was a state-owned brand from the 1960s and for decades represented Indian watchmaking. HMT watches were generally the only game in town with a production […]