[arindambasu13]

Originally Posted by PPS

I recently came across full page ad of Tudor in some newspaper. I was under the impression they do not have an official retailer in India, but it seems Dia Jewellery sells them.

https://www.tudorwatch.com/en/retail...umbai/1845-dia

After seeing the posts here, called up Kapoor watch company on Delhi. Appears that they are also authorised dealers of Tudor though they do not advertise the brand on their website yet. Till recently, Tudor did not have ADs in India. Long story short, picked up my long time grail the Tudor Black Bay 58 (unexpectedly they had the piece I wanted in stock). Expecting it to arrive sometime next week, since I am out of town since then. My very first luxury watch purchase so to speak.

Quite happy since it would have cost me marginally more were I to pick it up abroad. Not to mention domestic purchase is much more preferable since the AD is in India itself, helps with warranty and servicing.

[abtyagi]

Originally Posted by arindambasu13

Long story short, picked up my long time grail the Tudor Black Bay 58 (unexpectedly they had the piece I wanted in stock). Expecting it to arrive sometime next week, since I am out of town since then. My very first luxury watch purchase so to speak.

Quite happy since it would have cost me marginally more were I to pick it up abroad. Not to mention domestic purchase is much more preferable since the AD is in India itself, helps with warranty and servicing.

This is super cool. Congratulations. Please do post pictures. Looks like we may have to start a separate thread for BB58s

Originally Posted by driving_smartly

My latest acquisition, Casio G-Shock GA-2100

Ordered from Casioshop online. It's a July 2020 manufactured piece

So I also had an eye for it, and tried it in g shock store, VR Mall bangalore. Just felt like tiny kids watch on my wrist. May be I just got used to my daily wear Garmin Fenix 6x pro.

[ringoism]

In the vintage realm, here's something to ask your uncles (or younger selves?) about:

Certainly everyone knows about HMT's, fewer are familiar with old mechanical Indian brands like Timestar or Hegde-Golay, but this one seems even rarer. I don't recall how or when it came into my hands, but though it had long been amongst my things, I'd never really looked into what it was - I suppose the condition was too bad to merit any attention:







Web search yielded "PA Pinions" right here in Himachal Pradesh, who has long been a maker of watch components - I figured there must be a connection, but I had no idea as to branding, as the dial was too far gone to see anything there.

Our lone Nepali mechanic here, shown a pic of the movement, said they were "Pureval" brand, he didn't have any parts for them or anything good to say about the watches - but anyway, as a Himachal guy I figured I ought to dig deeper and if possible refurb this one or find another one in good shape, just for my collection.

Inquired of a watch buddy in East India, who readily located a ladies' unit - so that answered the question of whether they may have been a regional brand:



Ahhh, "Purewal" the correct spelling. And Blackpearl - cool! And a sunburst dial, to boot!

Still can't find an awful lot about the mechanical days of this company... there was a 2008 hilloost.in news article online re: a threatened closure of one of their assembly plants at Jubbar (Jubbal?), Solan...

Earliest history of "PA Time" mentions only quartz watches, and that from the mid-1990's... ultimately producing the Maxima brand (a huge name later, 2nd largest Indian watch company, apparently).

Both the ladies' one and mine have applied figures, so not quite scraping the bottom of the budget barrel here, so to speak... but that's not to say they exude quality exactly.

Questions remaining are how old these mechanical ones actually are, how common they may have been at whatever point, with whom (if anyone) the company was affiliated with abroad (as all the other aforementioned brands were)... Also why they never succeeded in the mechanical realm, as they were later able to in quartz.

Any info / memories here would be appreciated

Btw it's about a 34mm cushion case, very thin profile and should wear very comfortably if I can ever get it working. Need a crown/stem and nice original dial at minimum...

Regards,
Eric

[mav2000]

Originally Posted by arindambasu13

After seeing the posts here, called up Kapoor watch company on Delhi. Appears that they are also authorised dealers of Tudor though they do not advertise the brand on their website yet. Till recently, Tudor did not have ADs in India. Long story short, picked up my long time grail the Tudor Black Bay 58 (unexpectedly they had the piece I wanted in stock). Expecting it to arrive sometime next week, since I am out of town since then. My very first luxury watch purchase so to speak.

Quite happy since it would have cost me marginally more were I to pick it up abroad. Not to mention domestic purchase is much more preferable since the AD is in India itself, helps with warranty and servicing.

Wow, that was quick. Happy I was of some help. Its quite confusing as to why they dont have Tudor up on their website. Did they explain why?

[arindambasu13]

Originally Posted by mav2000

Wow, that was quick. Happy I was of some help. Its quite confusing as to why they dont have Tudor up on their website. Did they explain why?

Yup this has to be the quickest purchase process for me personally. Usually I procrastinate for months before pulling the trigger on a high value purchase. However, the BB58 is not easily available in India and even abroad and so when they said it was available, I pounced on it. Of course I had been following and researching this watch for close to three years now ever since its release in 2018. Given the prices and availability of Rolex dive watches , the BB 58 will probably be my only purchase in the Rolex/Tudor dive watch realm for the foreseeable future. Who knows, Tudor may also command crazy prices decades later like bigger brother Rolex.

Have not asked them why. Will do so once I speak to them next. The watch comes with full invoice and five year warranty so they are definitely an authorised dealer .

[mav2000]

Originally Posted by arindambasu13

Yup this has to be the quickest purchase process for me personally. Usually I procrastinate for months before pulling the trigger on a high value purchase. However, the BB58 is not easily available in India and even abroad and so when they said it was available, I pounced on it. Of course I had been following and researching this watch for close to three years now ever since its release in 2018. Given the prices and availability of Rolex dive watches , the BB 58 will probably be my only purchase in the Rolex/Tudor dive watch realm for the foreseeable future. Who knows, Tudor may also command crazy prices decades later like bigger brother Rolex.

Have not asked them why. Will do so once I speak to them next. The watch comes with full invoice and five year warranty so they are definitely an authorised dealer .

They are definitely the authorised dealers as their name is on the Tudor website. There are 2 dealers in India, one in Delhi and one in Mumbai.

[arindambasu13]

First (really) low quality picture of the Black Bay 58 shared by Kapoor watches. Should hopefully get this on the wrist soon.

[girishv]

Got straps for my hmt watches.


Got 4 straps totally. Will post the other later.

[trammway]

Happy New Year to all of you Team-BHPians

After accumulating so many watches, finally on this New Year’s Day I got myself gifted with a Grand Seiko Heritage collection SBGR315G automatic watch.









Also another greatest watch is in shipment and arriving soon. Would you be able guess which one is in the package on transit?

[abtyagi]

Originally Posted by trammway

Happy New Year to all of you Team-BHPians

After accumulating so many watches, finally on this New Year’s Day I got myself gifted with a Grand Seiko Heritage collection SBGR315G automatic watch.
…
Also another greatest watch is in shipment and arriving soon. Would you be able guess which one is in the package on transit?

Congratulations. It does look really special. I wasn’t much of a white dial fan, but boy does this look supreme. There is something special about grand seiko.

Some clue would help. Else, generally that goes to a mud master gshock.

[tortoiseNhare]

Originally Posted by trammway

Also another greatest watch is in shipment and arriving soon. Would you be able guess which one is in the package on transit?

Time for one of the holy trinity? My guess is AP Royal Oak.

[trammway]

Originally Posted by abtyagi

Some clue would help. Else, generally that goes to a mud master gshock.

I generally like to keep my watch collection mix and match condition. The dial pattern, color, case shape and size, complications etc.

Somehow I got attracted by the steel grey. An year ago I bought a Rolex Date-Just II from an AD here with the same style but I always wanted to have a best Japanese watch and ended up buying a GS.

Here are some additional wrist shots from yesterday’s wearing







Rolex Date-Just II steel grey with Jubilee bracelet

Originally Posted by tortoiseNhare

Time for one of the holy trinity? My guess is AP Royal Oak.

You are correct. Before ordering these two watches in discussion, I was planning to pull the trigger for a Royal Oak Offshore with rubber clad( last watch below). Then changed my mind to go for a steel clad and that worked out to be over my budget hence dropped it temporarily and moved to these two watches.

But I will score at-least one each from the holy trinity in the future.

Here are the APs that I was evaluating, also I noticed that even at 42mm size these APs looked like monster on my wrist. (I sport up to 45.5mm but this is exceptionally different)

[turbowhistle]

Originally Posted by arindambasu13

First (really) low quality picture of the Black Bay 58 shared by Kapoor watches. Should hopefully get this on the wrist soon.

Beautiful, I appreciate Tudor as a brand and how they have managed to grow out of Rolex’s shadow. BB58 is really flying of the shelves.

My grail watch as well, do you mind sharing the price and contact details of the dealer? Am looking to pick this up as well and weighing all my options (from where to source)

[arindambasu13]

Originally Posted by turbowhistle

Beautiful, I appreciate Tudor as a brand and how they have managed to grow out of Rolex’s shadow. BB58 is really flying of the shelves.

My grail watch as well, do you mind sharing the price and contact details of the dealer? Am looking to pick this up as well and weighing all my options (from where to source)

Thanks. Do drop me a PM and I'd be happy to connect you with my contact at the AD. There would be a bit of a wait period though nothing outrageous like the Rolex models command.

In the meantime the watch has arrived and here is a pic fresh out of the box. Pulling the trigger on this followed close to three years of planning and procrastination, and this watch commemorates a significant professional milestone for me.

[Electromotive]

Originally Posted by trammway

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Congratulations on the new acquisitions and the very fine collection you have. You have clearly made it in life, hats off to you.

I see you have an ALS (Lange) in your collection, if you don't mind me asking, how does one go about acquiring an ALS? From my inquiries I have discovered they are very hard to come by, even overseas. I have my eyes set on the the datograph up-down lumen. Are used ones easier to come by compared to new ones?

I have the same query regarding Jaquet Droz as well, but from what I understand they are Ferrari level exclusive and all pieces are limited editions. Guess one has to be in the billionaire club for one of those.