Letters from the Founders of Bangalore Watch Company

We made a pocket watch

Where does the identity of modern India begin? Is it the moment we became one of the top 5 economies in the world? or when we put a lander on the...

The Oscar goes to

Do you like Leo DiCaprio? From the intense manipulator in Inception, to the conniving teenager in Catch me if you can, Leo’s intensity as an actor...

A watch made from Captured Carbon

I visited Seoul in 2012. The energy, the buzz, and the momentum were incredible. Korea had this ability to modernise without westernising. I then m...

I have a crush.

I have a crush. It is gender-neutral; on all fighter pilots. And yes, Mercy knows about it. A few days ago, we celebrated world-aviator's day at ...

Carpets from Germany

Today, I am not writing a watch story. I am writing something deeper. Earlier this week, Mercy and I were at the Indiaspora global conference. They...

They said no. You said yes.

In 2018, I was told by watch retailers in India that they won’t carry an Indian watch brand. It was heartbreaking. Mercy and I invested years bu...

Can you believe it?

Mercy and I work with young people at BWC. The running joke in our office is how often we find ourselves recalling stories about how Bangalore has...

Your first time?

I am not writing to you today about a new watch. Instead, I am writing to tell you why watches are still relevant in 2026. Some time ago, I came...

A visitor from interstellar space.

In 2017, scientists in Hawaii discovered a speck of light moving towards our Solar System at an incredible speed. At first, they thought it was a C...

The game that lasted 12-days.

It is March 1939, you’re watching a Cricket match in Durban, South Africa. It is test cricket, so you do expect the match to go on for a few days. ...

When I was 21...

What did you do when you were 21 years old? Well, I was working in a call centre and spent my free time on AOL chatrooms. Sarla was different. S...

Moon Landing Day

On a bright, breezy afternoon in the vast plains of Isla Nublar, a Jeep sped through tall grass, over a small hill, and slowed to a stop in front o...