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Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) was incorporated in 1953 by the Government of India as a machine tool manufacturing company. A watch division came up in Bengaluru in 1961.
A guest thread by @nandyellidli about HMT.
A guest thread by @nandyellidli about HMT.
If you suffer from #CollectibleLust, the first HMT hand wound mechanical watch is probably the most wanted collectible watch in the mechanical watch collector community.
Trust me, there is a BIG community one in India!
Trust me, there is a BIG community one in India!
It is said that Pt Jawaharlal Nehru (now blamed for all the problems that ail our country) dedicated the first batch of hand wound watches to the the people of India – and this the “Janata” line of watches was born!
Maybe true, maybe false…but makes for one heck of a story!
Maybe true, maybe false…but makes for one heck of a story!
