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This is a current production watch from HMT, an Indian manufacturer. It is included as an example of a brand that doesn’t get too much exposure in the western world. HMT has been manufacturing watches since the 1950’s, but the company itself is over 120 years old. A fellow TZner, who is involved in the Japanese distribution of this brand, advises me that the company was established by the English colonial government to supply civilian items, particularly pumps, to the government. Soon the company was manufacturing all sort of light industrial items. Following independence, the Indian government contracted with Citizen to build a watch industry in India, and HMT watches were the result. The factory was designed by Citizen, and all the movements are Citizen movements, built under license by HMT. Quality control is maintained to Japanese standards.
HMT make many variations using the same case and movement, this model being called "Janata". This is part of a range of watches that are more European in design than HMT’s other watches, and are made specially for the Japanese market. They also make a range of automatic watches.
The case on the Janata is PNP plated, and the plating is smooth and free of blemishes. It has a SS screwback and is water resistant rated to 3 atm (30m). The crystal is a high domed acrylic, to match the similarly highly domed white dial with printed markers. I was quite taken with the art-decoish look of the watch, and it I think it is quite an attractive piece. The movement is HMT’s manual-wind 17 jewel cal.020, and it has proven to be very pleasingly accurate.
Jonata, fabricação indiana.
Eu não conhecia esta marca e nem sabia que a India, fabricava relógios, pois estive de rolês no ML´s e achei um exemplar muito bonito (vintage)... iria dar o lance, pois no dia do término do leilão eu não estava em casa, faltava 12hs para o final, ainda não tinha recebido nenhum lance, resultado, procurei de novo e não achei...
