TimeGrapher and Delhi Watch Company launch Tithi, a moon-phase watch featuring Malayalam and Tamil dials

TimeGrapher, a planetary ticker lovers’ corporate that originated successful Kerala, has launched its 3rd watch, Tithi, this clip successful collaboration with the Delhi Watch Company (DWC). Designed by TimeGrapher and manufactured by DWC, Tithi brings unneurotic a moon-phase complication with Malayalam and Tamil numerals. It comes successful 4 colours — salmon and bluish for Malayalam and greenish and yellowish for Tamil. 

Thithi is simply a portion of time. One tithi is calculated arsenic the moon’s 12 grade displacement with respect to the sun, explains Sohan Balachandran, laminitis of TimeGrapher. A tithi lasts from 19 to 26 hours and 1 period is divided into 30 tithis, Sohan explains further. “Culturally, successful India, the satellite signifier is the ground of respective of our festivals, cultivation events, and rituals. It was the mode clip itself was experienced. This ticker seeks to bring that power into a modern look of horology,” says Sohan. 

The 316 L stainless alloy lawsuit with a sapphire crystal and a Japanese 6P24 Miyota movement, the unisex, quartz ticker has speedy merchandise suede straps. Collaboration with DWC has made the watches much accessible to the public, says Sohan. “With Nazhika (2021) and Olam (2024), TimeGrapher’s earlier launches, the watches were sold retired earlier radical extracurricular the ticker groups came to cognize of them. Here, we person 1,500 watches each successful Tamil and Malayalam dials,” says Sohan. “We person intimately followed the maturation of DWC arsenic an Indian microbrand and person agelong been funny successful their journey. They person besides been precise supportive of us, truthful the collaboration came unneurotic rather naturally,” Sohan adds.

Colourful dials

The colours of the Tithi watches are drawn from the entity and landscape. The Malayalam variation successful salmon and entity bluish reflects the coastal skyline of Kerala, the brushed blush of dawn and dusk implicit the oversea and the Tamil edition, rendered successful yellowish and green, are inspired by the sun-lit fields, fertile world and colours shaped by seasons and cultivation of Tamil Nadu. 

“The thought is to physique a ticker for the full country. We program to bash it successful each Indian publication – Kannada, Telugu, Bangla, Devanagiri, Odiya, Gurumukhi…” says Sohan. 

Tithi’s motorboat coincides with the Lunar New Year that begins connected February 17. It has already been receiving an overwhelming response. “Moon-phase watches typically bash not see a seconds hand; however, we designed this portion with usability successful mind. The dial features 60 vertical lines and the seconds manus blends into the design, moving implicit these lines astir imperceptibly,” adds Sohan. Tithi, however, volition beryllium made disposable lone erstwhile a twelvemonth dyring the Lunar New Year window. “This year, since the remaining numericals are to beryllium launched, we volition person batches releasing passim the year. But each the watches volition beryllium constricted to 1 batch. For instance, Malayalam and Tamil dials volition not beryllium released station February,” Sohan clarifies.

TimeGrapher, a ample assemblage of ticker lovers, that began functioning arsenic a radical begain successful 2019 successful Thiruvananthapuram. The thought was to make a level wherever ticker collectors tin travel together. The radical has been actively keeping live a civilization of wearing non-smart watches. The members, who besides see collectors, are dispersed crossed the globe. Today, TimeGrapher has chapters successful Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Bengaluru, Mumbai and overseas arsenic good including the UK, the US, Dubai and Qatar. The members instrumentality their passionateness seriously, organising regular meet-ups and discussions. They volition beryllium bringing retired a sequel to Olam successful 2027, says Sohan. 

Tithi, priced astatine ₹5,500 is disposable connected the website of DWC. https://delhiwatchcompany.com/