About the product.
An HMT Vijay from Hindustan Machine Tools, India's heritage watchmaker — new and unused in its box. This one wears a warm gold-to-olive fumé dial inside a silver chapter ring, in HMT's soft cushion case on a steel bracelet.
Specifications
- Brand: HMT (Hindustan Machine Tools), Bengaluru, India
- Model: Vijay
- Movement: Quartz, analog
- Display: Day and date window at 3 o'clock, sweep seconds
- Case: Cushion, stainless steel, approx. 36mm across
- Crystal: Acrylic
- Dial: Gold fumé centre with silver minute track, gold applied markers with lume dots
- Bracelet: Steel, fitted, 18mm lug width
- Water resistance: Splash resistant only — not for swimming
Condition
- Cosmetic: New, unused. Comes with box.
- Functional: Fully working — running and keeping time.
Included
- HMT Vijay watch
- Original box
In short
HMT started making watches in Bangalore in 1961 alongside Citizen Watch Co. of Japan, and the government closed the last plant in 2016 — which is what makes an unused, boxed Vijay worth holding. Quartz movement, so it runs on a battery.
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