Bangalore Watch Company is the brand name of Island East Watch & Fashions Private Limited, and the company says so itself: its Legal page names the company and prints the CIN U33309KA2017PTC099096.
The wording on its own shop matters just as much. The homepage read on 23 September 2026 offers “World-class automatic watches designed and assembled in Bangalore”. The phrase “Made in India” appears on none of the pages read. Assembled is the brand’s own word, and the founder has explained what it covers.
Bangalore Watch Company is a Bengaluru brand run by Island East Watch & Fashions Private Limited, which prints its CIN and a grievance contact on its own site. It sells only from its own store and one Lavelle Road boutique, with current references from ₹1,20,000 to ₹2,83,000 on 23 September 2026. The watches carry Swiss Sellita and La Joux-Perret movements, a 24-month repair-only warranty and a ₹1,600 inspection fee. Its space-qualification claim names no agency, laboratory or standard.
Snapshot
- Brand
- Bangalore Watch Company™, as the site prints it
- Company
- Island East Watch & Fashions Private Limited, CIN U33309KA2017PTC099096, ROC Bangalore
- Incorporated
- 10 January 2017; the brand’s own pages date the brand to 2018
- Directors
- Nirupesh Balachandran Joshi and Mercy Amalraj, both since incorporation
- Where it is assembled
- “designed and assembled in Bangalore”, the brand’s own homepage wording
- Movements, as named
- Sellita SW200-1 and SW220-1; La Joux-Perret G100
- Price band in India
- ₹1,20,000 to ₹2,83,000 on the brand’s own store, read 23 September 2026
- Where sold
- bangalorewatchco.in and one Bengaluru boutique by arrangement; no marketplace shelf
- Warranty
- 24 months, global, repair only, non-transferable
Who owns Bangalore Watch Company
The brand’s Legal and Terms pages both name Island East Watch & Fashions Private Limited as the operating company and print the same CIN, a registered office at Brigade Meadows on Kanakapura Road, a corporate office off Bannerghatta Road, and a grievance officer with a telephone number and an email address.
The CIN itself carries four facts. The leading U marks an unlisted company, 33309 is the watch and precision-instrument activity code, KA is Karnataka and 2017 the year of registration. The letters PTC mark an ordinary private company rather than a subsidiary of a foreign company. Register mirrors read on 23 September 2026 show the company Active, with two directors, Nirupesh Balachandran Joshi and Mercy Amalraj, both appointed on 10 January 2017. The About page describes them as a “husband and wife team”.
Two dates sit beside each other here. The company was registered on 10 January 2017; the brand’s own product and About pages date the brand to 2018. Both are right about different things, so this page gives neither as a single founding year.
The mirrors disagree about the share capital. Two show paid-up capital of ₹1,12,150 against ₹5,27,030 authorised; two others show ₹1,00,000 against ₹5,00,000. One of the four also lists a different set of director names against the same CIN, alongside older filing dates than the rest. Where four mirrors of one register do not match, this page prints the disagreement rather than picking a side.
No mirror read publishes a revenue, turnover or profit figure for the company, and no interview read names an investor, a funding round or a valuation. So this audit gives no sales figure and no ownership story beyond the two directors on the register.
Where the watches are assembled
The homepage says “designed and assembled in Bangalore”. The About page says “All our watches are designed, engineered, and assembled in Bangalore with utmost care”. Neither page, and no product page read on 23 September 2026, says “Made in India”. The founder’s own account of the supply chain matches that choice of word.
Speaking to Monochrome Watches on 2 June 2020, Nirupesh Joshi said the brand’s hands “are produced by our partner company in Bangalore”, a supplier he described as reputed in the hands and indices business, and added of cases: “Cases, however, are a no.” In a founder interview published by Definitely Curry, which carries no date on the page, he put it in proportion: “over 90% of the components we use in our watches today are designed in-house and manufactured by some of the best suppliers that we’ve selected overseas”. YourStory, on 6 April 2024, described watches being assembled at “our workshop in Bengaluru where watchmakers put it together and test them”, and reported that the brand imports the engine of the watch from Switzerland.
- Swiss movementSellita SW200-1, SW220-1 or La Joux-Perret G100, as the brand names them
- Components from overseas suppliersFounder: over 90% of components, cases among them
- Hands from a Bangalore supplierFounder, speaking in June 2020
- Assembled and tested in Bengaluru“watchmakers put it together and test them”, April 2024
Sources: bangalorewatchco.in product pages read 23 September 2026; Monochrome Watches, 2 June 2020; YourStory, 6 April 2024.
The movements are named on the product pages, which is the single most checkable thing on this brand. The MACH 1 Aviator, Laccadive and Visitor carry a “Swiss Sellita SW200-1 Automatic” at 41 hours of power reserve; the MACH 1X carries a Sellita SW220-1 at 38 hours; the Karman Line carries a “Swiss La Joux-Perret G100 Automatic” at 68 hours. Sellita and La Joux-Perret are third-party Swiss calibre makers a buyer can look up by name. No page read names an ETA, Miyota or Seiko movement. Swiss brands sold in India such as Tissot and Longines have audits of their own.
YourStory also reported that the brand holds “an exclusive licence from a Swiss company that supplies to leading Swiss watchmakers”. That report names no supplier and no agreement, and neither Sellita nor La Joux-Perret confirms it on anything read, so it sits here as YourStory’s wording and nothing more.
No product page, FAQ or legal page read on 23 September 2026 carries a country-of-origin line, and there is no marketplace listing carrying one either. The box in your hand is the only place to read it, so turn it over and compare it with the “assembled in Bangalore” wording.
The space claim, and what stands behind it
The Apogee collection page read on 23 September 2026 says the collection is “the first Indian watch tested and qualified for Outer Space”. The Karman Line product page says “This is the first Indian-made watch tested and qualified for Spaceflight”. The homepage on the same day says the watches are designed and assembled in Bangalore.
Those pages name no testing agency, no laboratory, no standard, no test date and no certificate. The two detailed launch articles published when the collection appeared — Monochrome Watches and Worn & Wound, both on 12 August 2021 — cover the movement, the case, the limited-edition count and the price, and describe the collection as a tribute to India’s space programme, with dial coordinates for Sriharikota. Neither mentions space testing or qualification.
A brand that prints its CIN, its grievance officer and its movement supplier also prints a space claim that names nobody who did the testing.
Nothing on the pages read claims an ISRO collaboration, endorsement or supply relationship, and no HAL connection was found anywhere read. Nobody has ruled on any of this wording, and no finding against the brand was read; this is simply what the pages say and do not say, on the day they were read. Read the claim as the brand’s own, unbacked by anything a buyer can check.
| Claim, in the brand’s words | Number published? | Standard or certifier named? | Can a buyer check it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Swiss Sellita SW200-1 Automatic”, 41 hours | Yes | Supplier named | Yes — a real third-party calibre |
| “Swiss La Joux-Perret G100 Automatic”, 68 hours | Yes | Supplier named | Yes |
| Water resistance “100 Meters/10 ATM”; “200 Meters/20 ATM” | Yes | No test house, no ISO number, no per-watch certificate | Number only |
| “Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating” | No hardness figure | No | Material named, not measured |
| “Surgical-grade 316L stainless steel”, PVD coating | No coating thickness | No | Alloy named, not measured |
| “Cerasteel” case material | No composition published | No | It is a registered class-14 word mark, not a materials certification |
| “limited edition of 50 watches” (Karman Line); “21 pieces” (MACH 1X) | Yes | Per reference, on the page | Yes, against the page and its date |
| MACH 1X dial “recovered from a decommissioned Indian Air Force MiG 21 fighter plane” | 21 pieces | No provenance certificate published | No chain of custody to follow |
| “first Indian watch tested and qualified for Outer Space” | No | No agency, laboratory or standard | No |
| “24 month global warranty” | Yes | Full policy published, exclusions included | Yes |
All wording read on bangalorewatchco.in, 23 September 2026.
The Indian Air Force design cues on the MACH 1 line, the caseback engraved with MiGs in formation, and the Cover Drive collection’s line about celebrating Indian cricket are all described on the pages as references and tributes. No licence or endorsement from the Air Force, a cricket board or a team is claimed or published on those pages.
What Bangalore Watch Company costs in India
The brand sells direct. Its FAQ names its own store and “a flagship boutique in Bangalore” visited by arrangement, and lists no authorised retailer or dealer. Three current references read on 23 September 2026 give the shape of the range.
| Reference | Collection | Price as printed | Movement, as named | Case and water resistance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACH 1 Aviator, Gen 2.0 PVD | MACH1 | ₹1,40,000 | Swiss Sellita SW200-1, 41 h | 316L steel or matte black PVD, 40 mm, “100 Meters/10 ATM” |
| Laccadive | Peninsula | ₹1,60,000 | Swiss Sellita SW200-1, 41 h | 316L steel or matte black PVD, 44 mm, “200 Meters/20 ATM” |
| Karman Line | Apogee | ₹2,40,000 | Swiss La Joux-Perret G100, 68 h | Matte black Cerasteel over a steel core, 40 mm, “100 Meters”; edition of 50 |
| MACH 1X | MACH1 | ₹1,13,000, shown sold out | Sellita SW220-1 | 316L steel, 100 m; edition of 21 |
| Forty Seven | Catalogue low | ₹1,20,000 | Not read on this page | — |
| Carbon | Catalogue high | ₹2,83,000 | Not read on this page | — |
All prices read on bangalorewatchco.in, 23 September 2026. No conversion and no gap arithmetic: the brand publishes one price, in rupees.
The tax basis needs care. The product pages print the rupee figure with no MRP line and no “inclusive of all taxes” wording beside it. The FAQ carries the tax statement instead: “All orders for India carry appropriate GST rates, included in the price.” So Indian prices are tax-inclusive on the brand’s own FAQ wording, and that wording is not repeated on the price line where a buyer will look for it.
Across the whole catalogue page on 23 September 2026, the cheapest watch was the Forty Seven at ₹1,20,000 and the dearest the Carbon at ₹2,83,000, with the Admiral and the Visitor both at ₹2,78,000. The one item below that band, a ₹26,000 Weekender, is a strap set rather than a watch, and its own page says straps and accessories are not covered by the warranty. Every current watch reference read sits above ₹1,00,000, which puts the brand in the luxury band on this site’s watch prices. Other watch brands sold in India, including Sonata, Fastrack and Xylys, have audits of their own.
No marketplace shelf
Myntra had no Bangalore Watch Company shelf on 23 September 2026. Searches for “bangalore watch company” and “bangalore watch” offered no brand filter and showed nothing under that name. Columbia, the control brand read in the same session, returned a 100-listing sounding at a median MRP of ₹5,749, so the search itself was working.
That has a consequence beyond price. A marketplace listing is where the manufacturer, importer and country-of-origin block usually sits. With no listing and no origin line on the brand’s own pages, the label on the box is the only version a buyer will see.
Warranty, service and what it costs
The warranty page is published in full, which makes it checkable. The term is 24 months from the month of delivery, described as global, covering manufacturing defects in the watch and its components, with defective components repaired or replaced at no cost inside the term.
The exclusions are equally plain. Leather straps are out, because “wear and tear on leather depends on the usage, and weather”; quartz batteries are out; straps and accessories generally are out. The page states “No replacements” of the watch itself — repair only — and “No refunds, No returns” even where a watch needs repeated repair. The warranty is non-transferable, so a second-hand buyer inherits nothing.
Service runs through Bangalore, London and New York City, started by email. Stated turnaround is one week for inspection and three weeks for a repair from receipt, with the customer paying to ship the watch in and the brand paying to send it back. The inspection fee is ₹1,600 in India, waived if the repair turns out to be covered. The brand recommends a full service every four years, costing “no more than 10% of the price of your watch”.
What the trade-mark register mirror shows
A mirror of the Indian trade-mark register read on 23 September 2026 lists six class-14 marks against Island East Watch & Fashions Private Limited. Five are shown Registered: Apogee, Mach 1 and Cover Drive, all filed on 27 April 2021, and Cerasteel and Naerum, both filed on 14 April 2023. The sixth, the house name itself — application 3803329, “Bangalore Watch Company”, filed 12 April 2018 — is shown with the status “Refused”.
The site prints “Bangalore Watch Company™” with a TM symbol, while Cerasteel and Apogee carry the registered symbol. A register status is not a finding against anyone: why that application was refused, and whether a later application or an appeal exists, is not established here. The register’s own search pages were not readable in this pass, so what is printed above is a mirror’s reading, not the register’s page.
The record in India
Searches of the Indian judgments database on 23 September 2026 for “Bangalore Watch Company” and for “Island East Watch” showed nothing at all. As a control, a search for a large Indian watch company on the same database the same day showed 67 results, including decided Delhi and Madras High Court trade-mark matters, so the database does reach Indian watch litigation. Read the nil result as nothing found under those two search terms, which is not the same as nothing existing.
Nobody has ruled on any claim this brand makes, and no decided matter naming the company or the brand was found to report either way.
Checking a watch before you pay
Buy from the brand’s own channels
The only selling channels named by the brand are its own store and the Bengaluru boutique. There is no authorised dealer list, so a watch offered anywhere else is a question for that seller.
Match the reference and the price
Open the reference on the brand’s own store and compare. The MACH 1 Aviator PVD was ₹1,40,000 on 23 September 2026.
Look the calibre up
Sellita and La Joux-Perret publish their own calibre specifications. Power reserve of 41, 38 or 68 hours, as printed on the product page, is a figure you can hold the watch to.
Keep the invoice, and read the box
The warranty runs from the month of delivery and is non-transferable, so the invoice matters. No serial lookup, QR check or registration portal was found on the site, so paperwork is the only proof.
Who Bangalore Watch Company is actually for
This suits a buyer who wants a Swiss automatic movement in a watch put together in Bengaluru by a named company that answers a published grievance number, and who is untroubled by paying about ₹1.4 lakh for a watch built around a bought-in Swiss calibre. The founder’s own account of the supply chain is the frame to use: the design and the assembly happen here, most of the parts do not.
It suits a buyer far less if the appeal is the space story or a resale value. The qualification claim has no published test behind it, no authorised retailer prices these watches against the brand’s own, and the warranty does not travel to the next owner.
Common questions
Is Bangalore Watch Company made in India?
The brand says its watches are “designed and assembled in Bangalore” and does not use the phrase “Made in India” on any page read on 23 September 2026. The founder has said over 90% of components are manufactured by overseas suppliers, cases among them, while the hands come from a Bangalore supplier and the watches are assembled and tested in Bengaluru.
Who owns Bangalore Watch Company?
Island East Watch & Fashions Private Limited, CIN U33309KA2017PTC099096, incorporated on 10 January 2017 in Bangalore. Register mirrors show two directors, Nirupesh Balachandran Joshi and Mercy Amalraj, both since incorporation. No investor, funding round or revenue figure was found on anything read.
What does a Bangalore Watch Company watch cost?
On 23 September 2026 the brand’s own store listed watches from ₹1,20,000 for the Forty Seven to ₹2,83,000 for the Carbon. The MACH 1 Aviator PVD was ₹1,40,000, the Laccadive ₹1,60,000 and the Karman Line ₹2,40,000. The price line carries no tax wording; the FAQ says GST is included in the price.
Has any Bangalore Watch Company watch really been to space?
The brand describes the Apogee as the first Indian watch tested and qualified for Outer Space, and the Karman Line page uses similar words. Those pages name no testing agency, laboratory, standard or test date, and the two detailed launch articles from 12 August 2021 describe the collection as a tribute to India’s space programme without mentioning any test.
What does the warranty cover?
24 months from the month of delivery, global, for manufacturing defects. It is repair-only and non-transferable, with “No refunds, No returns”, and it excludes leather straps, quartz batteries and accessories. Inspection costs ₹1,600 in India unless the repair is covered.
References
- Bangalore Watch Company, Legal page — company name, CIN, registered and corporate addresses, grievance contact
- Bangalore Watch Company, Terms of Service — same company name, CIN and address
- bangalorewatchco.in homepage — “designed and assembled in Bangalore”
- Bangalore Watch Company, About — “designed, engineered, and assembled in Bangalore”; founders described as a husband and wife team
- Bangalore Watch Company, all collections — catalogue prices from ₹1,20,000 to ₹2,83,000, read 23 September 2026
- MACH 1 Aviator Gen 2.0 PVD product page — ₹1,40,000, Sellita SW200-1, case, crystal and water resistance
- Laccadive product page — ₹1,60,000, 200 m rating
- Karman Line product page — ₹2,40,000, La Joux-Perret G100, Cerasteel case, edition of 50, spaceflight wording
- MACH 1X product page — ₹1,13,000 shown sold out, edition of 21, MiG 21 aluminium wording
- Apogee collection page — “first Indian watch tested and qualified for Outer Space”
- Bangalore Watch Company, warranty — 24-month term, exclusions, service centres, ₹1,600 inspection fee, four-year service interval
- Bangalore Watch Company, FAQ — GST included in Indian prices, boutique by arrangement, export duties
- ZaubaCorp, register mirror — CIN, incorporation date, directors, capital of ₹1,12,150 paid up
- InstaFinancials, register mirror — same capital pair, most recent filing dates of the four mirrors
- QuickCompany, register and trade-mark mirror — ₹1,00,000 paid up; six class-14 marks with their statuses
- IndiaFilings, register mirror — the outlier on directors and filing dates
- Monochrome Watches, founder interview, 2 June 2020 — hands from a Bangalore partner, cases not made there, Sellita
- Monochrome Watches, Apogee introduction, 12 August 2021 — launch coverage describing a tribute, no test mentioned
- Worn & Wound, Apogee, 12 August 2021 — the second launch article, same absence
- Business Today, interview with Nirupesh Joshi, 12 March 2024 — Swiss-made automatic movements, export share
- YourStory, 6 April 2024 — assembly in the Bengaluru workshop, the Swiss licence wording
- Definitely Curry, founder interview, undated — over 90% of components from overseas suppliers
- Indian judgments database, searched 23 September 2026 — “Bangalore Watch Company” and “Island East Watch” showed nothing; a large Indian watch company used as the control showed 67 results
- Myntra, searches for “bangalore watch company” and “bangalore watch”, 23 September 2026 — no brand filter, no listing; Columbia as the same-session control, 100-listing sounding at a median MRP of ₹5,749
On the things a buyer can actually verify, this brand does better than most of the watch shelf. The company is named with its CIN on the brand’s own site, a grievance officer has a telephone number, the movements are named calibres from Sellita and La Joux-Perret, the edition counts are published per reference, and the whole warranty — including “No refunds, No returns” — is printed rather than hinted at. The word used for the watches is “assembled”, not “made”, and the founder’s own account of where the parts come from matches it.
The scepticism belongs to the storytelling. A ₹2,40,000 Karman Line is sold on a claim to be the first Indian-made watch tested and qualified for spaceflight, and the pages carrying that claim name no agency, no laboratory, no standard and no date, while the detailed launch coverage of 12 August 2021 describes a tribute. The water-resistance ratings name no test house either. And with no marketplace listing and no origin line on the brand’s own pages, nothing published tells a buyer what the box will say.
Buy it for the Swiss calibre and the Bengaluru workshop, both of which are documented; do not pay a rupee extra for the space badge until somebody names the laboratory.
