Jaipur Watch Company Launches Unique Postage Stamp Watch
If you have a penchant for Indian history and want a statement piece to adorn your wrist in 2020, consider going regal with the Jaipur Watch Company’s new launch, Postage Stamp Watch. This festive season, JWC has come up with a limited-edition series gold watch with the dial being a real postal stamp.
Jaipur Watch Company has customized unique and heritage watches using Indian postage stamps dating back to the years 1937-1940 as the dial.
To buy this limited edition luxury, one has to spend Rs 1,40,000 for one piece. The Thickness of the watch is 4.6 mm, length - 32.5 mm, width - 27.5 mm and lug to lug size - 41 mm.
These watches have lotus flower engraving like the reverse side of the One Rupee coin of the same era coupled with a portrait of King George VI. The watch runs on an ultra-slim Swiss-made movement and is serial-numbered to 10 units. It has a sapphire crystal on the top along with a handmade leather strap.
The technical details of the stamp are as follows
Stamp Name: King George VI
Stamp Issue Date: 1937-40
Face Value - 3 Pies
Stamp Printed At - Security Printing press, Nashik
Theme - Portrait, George Vi
Date of Issue: 23rd August 1937, 15th Dec 1937
Designer of Stamp: Mr H Archer
