A KAAL Series 01 watch in near darkness, its emerald dial still black, the gold bezel and two tone steel bracelet catching a warm amber light.

KAAL Series 01: twenty numbered watches from India

Most people disappear into the crowd. Twenty won’t.

8 of 20  ·  ₹5,999  ·  free delivery

Choose your number

KAAL means time.

In the same language, it names an era, one that ends and is remembered.

Twenty watches carry this design.

Then it is retired, and never drawn again.

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  • The movement
    Seiko Epson movementQuartz technology, for precise timekeeping. The specification.
  • Backed for
    Twenty four monthsOn the movement, from the day it is delivered. Not a card in a box: the terms are written down.
  • If it is not you
    Seven days, refundedUnworn and unmarked, no reason asked. Registering your piece ends the seven days. Your number goes back to the twenty.
  • The price
    ₹5,999 all inFree delivery anywhere in India, five working days. Sold direct, never a marketplace.

Which one is yours?

01 · The rule

Most brands draw a watch, then make it forever.

We are making twenty. When the twentieth ships, Series 01 closes. There is no second run, no Mark II, no anniversary reissue, and no quiet return in a different strap.

The design retires with the twentieth buyer. That is the whole promise, and it is the only one that cannot be walked back.

A KAAL Series 01 watch with an emerald dial standing on a dark wooden desk beside a leather notebook, lit by a single warm lamp.

02 · Four faces

One case. Four faces.
Twenty numbers.

KAAL Series 01, Emerald dial KAAL Series 01, Midnight dial KAAL Series 01, Champagne dial KAAL Series 01, Ivory dial
  • Emerald

    01–06

  • Midnight

    07–10

  • Champagne

    11–14

  • Ivory

    15–20

03 · Emerald

Green reads black until the light finds it.

Sunray brushed, lacquered, then cut by the same gold bezel every piece carries. In a room it is a dark dial. Under a window it is not.

A KAAL watch with a deep green sunray dial, gold bezel and two tone bracelet, standing on dark green velvet.

04 · Midnight

Rain is not an event.

Series 01 is water resistant. Caught in weather, washed at a basin, worn through a downpour on the way to somewhere better: none of that is a story, and none of it is your problem.

Close view of the black dial with gold indices, gold hands and gold subdial print, on black stone under a streak of warm light.

05 · Champagne

The loudest of the four. Still quiet.

A full champagne dial is a decision, not a default. It is the piece in the series that does not wait to be noticed, and the one most likely to go first.

A KAAL watch with a champagne gold dial and two tone bracelet resting on warm sandstone in low, raking sunlight.

06 · Ivory

Nothing to hide behind.

A pale dial shows every flaw in a finish, which is exactly why it is in the series. Day ring, twenty four hour counter and pointer date, all legible at arm's length in daylight.

A KAAL Series 01 watch with an ivory dial, gold tone bezel and two tone steel bracelet.

07 · The hands

Every case is finished by hand.

By people who have spent their working lives doing this and nothing else. Not a season of it. A life of it.

That is why twenty takes the time twenty takes, and why every piece is opened, checked and closed again before it is boxed. Nothing leaves on a Friday because the week is ending.

Case
Finished by hand
Each one worked individually, which is why no two are perfectly identical and why that is the point.
Inspection
Every piece, every time
Checked and closed again before it is packed. None of the twenty ships unseen.
Dispatch
Five days
Order to door, anywhere in India. The inspection is inside those five days, not after them.

08 · The box

The next time it opens, it is yours.

Inspected, then sealed. You are the first to open it.

09 · The movement

Inside every one of them, a Seiko Epson movement from Japan.

Everything you can see is made in India, by hand. The one part that keeps time comes from Japan. It is the only part you cannot judge by looking, so it is the one where the name matters most.

We back it for twenty four months from delivery, in writing, the same for everybody.

Movement
Japanese quartz
Day, date and twenty four hour. The full specification.
Backed
Twenty four months
On the movement, from delivery.
Serviced by
Us, not a queue
One email. No portal, no ticket number.
Macro view of the green dial showing the day ring, the twenty four hour counter and the pointer date subdial.

10 · The door

Seven days.

Wear it. If it is not you, send it back unworn and unmarked inside seven days and we refund it. We will not ask why.

And we will not sell to you again.

Your number goes back to the twenty, and somebody else gets it. That is not a threat. It is what a closed edition means when it is real.

This is not for someone who needs a watch to speak for them.

It is for someone who has already been heard.

Series 02 is not drawn yet. Owners hear first. Then this list. Then no one.

11 · The twenty

Eight remain.

Every number is engraved on one caseback, once.

1  ·  Choose a dial

2  ·  Choose your number

Dial
Emerald
Movement
Japanese Seiko Epson quartz, five hands
Made in
India, finished by hand
Face
Day ring, twenty four hour counter, pointer date
Case
Finished by hand, gold tone bezel, water resistant
Glass
Mineral glass
Bracelet
Two tone stainless steel
Warranty
Twenty four months on the movement, from delivery
Price
₹5,999, shipping within India included

₹5,999 is the lowest price KAAL intends to ask. The reasoning is written out here.

Number 03 carries the Emerald dial.

Where should it go?

Once, before you pay. Your phone and email go into the payment window for you, so it will not ask again.

You
Delivery address

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  • Made in India, finished by hand
  • Two years on that movement, from delivery
  • Seven days to change your mind, refunded in full
  • Registering your piece ends the seven days
  • Five days to your door, delivery included