The city of Jaipur was founded in 1727 by Jai Singh II, the Raja of Amer who ruled from 1688 to 1743. He planned to shift his capital from Amer, 11 km from Jaipur to accommodate the growing population and increasing scarcity of water. Jai Singh consulted several books on architecture and architects while planning the layout of Jaipur. Jaipur was planned based on the principles of Vastu Shastra and Shilpa shastra. The construction of the city began in 1727 and took four years to complete the major roads, offices and palaces. The city was divided into nine blocks, two of which contained the state buildings and palaces, with the remaining seven allotted to the public. Huge ramparts were built, pierced by seven fortified gates.
During the rule of Sawai Ram Singh, the city was painted pink to welcome prince Edward VII and Queen Victoria Many of the avenues remained painted in pink, giving Jaipur a distinctive appearance and the epithet Pink City.
Jaipur has one more Horology land mark the ‘Jaipur Watch Company‘ , a homegrown company with exceptional bespoke elements which revisits an era of Indian history to create mesmerizing pieces of art. The company handcrafts and blends ancient coins, monograms, emblems, flags, insignia, motifs and much more where each watch connotes its own story through the dial.
Following the ideology of ‘Make in India’ helmed by the Indian Prime Minister, Jaipur Watch Company is India’s first bespoke watch maker that aims at celebrating India’s craftsmanship through uniquely crafted timepieces.
Working with auction houses, numismatic societies across India in acquiring ancient, pre – independence & world war era coins to create bespoke watches the brand crafted its maiden collection called the Imperial Wrist Wear Collection that has a One Rupee, King George VI half silver coin as a dial which reminiscent of India’s history and currency revolution. Another timepiece named King’s Wristwear incorporates the 1 Pice Coin from the World War 2 era wherein a whole was punched into the coin to bring the minting cost down.
WatchBazar loves The Peacock Feather Watch which is embedded with a real peacock feather as the dial and is symbolic of the beauty of this majestic bird.
The watch is symbolic of the beauty and the regality of a dancing peacock making you fall in love with every second of your day.
All watches made of stainless steel or gold-plating are water-resistant up to 30 meters, have a scratch-proof sapphire glass case and come studded with a sapphire stone on the winder. An authentication certificate along with a two-year warranty is also provided.
Available @ House of Heirloom in New Delhi and The Big Door in Mumbai.
