This is a very unique HMT medical practitioner’s fob watch which I added it to my collection recently. I have the quartz fob nurse /doctor's watch in my collection and always wondered if there was a mechanical one from HMT as well.Well, this is the answer to my query. Indeed HMT made mechanical fob watches for medical practitioners. What i have learnt is that these watches were produced in very limited numbers and were part of an institutional order.In my opinion this watch is based on the iconic Janata watch.I would really appreciate if fellow HMT watch enthusiasts or members of the noble profession of medicine could share more information about this watch.
Please refer my description against each picture to understand more about the watch.
Please refer my description against each picture to understand more about the watch.
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| This is a full length view of the fob watch |
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| The font size of arabic numerals is much larger than most of the HMT watches making it easy to read for the doctor/nurse.The sub markers for minutes and seconds are also marked to help read the pulse of the patient |
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| The milky white dial makes it easy to read and also the printing on the dial makes it easy to identify it with the medical profession. |
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| The case of the watch has a single lug while the other side has a smooth clear finish indicating that the case was customised to make it a fob watch |
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| The steel bracelet has the place to insert a safety pin to attach the fob watch to the doctors lapel |
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| This is how the watch appears to the doctor when he is reading time. Note that HMT logo would appear upside down to him. |
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| This is how the watch would appears to everyone except the wearer of the watch. Note that numerals would appear upside down to them. |
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| This watch was manufactured in the HMT watch factory number four at tumkur |
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| Quartz nurse/doctor's fob watch from HMT. The design of this is quite different from the mechanical fob watch. |
4 comments:
wonderful !!!
Sir,
Which movement this watch has ?
020 or a different one.
Puranjay Mohan - It has the 0231 movement
I did not have any watch till 1977 although I joined my medicos study in 1973. When one watch became very much a necessity in my medical student career, my father agreed to give me money. I still remember the joy of my going to Radhabazar, a famous place for watches with my friends. Our try to find out a doctor's watch was in vain and bought one Chirag. It was with me till 1983.
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