Caring for a watch in Mumbai’s humidity
Salt air, monsoon damp and air-conditioned offices are hard on watches. A few habits help.
Automatic or quartz?
How each kind of watch keeps time, and which suits the way you live.
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Notes from Sohrab & Sons
Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.
What happens in a watch service
A full service takes a watch apart into more than a hundred pieces. Here is what we do with them.
How to choose the right watch size for your wrist
Case diameter, lug-to-lug length and thickness, and a two-minute way to measure your wrist at home.
Buying a vintage watch: what to ask before you pay
Redials, replaced parts and service history: the questions that tell you what you are really buying.
Watches for the wedding season
From the groom’s watch to the trousseau gift, how families in Mumbai choose watches between November and February.
What a watch repair costs at our counter
Battery, strap, gasket, glass and full service: our usual prices, and why some repairs cost more.
A walk around Fort for watch lovers
Old clock towers, the Flora Fountain area and the lanes where Mumbai’s watch trade began.
Your first repair visit: what to expect
From the 15-minute look to collecting your watch, here is how a repair works at our counter, step by step.
How to wind and set a mechanical watch
The right way to wind, set the time and change the date, and the one hour of the night to avoid.
Restored vintage pieces, before they go online.
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