Starting a watch brand - taking feedback #2
Update after the post : https://www.reddit.com/r/WatchEnthusiastIndia/s/lTm81i8FFi
I want to start by thanking the community for the great deal of feedback and support for the previous post and as promised, want to share some updates on the brand and know your views on the direction.
Update 1: Story
While my love for apes continue, I have also found myself researching animals of india in great amount of detail since the last post. I am sure you guys have a great idea of what rich diversity of life the country is sitting on. And alongside animals, since i want this brand to be pushing India globally, I have decided to take an approach to kill 2 birds (might not be the best choice of words here) with one stone.
I have decided to stick with Endangered animals from each state as subjects in the folk art style of that state as the theme for dials. In the images above you can see:
- Royal bengal tiger in Pattachitra inspired art from West bengal
- Lion tailed macaque in Kerala mural inspired art(thats my favourite animal)
- Olive Ridley sea turtle from Odisha
- Ghariyal in Sikh art movement inspired style from the plains of the north
- Great Indian Bustard in Warli art from Maharashtra
- Barasingha in gond art inspired from the heart of the country MP
- King cobras in Mysore painting style from Karnataka 🙏🏽
I apologise for not covering all of the states for now, i am still in the ideation phase and finalising the designs.
Update 2 : Prototyping
Further steps :
I have sent out some blank brass dials for miniature hand paintings and want to see how they look when they come to me.
I have also ordered some minimal Omega, VC and Longines cases from a contact of mine to QA and make further decisions.
{ I am also thinking of a price option for the watches where the watch costs ₹X, you can buy the watch or you can donate ₹X/2 for any animal charity and get the watch. }
Kindly share your honest feedback and I know i havent covered a lot of ground in the post, will try to answer everything in the comments.
I also am managing this besides my full time job so have been moving a little slow, also the shipping time is way too long.
The total money i have spent till know including the ordered items is 40k inr, although I am interested to have conversations about investments if you see the vision and want in, I still got a lot of work to do before formally doing out for asking.
Thankyou so much 🙏🏽h