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Kala Watch Co.

India · est. 2025 · 4 watches

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Kalā Watch Co. is an Indian independent brand founded in 2025 in Vijayawada, dedicated to placing Warli tribal folk art — one of India's oldest visual traditions, with roots traced to around 2500 BCE — at the centre of the dial. Each watch is designed and assembled in India in limited runs of 100 numbered pieces, the line-and-dot geometric imagery hand-rendered by artisans from Maharashtra's Palghar region. Priced from 6,999 to 8,499 INR (under $105 USD), the Warli Art Edition series makes authentic cultural horology accessible rather than elite.

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