Prashant Pandey is keeping alive the memory of India's iconic HMT watches

Collector of timepieces and seeker of stories, Bengaluru's Prashant Pandey is keeping alive the memory of India's iconic HMT watches, writes Nikita Puri

Every Sunday, Prashant Pandey makes his way to the full-size steel almirah in his Bengaluru apartment. Stacked inside are boxes of all sizes and roomy pouches, some long, some deep. He then proceeds to pick out seven watches: one for every day of the coming week. It’s a routine he follows every month, but the year doesn’t have enough days for Pandey’s rotation of watches — he’s got well over 1,000. 

“Numbers don’t matter,” insists the 36-year-old human resources professional who works for an information technology company. “Each of these watches has a story to tell, and those stories matter.”