HMT Janata Black (Art Deco variant)

HMT Janata Black (Art Deco Variant)

It's been a long time since I have stopped blogging. I intend to add more posts to this blog hereafter. Since 2014 my collection has increased exponentially have added many variants of a given watch and also added some unseen watches too into my collection.

This post is about Janata Black variant(s). My collection of HMT is now based mostly on Janata variants and the quest continues. The HMT quest started with a Janata art deco and I started adding watches to my collection. Somewhere in 2014 there was a post in one of the prominent HMT groups about existence of a black dial Janata art deco (Collectors and enthusiasts might laugh at this as black dial art deco are available now. During those days it was finding a needle in a hay stack). So thus started the search for a black dial art deco. I wanted a distant cousin brother for the white dial art deco variant. Some of the Janata black art deco variants from HMT Watch Collectors Group. We must agree the hue effect on the dial is simply excellent. Some of the first art deco black variants were shared by Prashant Pandey and Ashutosh Anand. Here are few pics from their respective collection.

Janata Art Deco Black (Picture Courtesy Prashant Pandey)

Janata Art Deco (Picture Courtesy Ashutosh Anand)

The search for this variant led me to a small shop in Bangalore. The mechanic showed me a janata art deco variant which was different to the ones shown in the picture above. It had few lines in-between on the dial. This resulted in a confusion whether to buy the watch in the first place. With a firm mind to buy the watch I did buy the watch.

Janata Art Deco Variant (First Art Deco Lines Variant) 

 The quest for plain dial did not end with this the lookout continued. Finally a few months later found a Janata Art Deco in a small shop.

My Janata art deco (Black Dial)

It was incorrect to think that all variants of a watch has been seen in HMT. HMT is full of surprises. Few years later this variant of Janata was posted by Ponnappa which led to crazy hunt again.

Janata Art Deco Black (Graphic Matte Dial) - Picture Courtesy Ponnappa

 There are many other variants of the smame Janata art deco will document the same later.

Something for this great nation Bharat.

उत्तरं यत्समुद्रस्य हिमाद्रेश्चैव दक्षिणम् ।

वर्षं तद् भारतं नाम भारती यत्र संततिः ।।

"The country (varṣam) that lies north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains is called Bhāratam; there dwell the descendants of Bharata."

आ ब्रह्मन् ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मवर्चसी जायतामा राष्ट्रे राजन्यः
शूर इषवयोऽअतिव्याधी महारथो जायतां दोग्ध्री धेनुर्वाढानड्वानाशुः
सप्तिः पुरन्धिर्योषा जिष्णू रथेष्ठाः सभेयो युवास्य यजमानस्य वीरो जायतां निकामे निकामे नः
पर्जन्यो वर्षतु फलवत्यो न आषधयः पच्यन्तां योगक्षेमो नः कल्पताम् ॥