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Nalla Neram
KAALAM MINUTES TIMER - PANDA DIAL - DARK BLUE SKY - REF 7080
CHF 4,500
(Exclusive of local import taxes & duties)
A Swiss-made column-wheel chronograph, with an original design recognised with design patents in Switzerland and the European Union.
The Kaalam is built to be extremely comfortable on the wrist. Its deliberately short, curved lugs draw the strap in to hug the wrist, so the watch follows the natural contour of the wrist, and the domed sapphire case back rests against the skin.
Every Kaalam ships with a stainless-steel mesh bracelet and two rubber straps, plus a spring-bar tool, spring bars and a loupe — everything you need to make the watch your own.
Swiss-made. Built with precision. Guided by Indian philosophy.
The Nalla Neram Kaalam Minutes Timer is designed to live with you, everyday.
Crafted in Switzerland with discipline and restraint, it reflects a perspective that sees time not as something to control, but as something to live within — through work, movement, reflection, and moments that matter.
Its design balances clarity and character, combining thoughtful proportions with distinctive details such as square pushers, a chakra-inspired crown, wrist-hugging lugs, and dual concentric outer rings with dial numerals.
At 9 o'clock, a continuously rotating chakra offers a quiet visual reminder that time is always in motion.
Powered by a Swiss-made self-winding movement, chosen for its reliability, accuracy, and longevity, the watch is built for everyday wear and long-term use.
Technical Specifications
- Time: Hours, Minutes, Seconds (Spinning Chakra at 9 o'clock)
- Timer: Elapsed Central Seconds, Sub Dials — Elapsed Minutes at 3 o'clock and Elapsed Hours at 6 o'clock
- Diameter: 39 mm, 316L Stainless Steel
- Hand polished square pushers & Chakra laser-engraved crown
- Unique lugs for best wrist-hugging comfort
- Domed sapphire glass front and back
- Water resistance: 100 m / 330 ft
- Lacquered, grained texture
- Circular-grained dual concentric minute rings with markers, white and orange numerals (1–60), every 3 minutes in orange
- Swiss Made Automatic Self-Winding Column Wheel Chronograph — LJP
- Power Reserve: 60 hours
- Rotor: Black Tungsten
- Time: Stainless steel polished hands for hours and minutes
- Timer: Central elapsed seconds, elapsed minutes and elapsed hours
- Stainless steel mesh (quick-release) + 2 rubber straps (Black · Blue-grey & Orange)
- Lug Width: 18 mm · Spring bar tool & loupe included
Crafted Details
We have been awarded a design patent from Switzerland and the European Union for the case, square pushers, crown, short lugs and dial numerals, recognizing the watch as a new and novel design.
Square Pushers
No other watch wears these. The square pushers are an original design. Hand-polished to a mirror finish, their architectural geometry is both deeply tactile and visually arresting. They exist because we refused to settle for what already existed.
Crown — Chakra Engraved
The crown of the Kaalam is Multi-faceted and hand-polished, it carries a laser-engraved chakra — India's oldest symbol of cyclical, perpetual motion. Every time you wind or set this watch, you touch it. That contact is intentional.
Short Lugs — Wrist Hugging
The Kaalam wraps around the wrist. Deliberately short and curved, the lugs are engineered to follow the natural contour of the wrist — comfortable across all wrist sizes, and forgotten soon after being worn.
Two Outer Rings — Minutes Timer
The dual concentric rings encircling the dial are the heart of the Minutes Timer. Numerals 1 through 60 run in alternating sequence on each outer ring. It is both a functional instrument and a meditation on the passage of time.
Spinning Chakra — 9 O'Clock
At 9 o'clock, a miniature chakra turns — one complete revolution every sixty seconds. It never stops. Drawn from the very old Indian Philosophy the Chakra is a quiet, constant reminder that time is always in motion and cannot be seen.
Orange Numerals — Every Third Minute
In India, orange colour is sacred. The colour of saffron robes, temple flags, flames of Diwali lamps and the rising sun — it is the colour of auspiciousness, of courage, and of fire that purifies. Every third numeral on the Kaalam dial is marked in orange, carrying this weight deliberately. It also honours a quieter memory — olden day's India's trunk calls, billed in three-minute blocks. Three minutes to say everything that mattered — love, news, reassurance — to family and relatives far away. The orange marks hold both meanings at once: the sacred and the human. Time, lived beautifully. We could do a lot in 3 minutes.
Movement — The Heart Within
Lift the watch and turn it over. The sapphire crystal caseback reveals a Swiss-made automatic movement in full motion — a column wheel chronograph chosen for its reliability, accuracy, and longevity. At its centre, a black tungsten rotor engraved with the Nalla Neram name and chakra. Even the engine carries the identity. This is not a watch that hides what it is.
Impression
Master every minute with effortless precision
Harmonized Timekeeping – Running minutes flow seamlessly across two outer rings.
Distinctive Markings – Striking orange intervals provide a refined variance.
Measured Intent – The sub-dial at 3 o'clock tracks elapsed minutes with meticulous accuracy.
Enduring Control – A dedicated sub-dial at 6 o'clock records elapsed hours.
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