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Designers: Michael Foley, Foley Designs, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Manufacturer: Titan Company, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Titan Edge Mechanical
The Ultra slim Edge Mechanical is an ode to the foundation of watch making, an anchor in the fast paced world of transient technology. The Titan Edge Mechanical is India's first ever indigenous ultra-slim mechanical movement and watch.

The movement
At the heart of the Edge Mechanical watch is its exquisitely created movement. With an ensemble of 104 delicately machined metal parts carefully assembled to create a precise play of time. Precision is at the core of this beautiful hand wound movement.

The Edge mechanical movement is as much 'art' as a precise mechanism'. At 2.2mm it is breathtakingly thin and uses 18 jewels. A bold visual style that brings to life a 'machined metal' aesthetic resonating the intensely fine craftsmanship of the mechanical movement inside. This watch collection comes in 2 styles each defining a distinct story.

1810
The 1810 watch construct is an ode to the movement design, an expression in machined stainless steel, sapphire and rubber.
A minimalist expression of an architectural assemblage of machined parts defines the design language of this watch.
The chiseled metal expression in styling this watch, were enhanced with the creation of 'machined' grooves resonating the feel of 'slivers of metal', that seamlessly bind the watch.
The faceted form of the dial creates an illusion of continuity with the machined lugs. The Steel blue hands offsets the monochromatic aesthetic of the watch.

1811
The 1811 watch is wafer thin and built with a contoured stainless steel bezel with sculpted lugs creating a seamless fit with the leather band.

A custom designed crown provides an easy grip for winding. A finely carved out feature on the rim of the dial, creates a mystical floating illusion of fine serrations symbolizing extremely fine workmanship within.

This illusive reflection sits around an elevated dial, bringing alive a very simple yet unique construct and expression. The dial is a minimalist visual expression yet rich in detail.

A very fine radial texture carved off-center second dial composed with a cut through feature creates a 'layered' and three-dimensional essence to the watch.

This hand wound watch brings back a diminishing value of personal engagement, the ideology of sustainability and an anti-thesis to 'commoditization' - the simple act of winding a crown drives life into a miniature machine creating an empathetic connect with one's own watch. So apt in today’s world where most products are short-lived.