Thursday, 8 January 2026

Cooke and Kelvey

In 1981 Shri Nathji visits Cook and Kelvey, watchmakers, to get his watch repaired. Priya Nath insists that he buy a new watch for Shri Nathji.
There are expensive watches costing three thousand rupees each, but Shri Nathji chooses a cheap HMT watch for rupees three hundred and seventy five only.
There is a tragedy in the shop as the metal strap bites into Shri Nathji’s wrist and precious drops of blood come out.
Dettol is obtained from a nearby chemist and applied. The shopkeeper apologizes but Shri Nathji blesses him and embraces him. Priya Nath is aware of the powers of evil-the asuri bal- that doggedly keeps at the heels of Shri Nathji.
He recollects the time Shri Nathji and he had gone into Imperial Hotel for a haircut, where the barber had become so engrossed in talking to Shri Nathji that he had accidentally cut Shri Nathji on his ear and precious drops of blood had come out. 

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Cooke & Kelvey was founded in 1858 by Robert Thomas Cooke and Charles Kelvey. They were Kolkata-based clock-makers, silversmiths, jewelers working during the later period of British India. Notable Cooke and Kelvey clocks include those in the Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad, the Bhim Chandra Nag sweet shop in Kolkata, and the Fairlie Warehouse in Kolkata. They remain silversmiths with showroom in New Delhi . Also they are the first and oldest appointed Rolex and Tudor retailers in India since 1946.

Today Cooke & Kelvey at new Delhi is an exclusive Swiss watch luxury showroom with authorized retailer for Rolex & Tudor.

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