Cooke and Kelvey

There were the Cooke and Kelvey shopkeepers at Janpath from which HH Shri Mahaprabhuji used to get new watch straps of leather, and where he used to salute the Gateman even before the Gateman could salute him. Also their was a  peculiar watch of Shri Nathji, which would  stop working again and again and is sent to Cooke and Kelvey many a times. They repair it and return it, but the watch stops working as soon as Shri Nathji ties it around his wrist!
Perhaps the watch is merely an excuse that Shri Nathji is using to give the shop His Blessings.

 The exact address of this shop is 3, Scindia House, Janpath.  You can also call them for directions at Ph 23314095. Founded by Robert Thomas Cooke and Charles Kelvey in Calcutta a year after the first war of independence, the establishment was the final word in elegance. No colonial household was considered tasteful without its silverware cutlery. Its silver caskets were presented to the Prince of Wales during his Calcutta trip in 1875. Nurtured by seven successive owners before finally passing into the 'native' hands of the Khemka family in 1946, the passion for quality remains unchanged.

The modest exterior of the Cooke & Kelvey showroom at Connaught Place stands in sharp contrast to the boastfulness betrayed by the owners of its legendary clocks. Mr. T S Chatterjee, the showroom's manager for over  30 years. And he is most likely to be blessed by Shri Nathji as he was the manager of the shop when Shri Nathji used to pay a visit. He is shown in the photo displaying a grand Silver cutlery set at the shop. The shop has continued to prosper immensely and it seems Shri Nathji had blessed them.

 They have served the likes of Rajiv Gandhi. One of their oldest patrons is a former Maharaja, Karna Singh of Kashmir. Sharmila Tagore, from the house of Pataudi, likes to shop for photo-frames. Before leaving for the Dhaka SAARC summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh purchased few artifacts as gifts for heads-of-state. Recently silver trophies were delivered to the Chief of Army Staff. "Chief Minister Sheila Dikhit is a frequent customer to the shop, so are the many commoners. 

The shop is famous for their unique silver ware and  watches.  Each year around 80 artists, most having picked the craft from fathers and grand-fathers, delicately temper more than thousand kilograms of silver into intricate designs in a Kolkata workshop. The perfection hushes the visitors to speechlessness. Be it the 6-armed candle stand with a lady standing on malachite stone, or a fruit bowl balanced on the backs of three elephants, or the festive Aarti Thali with exquisite blue-and-white enamel work. They sell such as, Tulips and Hibiscus, bracelets and key-chains, liqueur tankers and cruet sets - all in 92.5 sterling silver.