Collection | 1947

In 1947, an empire ended and a nation began. Every coin struck that year passed through the hands of a people standing at the threshold of freedom, spent in the same markets, railway stations, and homes where independence was being won. The 1947 Collection preserves those coins as living heirlooms, each one set by hand into a wooden Anka timepiece.

This is the year the Raj minted its final rupees. The legendary Tiger Rupee, with its magnificent Indian tiger replacing the old colonial wreath, quietly announced that a new identity had arrived. Alongside it, the Half Rupee, Quarter Rupee, Two Anna, and Pice carried the everyday rhythm of a country on the edge of transformation. Together they tell the story of 1947 not through grand monuments, but through the small, tangible currency of ordinary life.

Each watch in this collection is more than a way to tell time. It is a way to carry a moment. The coin at the heart of the dial is genuine, weathered by nearly eight decades of history, and framed in hand-finished wood that honours its age. When you wear a piece from the 1947 Collection, you wear the last coins of British India and the first breath of a free nation, all on your wrist.

Handmade, antique, and impossible to repeat. This is the year that changed everything, made wearable.