WATCHES & TIMEPIECES
WATCH ANISH
The Art of Luxurys’ Editor-in-Chief Antony Holter spoke with one of the leading
luxury lifestyle influencers Anish Bhatt
1. When did your relationship with watches begin?
I was around 7 or 8 years old when I went to stay with my grandparents in India. I
was looking at a newspaper and I saw an advert for a Timex Indeglo. It was the first
time I remember seeing a watch that could glow with the press of a button and I fell
in love with it! I asked my grandma if I she could buy it for me and she said it was too
expensive. Then on the day I had to leave back to London she gave me the watch, and
that’s my earliest memory of where my obsession with watches started.
2. Starting off working in the fashion industry do you think this helped you when
moving into the Watch sector?
I think that fashion helped me from a creative angle and gave me a different
perspective on how to communicate about fine watchmaking to a younger and more
dynamic audience. Communication in the fashion industry moves so fast and is so
eclectic compared to the watch industry so I tried to use inspirations from there.
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The Art of Luxury
Issue 41 2019