About Us
Tik-Talker TradePost – The International Watch & Clock Magazine, as its name implies, is a monthly magazine, wholly devoted to reporting news, trends and other matters of interest related to the world watch, clock and smart wearable industry and trade, as well as that of its ancillaries and service providers in print as well as digital versions. Published out of India from Mumbai, it has been serving this industry every month without a single break for 65 years now, ceaselessly providing watch, smartwatch and clock makers, distributors, wholesalers, designers, retailers, ancillary makers, service providers or anyone connected even remotely with this industry or its trade for that matter, with news and information about the latest events and happenings related to this industry and trade, occurring from time-to-time, both within and outside India. Backed by the philosophy of maintaining a strictly disciplined authenticity in its reporting about the developments in this industry as they continue to happen, it also presents a month- to-month analyses of the industry and its trade as a whole, besides carrying interviews and the opinions of brand heads that also form interesting reading material. Other than these, the magazine also dwells upon news concerning the on- going scenario prevalent in the Indian and other Global markets, about events such as new product launches, store openings by different brands as well as exhibitions and seminars focused on this industry staged within India as well as in other nations of the world such as: Watches and Wonders, Geneva Watch Days, Geneva EPHJ, Dubai Watch Week, Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair & etc. It also organises Buying Missions from India to Hong Kong, during the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fairs, having already taken with it 17 successful missions, until now. It also helps in assisting new entrepreneurs and start-ups interested in manufacturing or trading of watches & clocks in setting up their own businesses besides rendering help in providing a reliable and trustworthy bridge between leading global watch, clock and related ancillary brands on a constant basis with business partners of repute based in India as well as with watch and clock collectors and direct end-consumers. Additionally, since watches at the high-end are considered on par or as good as precious jewellery items in present-day times, the magazine also covers news about new jewellery launches and related events as and when these are staged. In more recent times, the magazine has also begun to report about other lifestyle accessories such as handbags, eyewear, baggage and more. Regarded today, as a highly revered and dependable magazine that centers itself around these industries and their various markets spread across India and the world, it is a not-to-be-missed medium for people connected with the watch and clock, jewellery and lifestyle accessories businesses, besides connoisseurs of horological, jewellery & lifestyle creations, collectors as well as direct consumers.
The Founders
The TradePost magazine was founded 65 years back in July 1959 by two entrepreneurs, passionate about watches and clocks, operating then from a modest office located opposite the Akbarally’s Department store, at Flora Fountain (now renamed Hutatma Chowk), Bombay (now called Mumbai). These two entrepreneurs were the Late. Mr. V.K. Anand and the Late Mr. Mihir Suryaprasad Kharod. Today, the second generation, headed by Mr. Hemal Mihir Kharod (son of Late Mr. Mihir S. Kharod) - the current Editor-In-Chief & COO and his team, continue to run the publication.
Recognising and Acknowledging Superlative Talent
Last but not least, in its constant pursuance and desire to scout for and encourage good performers as well as drive talent in the right direction, the magazine has always endeavoured to continuously encourage those luminaries and personalities over the years every year, who have contributed hugely to the growth and development of the horological industry and its ancillaries as well as retail both in India as well as other watch & clock making Nations of the world, by instituting by way of appreciation and due recognition, the yeoman services rendered by them, awards such as the TradePost Most Impactful Person of the Year Award, TradePost Technocrat / Technopreneur of the Year Award, TradePost Sales & Marketing Excellence Award, and TradePost Retail Excellence Award which are announced annually, the TradePost Lifetime Achievement Award and the very prestigious TradePost Movers of Time Awards which are conferred upon select performers every other (alternate) year who have demonstrated outstanding talent and achievement related to the watch, clock, jewellery, lifestyle accessories and associated industries, including Retail and Service Providers. The magazine's mission is to thus help develop the horological industry and trade of India, grow into healthy and enduring businesses as well as to help build and foster long lasting and ageless relationships between brands and the trade fraternity and other business channels. Its vision, on the other hand is to continue to move forward with time, towards this goal passionately and ceaselessly, and achieve it.
Core Strength
TradePost's core strength lies in the relations it has built over these 65 years with watch and clock brands, with ancillary makers, with service providers, with the trade, with retailers, with designers and with anyone or everyone connected in any which way with watches and clocks, jewellery, lifestyle accessories including in recent years even with smart wearable brands. Most of all, for the 65 years wealth of experience it has been proudly backed by, the magazine has virtually travelled through every phase of the industry's growth, eventually witnessing the evolvement of this industry from nascency to where it has finally reached today. Today, Trade Post is greatly revered as well as appreciated for the stellar role it has all along played through these past many decades towards achieving this goal and continuing to maintain it. Besides all of these, TradePost has also attempted hard to excavate and focus from time-to-time on hidden talents working for brands in different operational capacities, and bring their achievements into limelight, highlighting the same in the form of articles written exclusively about their contribution. It promotes all watch, smart wearable, clock, jewellery, and lifestyle accessory brands, regardless of the categories and price segments they are respectively placed in either in India or abroad, besides ancillary makers and service providers to these industries. Most of all, as the strengths of all forward looking organisations depend largely on the very dedicated and faithful teams working for them ceaselessly day-in-and-day-out in pursuit of their focused goal, the Team at TradePost too led by Hemal M. Kharod, who is passionate, about not only taking Horological Journalism to an altogether different level, a level that has gained appreciable admiration over the years, but also in having relentlessly continued to transform both the presentation and contents of the magazine from time-to-time, with its sole objective of being with the times!
Its Distribution
The magazine is distributed across India from North to South and from East to West of the Country. It is also distributed in many other watch and clock making nations globally, like Switzerland, France, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States. Its target audience comprises manufacturers of watches, clocks, smart wearables and related ancillaries, service providers, jewellers, personal lifestyle accessory makers, designers, traders, retailers, distributors, wholesalers, service centres, leading corporate and gifting houses as well as watch and clock collectors and of course the general direct consumers who are keen to keep abreast of happenings in the horological world.
The Present Team
The present team at TradePost comprises: Hemal M. Kharod - Editor-In-Chief & COO, Kapil Shivpuri - Joint Editor, Uday Kharod - Design & Visualization, Sunil, Tushar, Nitin & Samir Parekh - Page Layout, Ketan Vaghela - Press Photography, Beena Anil - Circulation & Administration and Seema Dhotre & Mahant Manjrekar - Subscription Enquiries.
The Features
The features that appear in TradePost include ● Editalk ● Bazaar Buzz!! ● Indian Horological & Lifestyle World besides many other interesting and different features and articles such as: ● Across the Watchmaking World ● Horological Tidings ● International Horological Communiqué ● Time Gazette ● Titbits from Around The Globe ● Watch Bulletin ● Watch Snippets ● World Watch News ● Enamouring Timepieces ● Enrapturing Creations ● Gorgeous Timetellers ● Marvels of Time ● New Inspirations ● Watches that Captivate ● Face to Face Interviews ● Financial Results of Large Corporates ● Product & Store Launches ● Events & More
Accolades
Among the achievements and accolades that TradePost has collected over these 65 years are the several awards, certificates and letters of appreciation that it has constantly received from Indian and International horological institutions and bodies, as well as those received from various associations and brands, lauding its exceptional contribution and services rendered, in the interest of time.
Samay Bharatis - The India International Watch & Clock Fairs
Besides its core business of publishing, TradePost has also been holding exhibitions in India at regular intervals of time exclusively for watches, clocks, ancillaries, service providers and lifestyle accessories. These exhibitions are named - Samaya Bharati - The India International Watch & Clock Fair. These 4- day expositions, are held every alternate year, in some of the major metros of India such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bangalore and Rajkot. The participants include not only the leading Indian Watch & Clock brands, but also many world renowned Global Watch & Clock brands, as well as Manufacturers of Ancillaries and Service Providers to these two specialized sectors, as well as brands making Lifestyle Accessories. The guests include almost the entire Who’s Who of the Horological industry and trade of India as well as an unique combination of B2B and B2C corporates and political heads besides specially invited luminaries from Bollywood and the World of Sports, including the Elite of the cities where these Fairs are held, and of course not forgetting the direct end- consumers at large. All through the four days of the exhibition, there are Press Meets, Seminars, Product Launches, Knowledge Sharing Sessions as well as After Hours Get-Togethers organized by Leading Watch & Clock brands as well as Local Horological Associations. These are held at prestigious venues to enable industry representatives interact and mix uninhibited and freely with their customers - the Trade Channels. Over the years that they have been held in different parts of the country, the Samaya Bharati Fairs have achieved a tremendous following, in that they have brought about the much needed consumer awareness and an opportunity in a vast country such as India, for the trade and retail fraternity of the country to come to a common networking platform and gain an in-depth knowledge of some of the latest technological and design innovations and advancements happening in and around the word watch and clock industries every two years, besides offering them equally good opportunities to diversify into newer brands and product avenues as well as forge new business relationships, with a view to enhance their product portfolio and canvas. So far, 21 Samaya Bharati Fairs have already been held in different cities of India until 2023. The next and 22nd Edition of Samay Bharati is slated to be held in New Delhi, Sooner than Ever, in a more contemporary format, promising as always, to be a Grand Spectacle and a Mega National Event that will be showcasing some of the country's as well as the world’s latest, most advanced and finest horological marvels!