IST 1947 · Arka
Arka White Noise
Ref. IST-ARKA-WHITENOISE
“An ivory sunray dial with black numerals — the watch equivalent of a steady hum you stop noticing — and a small black Konark Wheel at 6 carrying the Sun Temple's sense of time.”
Price
₹9,999
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Case
38mm
316L Steel
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Movement
Quartz
Miyota 1L45
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Crystal
Sapphire
Scratch-resistant
≋
Water resistance
100m
Swimming OK
The Story
“An ivory sunray dial with black numerals — the watch equivalent of a steady hum you stop noticing — and a small black Konark Wheel at 6 carrying the Sun Temple's sense of time.
White Noise is the understated Arka, and probably the most versatile watch in IST 1947's first catalogue. An ivory sunray dial, black 'Bregnagari' numerals and a black Konark Wheel small seconds read cleanly at a glance, on a black alligator-embossed calf strap that works with a suit or a kurta. The Konark reference is subtle enough to go unnoticed until someone asks, and then it is a very good story. 38mm, domed sapphire, Miyota 1L45 quartz and 100m of water resistance at ₹9,999 — the one to buy if you only want one.
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About the maker
IST 1947
Founded 2026 · Mumbai · Karan Vaidya
IST 1947 is named for 1 September 1947, the day independent India set its own clock, and it is built on a complaint most Indian watch buyers will recognise: decades of watches asking us to admire someone else's world — sailing, motorsport, foreign landscapes. Founder Karan Vaidya grew up inside that world; his family has spent three decades importing and distributing international watches in India, and the brand's authorised service centre is Rose The Watch Bär at Mumbai's House of Rose. The debut line-up turns that inheritance inward across three collections: Arka dress watches with a Konark Wheel small seconds and custom Devanagari-inspired numerals, Vanya field watches for Kaziranga, Gir, Ranthambore and Jawai with each state's own script at 12, and Vijay — five limited automatics, 100 pieces each, for India's five cricket World Cup wins, priced at a pointed ₹19,470. Sapphire on every model, individually numbered, and unapologetically Indian by default.
“India runs on its own time”
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