Padigam · Mathi, Sudar & Thulir
Mathi
Ref. PDG-MATHI
“Mathi is moonlight — a bright but soothing white dial in a black case, the light that shows the way when the path ahead is uncertain.”
Last retail price
₹2.8K
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Case
40mm
Black Ion-Plated SS304 Steel
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Movement
Quartz
Seiko Epson AX33A
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Crystal
Mineral
Standard hardness
≋
Water resistance
30m
Splash only
The Story
“Mathi is moonlight — a bright but soothing white dial in a black case, the light that shows the way when the path ahead is uncertain.
Mathi opened Padigam's second release in September 2026 — three new dials that move the brand from day and night to the moments in between. It sets the classical Tamil numerals in black on a white dial inside a black ion-plated case, the highest-contrast combination in the range, with a day-date window at three. Same 40mm SS304 case, 20mm lugs and Epson quartz as the launch pair, same ₹2,799 including shipping — and, like everything Padigam has made so far, sold out.
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About the maker
Padigam
Founded 2026 · Chennai · Two Chennai friends — a vintage watch collector and a son of a multi-generational watchmaking family (names undisclosed)
Padigam began with a question its founders put plainly: why should time always be read in numbers that don't belong to us? The Chennai brand — formerly Madras Watch Company, and still signing off as 'Born out of Madras, Made in India, Made for India' — answers it by replacing every hour marker with a Tamil numeral. Not the modern positional kind, either: the dials use the classical Tamil system, in which ten has its own sign (௰), so eleven is written ௰௧ and twelve ௰௨. The debut pair, Pagal (day) and Iravu (night), arrived in April 2026; Mathi (moonlight), Sudar (first sunlight) and Thulir (first monsoon green) followed in September. Every piece is a 40mm SS304 steel case on an Epson quartz day-date movement for ₹2,799 including shipping — and every one of them has sold out.
“Time, in your language”
Sold out — but not a dead end
Close to the Mathi, and in stock
The Mathi is gone from Padigam. These are the nearest watches you can still buy today, matched on the same heritage territory, price bracket and movement.
No longer available
Mathi by Padigam
Padigam has no stock left of this reference. It stays in the index as a record of what was made.
If you came here for the watch, the closest thing you can buy today is above.