Star-Dial Kundan Meenakari Bracelet Watch, Slider Chain

The dial on this one breaks from the plain round quartz faces elsewhere in this range: a square face cut into a star shape, small enough that it still reads as…

The dial on this one breaks from the plain round quartz faces elsewhere in this range: a square face cut into a star shape, small enough that it still reads as a watch rather than a medallion. Around it, green meenakari panels carry kundan-style stonework at their centres, bordered with small pearl-look seed beads, and the whole thing sits on a slider-style chain that adjusts rather than fastening at a fixed length.

That slider construction is the other real departure from the rest of the range. Most of the other bracelet watches close with a standard clasp; this one slides along itself to loosen or tighten, which suits a piece this detailed since it can sit exactly where the weight of the panels feels balanced rather than wherever a fixed link happens to land. Pearl-look drops hang from the slider itself, and ghungroo bells run along both ends of the chain.

Between the dial shape, the two techniques worked side by side, the pearl border and the slider closure, this is the most detailed watch in the range, and at ₹650 it's priced that way too. The kundan-style stones sit in gold foil rather than being cut and mounted the way the word technically implies, and the pearl-look beads are exactly that, finished to resemble pearl. Keep it away from perfume and water and store it flat. It suits a full festive outfit better than an everyday one, close to what a wedding-season wrist wants.