At a glance
- Period
- 20th–21st century
The watchmaking story
A useful place to start with Subramanya Bhat's work is Titan Edge development. 1
Subramanya Bhat worked for or held a role at Titan. 1
Scope: Direct watchmaking
Why this person is included
Documented individual work and/or professional recognition
Background and working context
Affiliations and workshops: Titan 1
Geographic ties: India. Documented professional location; not a citizenship assertion
Brands, workshops, and other relationships
- Watch brand / watchmaking business · Inherited source-linked record; relationship classification reviewed, sources not reopened
Titan — Worked for / held role. Movement-development engineer 1
Legacy affiliation: Titan. Person-level contribution: Co-proposed Titan's ultra-thin movement project with B. G. Dwarakanath.
Original affiliation wording: Titan. No present-day employment or ownership inferred.
Other people linked to the same brands
- B. G. Dwarakanath — Titan
- B. V. Nagaraj — Titan
- Michael Foley — Titan
- Xerxes Desai — Titan
Evidence and limitations
This dossier connects 6 field-specific evidence records with 1 public source. Known links only; full career not established
Claim qualifications (6)
- Full name: Role-specific contribution within a team, from Tata's retrospective account. No universal thinness priority, complete in-house component origin, or current employment is asserted. 1
- Noteworthy contribution: Role-specific contribution within a team, from Tata's retrospective account. No universal thinness priority, complete in-house component origin, or current employment is asserted. 1
- Representative work: Role-specific contribution within a team, from Tata's retrospective account. No universal thinness priority, complete in-house component origin, or current employment is asserted. 1
- Affiliations / workshops: Role-specific contribution within a team, from Tata's retrospective account. No universal thinness priority, complete in-house component origin, or current employment is asserted. 1
- Specific role: Role-specific contribution within a team, from Tata's retrospective account. No universal thinness priority, complete in-house component origin, or current employment is asserted. 1
- Primary geography: Role-specific contribution within a team, from Tata's retrospective account. No universal thinness priority, complete in-house component origin, or current employment is asserted. 1
Sources
- The Slimmest Watch In The UniverseHarish Bhat · Tata Group · Corporate project history / participant recollections · 2020-10
[S0241] Harish Bhat. Tata Group. "The Slimmest Watch In The Universe." 2020-10. https://www.tata.com/newsroom/heritage/slimmest-watch-titan-edge Accessed 2026-09-13.
Source context
Relationship to subject: Tata author describing Titan's engineering team
How it was checked: Web page opened; relevant text inspected
Limitation: Corporate narrative supports named team roles and the 2002 launch. The headline's universal thinness claim is not adopted. Shared development included outside component suppliers; not a sole-inventor account.
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