Watchmaker profile

Subramanya Bhat

Subramanya Bhat co-proposed Titan's ultra-thin movement project with B. G. Dwarakanath. 1

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.

At a glance

Place
India 1

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

  1. 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.

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

  1. 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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