H D Kumaraswamy has often spoken about reviving the ailing Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) over the last couple of months. He also appears keen on bringing HMT’s watch division back from the dead.

Project Ledikeni took wing a few months before Covid-19 turned the world upside down. It took a year before the first batch of 100 watches, put together by watchmaker Ali Bagasrawala, was ready.