A small village, a vision of Make in India, and a belief that ordinary Indians deserved a watch they could wear with pride helped shape India's own watch brand. It was a watch that gave the common man a sense of identity. JRD Tata was the man behind the idea, while Xerxes Desai, the company's first CEO, turned that vision into reality. This is the story of a brand that found its soul in Hosur and travelled all the way to Europe.