Mallikarjuna Watch Company

Our shop is number 29 in the Indira Seva Mandal building, right near the C G S Colony and the Vardaraja Garden in Sion. It’s a nice enough area with a bit of green nearby, which is a change from the busier parts of the city. We’ve been running Mallikarjuna Watch Company from this spot for a long time. The shop itself is quite modest. We have a glass display at the front, though it's mostly filled with things we’ve already fixed rather than new stuff for sale. People from the colony walk over when their watches need a new cell or if the water got inside the casing. We spend a lot of time with our tweezers, picking at tiny bits of metal. It’s slow work and can be hard on the eyes after a few hours. We usually keep a radio playing quietly in the background to pass the time. The floor is a bit uneven and the paint is peeling in the corners, but it doesn't bother us. We are more focused on the work on the bench. Sometimes neighbors stop by just to chat for a minute while we work. It makes the day go faster. We don't use any big computers or fancy systems to keep track of things. We just write it down in a logbook. It’s an old-fashioned way of doing business, but it works for us and the people in Sion. We just do the repairs as they come.