Bangalore Watch Company Introduces the Peninsula Carbon
The 100-piece limited edition introduces a recovered-carbon dial material developed in collaboration with Bangalore-based Carbon Craft
Bangalore Watch Company introduces the Peninsula Carbon, a new 100-piece limited edition built around a proprietary dial material made with recovered carbon black. The watch expands the brand’s Peninsula collection with a direct urban-focused concept, using recovered carbon black derived from end-of-life industrial byproducts as both a material element and a thematic starting point.
Founded in 2018 by husband-and-wife team Nirupesh Joshi and Mercy Amalraj, Bangalore Watch Company has built its identity around mechanical watches that tell stories of modern India. Its collections have drawn from aviation, cricket, space and the outdoors, often combining traditional watchmaking with specific cultural or historical references. With Peninsula Carbon, the brand turns its attention to cities and their relationship to carbon emissions.
At the center of the watch is a proprietary dial material called ReforgeCarbon, developed by Bangalore Watch Company in collaboration with Bangalore-based material science company Carbon Craft. The material combines recovered carbon black, or rCB, with forged carbon fiber. According to the brand, the dial is formed by compressing carbon fibers and recovered carbon black within a thermoset resin under high pressure, creating a lightweight and structurally strong material with a unique visual texture.
Recovered carbon black is obtained through the pyrolysis of end-of-life industrial byproducts, materials that might otherwise be burned and released as pollutants. Rather than presenting the watch as a conventional sustainability product, Bangalore Watch Company frames the Peninsula Carbon as a cultural statement on urban life and carbon’s role in modern cities.
The dial continues that theme with a mock air quality index scale-style minute track, replacing a traditional minute scale with a color-graduated layout running from 50 in green to 500 in deep red. Each dial carries its own carbon structure, meaning no two examples will appear exactly alike.
Outside of its distinct dial, the watch keeps the clean, bezel-less profile of the larger Peninsula collection, with a pebble-shaped 316L stainless steel case measuring 44mm in diameter, 13.75mm thick and 31mm lug-to-lug. It is topped with a super-domed sapphire crystal with two layers of anti-reflective coating and offers 200 meters of water resistance via a screw-down crown.
Inside is the Sellita SW200-1 automatic movement, a Swiss-made caliber with date display and a power reserve of approximately 41 hours. The hands and indices are diamond-cut, rhodium-coated and filled with Grade-A BGW9 Super-LumiNova. The watch is completed by a closed screw-down caseback and a high-density fluoro-elastomer rubber strap with a 316L stainless steel tang buckle.
The Bangalore Watch Company Peninsula Carbon is limited to 100 individually numbered pieces and priced at $3,000, or INR 2,83,000, with purchase available directly through the brand's website.
To learn more, visit Bangalore Watch Company, here.
