Titan Signature Automatics - Automatic Watches Driven by Vetra

What an Automatic Watch Actually Is

An automatic watch runs on a mainspring, not a battery. A weighted rotor turns with the movement of your wrist and winds that spring as it goes; the stored energy is then released through a train of wheels at a fixed, measured rate. Nothing about it is electronic. The seconds hand sweeps rather than ticks because it is driven by a balance wheel oscillating 21,600 times an hour, not by a quartz crystal pulsing once a second. Wear it daily and it winds itself. Leave it in a drawer and it will eventually stop - which is where power reserve comes in, and why that figure matters more than any other number on a mechanical watch's spec sheet.

Vetra — Titan's First In-House Automatic Movement

Vetra takes its name from two halves: veda, the Sanskrit word for knowledge, and tra, an instrument made to channel an invisible force into tangible form. Together they describe what a movement is - an instrument that turns stored energy into something you can read.

Building one in-house places Titan in a small global group of watchmakers. For four decades Titan has reshaped Indian watchmaking, beginning with quartz in 1984 and moving through the Edge in 2002, the Skeletal Edge in 2012, the Edge Mechanical in 2021, the Flying Tourbillon in 2024 and the Stellar Wandering Hours in 2025. Vetra, in 2026, is the point at which the movement itself - designed, engineered and assembled on home soil - becomes the product. Every watch in Signature Automatics carries a sapphire exhibition caseback for exactly that reason.

The Four Calibres in Signature Automatics

The collection ladders into one family of four movements, all sharing an architecture of more than 130 components, assembled by hand at a rate of one movement a minute.

Infinium (Calibre 7A20+)

Infinium (Calibre 7A20+) is the purest of the four: plain three hands, 22 jewels, and an optimised mainspring barrel storing 1.8 times the energy of a standard layout - 72 hours of running from a full wind. A 40mm case, a deeply pressed three-dimensional dial under clear lacquer, and diamond-cut hands with Swiss Super-LumiNova.

Dualis (Calibre 7A37)

Dualis (Calibre 7A37) adds a GMT complication. A red 24-hour hand reads against an internal rotating bezel, turned by a second crown at 2 o'clock, so a second time zone sits alongside the first without an external bezel breaking the 42mm case profile. Local time adjusts in single-hour steps without stopping the movement. 40-hour power reserve, 22 jewels.

Midnite (Calibre 7A77)

Midnite (Calibre 7A77) drives a dual-disc Big Date at 12 o'clock, framed by a knurled bezel ring on a 42mm bi-metal case, over a dial carved with a vertical texture that draws the eye up to the date window. 23 jewels, 40-hour reserve.

Atrium (Calibre 7A200-C)

Atrium (Calibre 7A200-C) moves the seconds off centre to a sub-dial at 9 o'clock, relieving friction on the central pinion. Roman numerals on a sandblasted dial, a finely knurled bezel on a 42mm gold profile, and a choice between a classically concealed dial and an open-heart aperture that shows the balance at work. 28 jewels, 40-hour reserve.

What Every Signature Automatic Shares

Whichever calibre you choose, the construction is common to all fifteen references. Cases are 316L stainless steel, viewed through a domed sapphire crystal with a three-layer anti-reflective coating that keeps the dial legible at an angle. Every movement runs at 3 Hz with a rated accuracy of −10 to +30 seconds a day. Bracelets and straps close on a butterfly buckle, with leather variants lined in premium Zermatt. Every caseback is sapphire, revealing a custom rotor finished in a pattern inspired by sunlight rippling on water and signed Titan Automatic. On the dial side, the seconds hand is anchored by the Titan logo balanced on its counterpoise.

Choosing Your First Automatic

Start with how you will wear it. Worn daily, all four stay wound on their own. Worn in rotation, Infinium's 72-hour reserve means it is still running after a weekend in a drawer, with no resetting on Monday morning. If you cross time zones, Dualis reads two at once. If you want the date legible at a glance in a dress watch, Midnite's Big Date is the largest in the collection. And if the appeal of a mechanical watch is watching it work, Atrium's open-heart variant shows the oscillator from the front as well as the back.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Do Titan Signature Automatics watches need a battery?

No. Every watch in the collection is a self-winding mechanical automatic. A rotor winds the mainspring from the motion of your wrist, so there is no battery to replace.

2. How long will the watch run if I take it off?

Infinium holds a 72-hour power reserve — three full days. Dualis, Midnite and Atrium each hold 40 hours, or roughly a day and a half.

3. What happens if it stops?

Nothing is damaged. Turn the crown to wind the mainspring until the seconds hand begins to sweep, set the time, and put it back on your wrist. Daily wear keeps it wound from then on.

4. How accurate is the movement?

Every Vetra 7A calibre is rated at −10 to +30 seconds a day. A mechanical watch is regulated by a physical oscillator rather than a quartz crystal, so gaining or losing a little within that range is normal.

5. What does "22 jewels" mean?

They are synthetic ruby bearings set at the movement's highest-friction pivots and treated with epilame, which holds lubricant exactly where it is needed. Infinium and Dualis carry 22, Midnite 23 and Atrium 28.

6. What is an open-heart dial?

An aperture cut into the dial that exposes part of the movement from the front — in Atrium's case, the balance wheel. Atrium is offered in both a concealed and an open-heart execution.

7. How do I set a second time zone on Dualis?

Use the crown at 2 o'clock to turn the internal 24-hour bezel until the red GMT hand points to your home time. The main crown then sets local time in single-hour steps, without stopping the seconds.

8. What is the warranty?

24 months on the movement from the date of purchase.

9. What do they cost?

Signature Automatics spans ₹47,995 to ₹54,995 across fifteen references.