Ke Nako, local watch brand inspired by Three Dikgosi monument

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Watches are portable timepieces, used to measure time and intervals. Historically, watches were worn as decorative pendants or carried in the pocket. In modern times, they are branded accessories most frequently worn on the wrist.

Ke Nako, a local watch brand, has hit the market with something that most Batswana can relate with. The company has watches that are of legacy, are relatable products; they speak to the style and taste of the wearer and communicate, by and large, the status of the wearer. Ke Nako have been modeled and labeled the Three Dikgosi Edition.

According to one of the Ke Nako co-founders, Gabriel Mothibedi, the brand name is derived from the Setswana phrase, which simply means ‘it’s time’, or ‘the time is now’. He noted in an interview with Arts & Culture that everything evolving around the human is influenced by time; the energy and efforts are all determined by time hence the brand tagline ‘Ke Nako.’

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