Pad Printing Jobwork for Watch Components in Delhi NCR

Screen printing can't do small curved parts. Digital printing can't match Pantone on a textured plastic surface. Hot stamping scorches fine detail. For decorating watch dials, case backs, buckles and small moulded components, pad printing is still the only technology that does the job well at volume.

We run a dedicated pad printing jobwork line at our Greater Noida facility, serving watch assemblers and plastic-part manufacturers across Delhi NCR.

How it works

An etched metal plate — the cliché — carries the image in recessed form. Ink is flooded over the plate and scraped off the flat surface, leaving ink only in the recessed image. A soft silicone pad presses onto the cliché, picks up the ink, moves to the part, and transfers. The pad deforms as it touches the part, which is why pad printing works on curved and textured surfaces that would defeat any other method.

Multi-colour wet-on-wet

Our machines support up to 4 colours in a single pass, each colour run through its own station with the part held on a registration jig. Typical setup: black text, red indices, white luminous markers, brand colour logo — all in one pass, with ±0.1 mm registration between colours.

Pantone colour matching

We mix ink against a Pantone reference card under a daylight lamp. For critical jobs we run a test batch of 50–100 pieces for customer approval before production. The approved batch becomes the reference for every subsequent run.

Ink types

• Solvent-based — standard on plastic substrates. Flexible, strong adhesion, cures in minutes.
• UV-curable — instant cure, tougher surface, used on premium parts.
• Two-part epoxy — for harsh-environment components where ink needs to survive abrasion.

Substrates we print on

ABS, PC, POM, PA66, brass, aluminium, stainless steel. For tough-to-adhere substrates like POM we apply a surface primer or corona treatment before printing.

Minimum order and pricing

MOQ for pad printing jobwork is 500 pieces. Setup cost (cliché + ink mixing + registration fixture) is a one-time charge per artwork. Per-print cost at 5,000-piece volumes typically lands between ₹0.50 and ₹2.50 per piece depending on number of colours and part complexity.

How we quote

Send us your artwork (vector preferred — AI, PDF or EPS), the substrate and the quantity. We'll come back within 24 hours with setup cost, per-piece cost and lead time. Most first-time customers combine pad printing with parts we already mould — watch dials, cases or top rings — which simplifies their supply chain.

Request a pad printing quote with your artwork attached.