Design archive: page three

Discover years 2007 - 2013 of Mr Jones Watches

2013

The Last Laugh Tattoo Edition

A unique watch, designed to remind you that life is brief and you should live it to the full.

This stand-out version of The Last Laugh features specially commissioned artwork by British tattoo artist Adrian Willard.

This watch has been discontinued.

Good Things (Limited edition)

This watch has a maxim hidden on the face: Once each hour the letters align and spell out, "Good things come to those who wait".
It also reminds us that whatever short term difficulties we experience, the world will turn and there will be better times ahead.

This watch was a limited edition model.

Phlox

The face of the watch has an image based on the Phlox flower. The image aligns and breaks apart as the hands rotate making a constantly changing pattern.

The watch is inspired by floriography, the Victorian system for ascribing a specific meaning to different flowers. This system was used as a way for lovers to send secret messages to each other (the message was only visible to those who could interpret the code).

Time Traveller

The permanent version of All Around the World.

Time Traveller allows you to see the time all over the world. The watch uses 16 landmark buildings to mark the time in different regions.

You can read the local time by looking at the landmark building in your city or time-zone. A pigeon, the universal city dweller marks the minutes.

Tour Du Monde showing the time at 3o'clock

Tour Du Monde

This watch was designed for us by award winning illustrator Fanny Shorter.

Inspired by the adventures of Phileas Fogg in “Around the world in 80 days” (or "Tour Du Monde en 80 Jours" in the original French).

Two modes of transport mark the time around a central globe. The position of the ship indicates the hours and the balloon the minutes.

Vingt Mille

This watch was the second Jules Verne inspired watch designed by Fanny Shorter.

In homage to the fearless Captain Nemo, this watch shows the dramatic attack of the giant squid from 20,000 leagues under the sea. The endless battle between squid and man depicts the time, from hour to hour each appears to be gaining the upper hand. The two men being held by the squid indicate the hours and minutes.

Rush Hour (Limited edition)

This watch was inspired by the energy of London. On the watch face a crowd is constantly in motion: breaking apart and reforming; ebbing and flowing.
You can’t see individual faces, just legs and feet constantly on the march.

Rush Hour was the first watch we created in our South London workshop. This watch was a limited edition model.

Average Days

This watch displays the activities that the average person is doing at various times of the day.
You can see at any time what the average person is up to, and see if you are more or less than average in your own behaviour.

Professor Jonathan Gershuny, the Director of the Centre for Time Use Research, provided us with an updated and customised data set for the activities mapped to the different times of the day for this watch.

Sun and Moon (London edition)

Our first variation of Sun and Moon was a much simplified depiction of the day and night scene.
This edition featured an etched stainless steel disc with the sun and moon printed on it in gold and silver. The dials and discs were one of the very first to be made in our London workshop.

This watch was limited edition, however you can see the current version of this watch here.

Blowball

This watch was another designed by Fanny Shorter. It's inspired by the childhood game of reading the time by counting the puffs it takes to disperse a dandelion-head.

The seeds on the watch face disperse and come together at different points in the day. Every time the watch reaches 12 o'clock the picture reforms to make the perfect dandelion. Two flies mixed in with the seeds indicate the hours and minutes.

Baitball (Limited edition)

This watch was designed for us by Fanny Shorter.The design represents the defensive manoeuvring of fish under attack, the dial shows a circling mass of fish.

Once every hour the chaos of the fish aligns to make a harmonious circle. The two predator marlins indicate the hours and minutes, a subtle way of marking the time that is sure to puzzle the uninitiated.
This watch was a limited edition model which has now sold out.

2012

Satellite

Satellite was our very first 24 hour watch, which means the hour hand makes one complete revolution of the dial in 24 hours.

The watch has an unconventional arrangement of hour and minute hands: the slow moving hour marker sits outside the the minutes.

This was inspired by the movement of celestial bodies: the more distant a planet is from the centre of gravity the longer it's orbit takes.

Arbutus

The shape of the arbutus flower forms the basis for this design. The epigaea repens, or mayflower, is native to north America.

It produces tiny heavily scented flowers that appear in April. In floriographic terms it carries the meaning, "you're the only one I love."

Cherry

In Japan the coming of the cherry blossom in spring is a much anticipated event.

Hanami is the custom of gathering to view and enjoy this blossom (sakura).

Sakura is associated with 'mono no aware' a concept that embodies an awareness of the transience of things and a wistfulness at their passing. The cherry flower carries the meaning, "remember, life is brief."

2011

Dawn West Dusk East

This enigmatic timepiece was designed with artist Brian Catling.

A single aperture marks the time, making one revolution of the face every 12 hours. On the dial four colours run from black to silver to gold to red.

All around the world (Limited edition)

his watch allows you to visualise the time in different countries - eight are represented on the single hand.
From a distance the hour hand appears to be a graphic motif, upon closer inspection it resolves to show the detail of landmark buildings around the world.

Love knows not

On the face of this model there's an apparently random jumble of letters.
Every hour the letters magically align to form the phrase 'love knows not what time is'.

Always on my mind

This watch is nostalgic for the time when a love letter was something you could hold: the hour and minute hands spell "always on my mind" in a typewriter font, as if each of the letters has been tapped out by hand.

Love health (Limited edition)

Love health is the companion to the raw aggression of Fuck cancer. The watch offers a constant reminder that we should cherish our health, and that we shouldn't take it for granted.

This watch was a limited edition model which has now sold out.

Fuck cancer

Cancer is a terrifying disease that touches most of us at some time or another. The message this watch displays is the most aggressive assertion possible that we will not let cancer overshadow our lives and that the human spirit cannot be overwhelmed.

This watch was a limited edition model which has now sold out.

2010

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh was designed with comedian William Andrews. This watch forgoes the hour and minute hands, instead the time is displayed on a skull’s teeth.
The eyes and the nose are mirrored and the overall impression is of a gleefully absurd memento mori - an object to remind us that life is brief.

The Last Laugh is available here.

The Hour (Limited edition)

The Hour was designed with cyclist Graeme Obree, an hour has a special resonance for him as he twice claimed cycling’s prestigious hour record.
With the design of this watch Obree reveals a reflective, poetic sensibility: each hour is marked with a different word that holds a special meaning in relation to the passing time. The words appear through an slot which displays one word per hour to contemplate.

This watch was a limited edition model.

Compass Road (Limited edition)

The Compass Road watch was designed with author Iain Sinclair.
The names of eight writers and visionaries are positioned around the dial, each according to their geographic link with London. A pattern on the hour disk causes names to fade in and out of view as the time passes, a visual expression of Sinclair’s interest in uncovering forgotten layers of the city’s history.

This watch was a limited edition model.

BPM (Limited edition)

Created by a DJ for DJ’s, Tom Middleton channeled his experience into this watch design.
A 15 second animation helps calculate the beats-per-minute for any piece of music: count the quarter note beats for the duration of the animation, multiply the result by four and you have the bpm.

This watch was a limited edition model.

Cyclops Deluxe

This dazzling addition to the Cyclops family had gold hour markers with matching gold case and strap.

Cyclops Black (Limited edition)

This is a special monochrome version of the Cyclops watch.

This watch was a limited edition model.

2009

On Foot (Limited edition)

On Foot displays the world record times for running different distances. Three arcs map the records to the hours, minutes and seconds on the watch.
The outer arc shows records of less than 60 seconds: 100m, 200m and 400m; the sweep of the second hand corresponds with a span of each record.
The two inner arcs align with the minute and hour hand respectively, for records of under and over one hour, showing distances from 800 metres all the way up to 100km.
This watch was a limited edition model

Always on my mind

The hour and minute hands of this watch spell out "always on my mind" in an endearing typewriter font, as if each of the letters has been tapped out by hand.

This watch is nostalgic for a time when love letters were something you could hold in your hand.

Cyclops

Cyclops dispenses with a conventional arrangement of hour, minute and second hands; instead a single hour marker passes around the dial.

This watch can be read with a relaxed kind of accuracy that offers a counterpoint to our hectic modern lives.

2008

The Watcher (Limited edition)

Two characters on the watch enact a tiny choreographed play. They look all around, but never rest on the other’s gaze.
The faces keep their tiny vigil on your wrist and are always ready to share a moment of micro-poetry whenever you look at your watch.

This watch was a limited edition model.

The Future (Limited edition)

The Future is now! This watch displays a carpe diem message along with the time.
The hour and minute hand make up the words “the future” whilst the face alternately displays “is” and “now”. This watch is a handy reminder to the wearer to live in the present.

This watch was a limited edition model.

Average Day

The Average Day shows a breakdown of what average people do at different times on an average day.

The muse for this watch is Professor Jonathan Gershuny who is the Director of the Centre for Time Use Research who has an impressive collection of 750,000 time-use diaries.

The New Decider

This watch was inspired by retired top-flight football referee David Elleray. In Mr Elleray's career he made a vast number of decisions - a career total of 246 red cards and 2064 yellow are testament to this.
The New Decider is a watch that helps referee the wearer's life - as the seconds tick round the words “yes” and “no” are alternately displayed in the decision-window. Whenever a decision is called for the wearer can glance at their wrist for an answer!

Loves me

"Loves Me" is a watch for solving romantic dilemmas: as the seconds tick round the face shows either "Loves Me" or "Loves Me Not".

Pulling out the winding crown stops the mechanism and gives you cupid’s verdict.

2007

The Accurate

This is the most accurate wristwatch you can buy - the hour hand reads "remember", the minute hand "you will die".
The Accurate is the oldest design in our collection - it's still popular today!

You can see the latest version of this watch here.

The Decider

The Decider helps you to make decisions - think of the choice you need to make and the look at the watch to see whether it is displaying "YES" or "NO".

The Mantra

The Mantra alternates a very positive statement (e.g. "you are amazing") with a very negative one (e.g. "nobody likes you").
The Mantra makes the arrogant person more humble and makes the humble more confident.

More or Less

This watch offers you two ways of looking at the passing of time - around the circumference of the dial the words "one more, one less" slowly pass.

Right or Wrong

This watch offers you two ways of looking at the passing of time - around the circumference of the dial the words "one more, one less" slowly pass.