Unavoidable Truths

Designer Crispin Jones would like you to consider that you will, at some point, come to the end of your time here on Earth. Who knows when it will come. It could be 50 years from now, peacefully in your sleep or tomorrow during that underground, kangaroo boxing match you signed up for on a dare. It could also be when you are struck by a car while crossing the street; a car you failed to notice because you were too distracted by the existential crisis you found yourself in while checking your new watch.

The Accurate, from Mr. Jones Watches, featuring a mirrored dial that reflects the face of the wearer and whose minute and hour hands reminds them “remember, you will die.”

Today everyone has a mobile phone to do the really functional timekeeping, this means that the wristwatch is free to do something a bit different. The watches I design reflect and comment on society, both on the role that time plays in all our lives and also on the social impact of technology. Of course because I would like people to wear these watches, I also work very hard to make them beautiful objects in their own right.

It may be safer, however, to check your cellphone, at least when around moving vehicles. Just something to keep in mind.

Mr Jones Watches - The Accurate [Watchismo] : Thanks, nic0!