6 Questions with Crispin Jones of Mr. Jones Watches

The result of this work - after a few years of tinkering - was Mr Jones watches, a line of alternative, inexpensive, and thoroughly intriguing wristwatches Can you explain a little bit more about your theory on why smartphones make "Playful" watches more relevant? A: I think what's instructive is to compare the situation today with fifty years ago Q: A lot of your watches tell a story, or have a little moral to them - "The Decider" and its point about decision-making, The Cyclops and its effort to force its wearer to tell time in more human terms.

The watches are just a way of expressing this fundamental human duality or conflict, but in a playful or humorous way Q: What was the first watch that made you realize watches could be "Outside the box," in the sense of style and design? A: It was a watch called the Chromachron designed in the 1970s by Tian Harlan Q: Why mechanical movements? It seems like many of your competitors probably use quartz, and obviously some of your watches use quartz.

Q: Your watches fall within a very affordable price range. . Source