A perfectly useless afternoon watch knock off
Today, we are discussing, “A perfectly useless afternoon watch knock off” If there’s something that Mr. Jones Watches is good at that is using watch bands as canvas not just for artistic purposes and design, but also for sending critical social messages.
The most effective products of Jones Watches British boutique brand include, at the same time, wearable watches, beautiful art and inspiring messages.
I’d think a piece like Mr. Jones Watches “A Perfectly Useless Afternoon” meets these requirements. With a dial created by artist Kristof de Vos, A Perfectly Useless Evening makes an actual watch dial from an illustration of a pool and does it with great skill.
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Mr. Jones Watches first released the A Perfectly Useless Afternoon in smaller size of 37mm wide however, due to the popularity of the style, they’ve modified it to fit its “XL” case, which is made of stainless steel and is 45mm wide (water resistant up to 50 metres).
The polished and striking design is an excellent fit on the wrist The Mr. Jones Watch XL case has an attractive mesh bracelet (on functional spring bars that release quickly to allow for quick removal).
Inside is the Swiss Made STP caliber 1-11 automatic movement. It is a Mr. Jones Watches has recently updated its activities and casebacks.
The retail model has an open caseback with text written on the crystal’s mineral glass windows (the side of the watch is covered with sapphire crystals over the watch’s dial).
In addition, the watch has a solid case back that could indicate it is as a production run before the original.
The time is displayed on two discs with transparent surfaces coated with graphic images serving as hour and minute indications.
The dial’s background is a blue bottom of a pool with squiggly cross-lines designed to make it appear like you’re seeing straight lines due to the distortion of water.
These lines don’t just to reduce the visual area on the dial, but can also serve for hour marks. These lines also function as formal hour markers on an off-white, thin chapter ring.
The result is simple and natural, yet it can make a discrete dial to display the time.
The hours and minutes hands depict people reclining in the inflatable pool donut and an orange rubber duck respectively.
As time passes the position of these hands changes, providing an enjoyable animation, making the objects within the “pool” appear to lazily floating around.
The way they are placed on the things allows your brain to recognize them as minutes and hours hands, and as artistic objects.
The Perfectly Lazy Evening isn’t the only one to be able to accomplish these tasks well However, it is an exceptional example of elegant simplicity and rarely accessible at this price.
To get more intellectually enlightened The dial creator Kristof Devos points to inspiration from Chinese philosophy professor Lin Yutang, who was credited with saying “If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.”
This is particularly relevant in a world where many believe that the results of your “hustle determine their lives.” This watch is a counter to the notion that “in a certain.
When a timepiece can trigger emotions, or at a minimum, bring back an event that made you feel happy the watch is achieved its purpose as a watch in this day and age.
Simple and efficient an item like A Perfectly Useless Morning by Mr. Jones Watches is precisely this.
Bottom line
I’m pleased to have it in the 45mm wide size and it’s bright and blue. that has orange and yellow accents is a refreshing summery feel that lots of people will love. The price for Mr. Jones Watches A Perfectly Useless Afternoon XL is $525.