Just Me & Mr. Jones

Watch it. Yeah, you. You know what these are hitting your sensories right now? These are some fresh-assed watches brought to you by Mr. Jones, a fresh-assed company founded by a fresh-ass designer named Crispin Jones. I know that watches are not for everyone. Matter-of-fact, some people don’t understand the concept of having a watch these days because cellphones basically replaced its social function. Well, to each his own – and I’m about to own one of these soon!

What started as a small project in 2004 has evolved into a nicely curated collection of watches for the grown and sexy (mostly the sexy, though – that’s why I’m saving up for one). According to Mr. Crispin Jones himself: “In 2004 I produced a series of one-off watches. The watches were all hand built by me using electronic components. They had mainly LCD or LED displays and each one had some unusual feature. In a way these watches were critical design object – each one was the embodiment of a social critique or observation.”

The watches are nice and slim, meaning you can wear it to the workplace without having to worry about contracting a slight version of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from heavy timepieces… whilst you browse the web for eight hours straight (Facebook Scrabble, anyone?).

I really dig the one named ‘The Decider’ because it could come in handy during situations when you just have no effing time/clue when making a rather tough decision. It displays ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in addition to its stylish face and shiny strap. It won’t just tell you what time it is, boy – it’ll tell you WHAT TIME IT IS.

For more information on Mr. Jones watches, visit their website.