Mr Jones Watches launches a trippy new watch this week. Called the Odyssey, it is designed by British artist Edward Carvalho-Monaghan.
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New: Mr Jones Watches Odyssey
Mr Jones Watches Odysseyhas a retail price of GBP 695 / EUR 795. Limited Edition of 50 pieces. The watch will be available 8 am (BST) on Friday 18th July, exclusively from Mr Jones Watches website. To find out more, please visit www.mrjoneswatches.com
Today, they released a new watch, featuring the art of Edward Carvalh0-Managhan. As psychedelic as ever. And with bits and bobs on the dial in brilliant technicolour. The dial side features the coaxially central mounted hour, minute and seconds hand somewhat hidden within the imagery on the dial. The date is also shown in an aperture open from about 5 o’clock to 7 o’clock, with an artistic element in the picture as the pointer.
Even the case back is decorated with clouds and a sun motif on the rotor, which goes behind the clouds partially. Interesting design.
The box also features the imagery of Carvalho-Managhan.
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Creative watch brand Mr Jones Watches is set to launch a trippy new watch this week, but you’ll have to be quick as it’s limited to just 50 pieces.
Odyssey, which will be available from Friday 18th July, has been designed by British artist Edward Carvalho-Monaghan.
Edward is also the designer behind Mr Jones Watches’ The Indefatigable Sphinx watch. His artwork blends gothic architectural style, bold colours and 60s psychedelia to create something otherworldly.
Every printable surface of this watch has been coloured, from the dial to the date ring, the underside of the crystal and even the automatic rotor on the movement. The result is a layered, shifting composition that changes constantly as time ticks forward.
While the design is crowded, the time is simple to read: two black markers point out the hours and minutes, whereas a shock of white lightning tracks the seconds. A colourful date ring runs along the lower half of the dial.
Speaking about his watch design, Edward Carvalho-Monaghan said: “There’s never enough time in the day to worry about keeping track of hours… Months and years are the appropriate planning horizon. With that in mind, the design prioritises the date, giving space to the longer arcs of time while letting the rest melt into the surreal textures of the design.”
