Mr Jones Lets Their Print Technicians Revive The Chaos Window and Moonhead Watches

You know Mr Jones Watches. They're the very cool London workshop that makes extremely fun and quirky watches that have innovative time telling mechanics and work with a fantastic roster of illustrators. The back catalogue now runs to hundreds of designs, and this is exactly where this new Printers Editions finds inspiration. Senior gilding technician Giulia Cacciuttolo chose Chaos Window from 2017, and illustrator and printmaker Emma Prince chose Moonhead from 2014 to recreate as new limited editions. A nice approach to their already fun watches.

Mr Jones is not generous on case (and movement) information, so bear with me a bit. They note their case is unisex sized, but I believe Moonhead uses the familiar Mr Jones case: stainless steel, 37mm wide with a lug-to-lug of 46mm, sapphire on top and 50 meters of water resistance. Chaos Window should get the same treatment, though the brand's Swiss-powered models have moved to a 40mm case. Mr Jones cases have always been simple round frames whose job is to keep out of the artwork's way.

Chaos Window tells the hours with a procession of ships along the horizon, the minutes with fire pouring from the nostrils of a sea serpent, and the seconds with a small square drifting through the centre of the window. Cacciuttolo's addition is metallic gilding, which should give the flames and hulls shine against the flat print. Moonhead is the lighter of the two: a space scene with a sun inspired by Bowie's Ziggy Stardust years, a gilded moon for the hours and Russell's teapot orbiting for the minutes. Putting a philosopher's argument about unfalsifiable claims to work telling you it's twenty past ten is a pretty good joke.

Chaos Window runs on a mechanical movement, though the release names no calibre. I believe it's the Swiss STP1-11 automatic the brand used on its other upgrades, which beats at 4Hz with a power reserve of around 44 hours, rather than the cheaper Seagull TY2709. Moonhead uses an also unnamed quartz movement. Chaos window comes on a distressed brown leather strap and the Moonhead uses a milanese bracelet.

Chaos Window (Printers Edition) is limited to 50 pieces, priced at £495 while the Moonhead (Printers Edition) is priced at £225. Both are available from today. See more on the Mr Jones website.