Considering a new Mr. Jones Tadaima
https://mrjoneswatches.com/collections/all-watches/products/tadaima
I missed out on this watch the first time they released it & I am considering picking it up this time around. Sitting on the fence.
I really like the design and colours. I used to draw cityscapes with little skyscrapers as a kid in primary school.
How to tell the time:
Hour shown in the building and minutes is the bird flying around the dial.
It's powered by an Automatic Seagull ST1721 with a jump hour. Not sure how this movement is in terms of reliability, any info is appreciated.
Mr. Jones watches are not for everyone but What do you think? I really like this one and already have their Perfectly Useless Afternoon
Any other MJW that you like?
I like affordable & unique watches.
I personally have the promise of happiness. It doesn't get too much wrist time but damn do I love it
Berry late, the ufo one, and the number cruncher have been on my list for a while. I think they’re too small for me, though.
Very cool, though legibility isn’t a strong suit. Another that I’ll admire, but don’t require. Your mileage may vary. 😉
Wow. Never seen anything like it before. Will check out the others made by the brand too… personally, I do need the watch to be functional; this would require too much thinking for me & to retrain my eye what to look for. But it’s quite distinct and very unusual.
They’re very fun! I’ve met Crispin at the Seven Dials store and seen the dials made at their factory. Super chill fella, almost is annoyed at the fact that it’s watches that have taken off, he’s more into fine art apparently 😂
He did say he likes that it’s giving artists somewhere to be creative outside of beer labels and advertising!
Have king and queen of heart, unique way of presenting and reading time eventhough jump hour movement has been around for decades.
They never stop to amaze with creativity 👌🔥
Go for it. If the size works for you and you like it, then they're great.
I have the Beam Me Up (quartz) but I find it a little small for my liking (37mm). I'm tempted to swap to the auto version because it's larger (40mm).
Looks cool and I've never seen this one before. I think it'll be very legible if the jump hour is clearly shown. The contrast looks a bit dark in the photo but try to see in real life if you're London based. Their store in seven dials is funky.
I have the ricochet, which I love, but is a bit hard to read given the minutes disc only has increments on 5. Doh.
That dial design is nice! Lovely colors. I don't own a Mr. Jones, but everyone I've seen here who has one seems to really enjoy it.
As an aside, Tadaima translates loosely to "I'm home!" in Japanese.
Godzilla eating city, or robots playing pinball, or Ferris wheel 🎡 are all favorites . ‘Most accurate’ also cool and clever. 👌
Re: Tadaima, the watch 😡
I say ‘tadaima’ every time I walk in the house after being out. My kid and wife are Japanese, so they do the same. Kid home from school, me home from work, we say “tadaima!”
People at home answer “okaeri nasai” .
So this design doesn’t make sense to me: walking into my house after a tiring day = a bird flying over a city. It doesn’t really fit.
So there’s that. But (for me) it’s also bad for :
give it a Chinese movement and then call it a Japanese name? Dislike 👎 When I got the email, I was sure it would be a Miyota.
I don’t buy seagull based watches as it’s government owned and Chinese government is constantly doing evil 😠(Uighurs, oceans destroyed, Tibet, stealing US IP and hacking into US infrastructure… etc etc)
BTW @aliveandticking - very cool you can just walk in and talk to these guys. If you pop in again, please express to Crispin my issues with this one.
Overall tho’ I love their art watches and their assistance of artists 👏👏