18K Yellow Gold Plated 316F Stainless Steel Case Asian 2836-2 Automatic Movement
Mr Jones X Vic Lee Fantastic Exploits Watch
British brand Mr Jones Watches believes that a watch should do more than merely tell the time. And following this belief, the brand has created a collection full of strikingly unusual watches over the years. Having released a few fun and interesting watches such as the Mr Jones Last Laugh Tattoo, Sun and Moon, and Timewise watches in the recent past, the brand is now introducing yet another quirky timepiece called Fantastic Exploits. It features a bizarre black and white dial with a mixture of Victorian lettering, “old-school” tattoo-style art, and circus motifs, along with a Kaleidoscope-effect seconds indicator at the center. And, unusual for the brand, the watch is powered by a Swiss automatic movement in a 40mm-wide case – their “biggest, boldest watch” yet – while maintaining Mr Jones’ typically affordable prices.Before having a closer look at the watch, let us talk a little about how it was conceptualized. Mr Jones Watches has in the past
Hands-On: Armand Nicolet MM2 Watch
One has to applaud Swiss watchmaker Armand Nicolet for its dedication to creativity. The brand inherently knows that many of today’s watch consumers are looking for vintage or nostalgic designs, but that doesn’t stop them from attempting to be original whenever possible. This helps explain the new Armand Nicolet MM2 watch collection that plays with the concept of historic pilot and aviation watches while giving them a rather modern wearing sensibility and experience.While not to everyone’s taste, the MM2 watches are fun and sporty, with color combinations you don’t see very often and a masculine boldness combined with the visual interest of applied textures and patterns that are intended to make the MM2 a fashion object as well as a timepiece. Armand Nicolet says that the MM2 collection is a descendant of its M02 collection, and you can see some similarities in the case even though, in most ways, the MM2 pieces are their own collection. Given the branding focus