MR JONES WATCHES The Indefatigable Sphinx

This hand made watch is incredibly popular and sold out. We are delighted to be able to offer this piece of wearable art designed by Edward Carvalho-Monaghan. Our sincere thanks to Crispin Jones – Founder, who kindly donated this watch.

Escape to the curious world of The Indefatigable Sphinx

This surreal piece of wearable artwork was designed for Mr Jones Watches by Edward Carvalho-Monaghan.

You can read the time on its psychedelic landscape, as long as you know where to look:

To find the hour, look to the window on the right of the dial. Each hour the digit will change, some numbers are bold and colourful, while others are more cryptic.

At the same time, you'll notice the winged sphinx gets a new head, giving you an alternative way to view the different hours of the day.

The minute and seconds hands work in the usual way, subtle design cues within the artwork act as markers for reading the position of the hands.

Each watch is powered by a beautiful Swiss made Sellita movement, with a jump hour module that was designed by Johannes Jahnke for Christopher Ward.

The inspiration
“The watch depicts a surreal, dreamlike landscape. This space exists both outside time and at all possible moments in time simultaneously. Gods, Goddesses and sacred objects from different cultures, places and times are present within this timeless world. At the top of the dial the bejewelled all-seeing eye watches over the world, looking back at us and making the link between their world and ours. My aims are always to expand the dimensions of an image to the farthest possible degree and to create contradictions and suggestions within that space.”

Made in London

The Indefatigable Sphinx was a real labour of love to produce, each watch representing many hours of work over several years. Technically it is the most complicated piece we’ve ever created, it has more layers of colour across the dial and hour disc than we’ve ever used on a single watch before. Each colour in the design was mixed by hand, before being printed layer by layer and assembled by our dedicated team.

Specifications

Each watch is powered by a beautiful Swiss made Sellita movement, with a jump hour module that was designed by Johannes Jahnke for Christopher Ward.

• Medium / large size (40mm)
• Sellita SW200 with a jump hour module designed by Johannes Jahnke for Christopher Ward
• Handmade 20mm leather sourced from the only remaining oak-bark tannery in Britain (J&FJ Baker), the strap will be sized to your wrist.
• Hard-wearing domed sapphire glass (front) and mineral case (back)
• Five year warranty included
• 316L silver stainless steel case
• Waterproof Rated 5ATM

• brand Mr Jones Watches
• caseback Mineral
• case material Stainless Steel
• conditon New
• dial colour Multicolour / Psychedelic Art
• material Stainless Steel
• movement Sellita SW200 with Jump Hour Module
• origin United Kingdom
• rotor Sellita Automatic Rotor
• strap colour Brown
• strap material Oak-Bark Tanned Leather

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All watches are shipped from the UK via DHL.
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Unless otherwise stated, all items listed on our auction platform have either been gifted directly by the Brand, or from private collectors.

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Our auction items are described as either:
NEW - the watch has been donated to The Buying Time Foundation within the past 2 months
UNWORN - the watch has been donated by a private collector
USED - worn as described and unrestored
REFURBISHED - donated, fully restored with guarantee

What are the starting prices based on?

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Are the watches covered by warranty?

If the watch is NEW it will carry the full manufacturers guarantee. If UNWORN it will depend on the age of the item - original guarantee may no longer be valid.

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Note: Payments must originate from an account in the name of the registered buyer. All data collected is securely stored in accordance with current data protection laws.