Watches Have Always Been Palettes For Art: Mr. Jones Face Timers
I've often said that watch dials are an excellent place to display art. I've said that in regard to watches with beautifully engraved or painted dials, and I've said this about timepieces that strive to indicate the time in a creative and artistic manner. Often times, watches which are inherently artistic are rather expensive, but that doesn't always need to be the case. The new Face Timers collection from UK's Mr. Jones Watches is rather reasonably priced, but also quite limited. Each of the five Mr. Jones Face Timers models are limited to just 20 pieces and were created by five different artists.Mr. Jones Watches is among the "weirdest" watch makers around, and you can't help but love them for their sometimes beautiful, sometimes pointless, sometimes repulsive, and always interesting sense of creativity and design. The Mr. Jones Face Timers watches are said to have been inspired by the Mr. Jones Watch The Last Laugh as a base timepiece. This interesting watch displayed a skull on the

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Hey guys, I'm thinking about getting a new Audemars Piguet. I wonder if you could tell me which one would be the best to get?Oh, wait that's right I should have done that before I chose one.Disregard.

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Don't know if this topic has been visited already, but I've noticed that there doesn't seem to be a sapphire sandwich offered for Omega speedmasters any longer. I think this is just another example of corporate greed. Charge more and deliver less. The sapphire sandwich used to be one of the best bangs for the buck in the watch world IMHO.Cheers allJim

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Hi Guys! 1. I have managed to zero-in on a 105.012. Just wanted to hear your thoughts on the seller's pitch for the item: The bezel is the nicest bezel I have seen on a Speedmaster 321. It has the correct little dot above the 90. I have seen the bezel with the correct dot sell for over $1800 on eBay by itself. The watch comes with the original bracelet, although one of the endlinks was dented pretty bad (better that the endlink be dented rather than the watch)! I bought replacement aftermarket endlinks, which look perfect. The bracelet is the correct Omega 1039 bracelet with a 3/67 date (3rd quarter of 1967). The bracelets were made by Gay Freres and often sell for about $1,000 by themselves. The bracelet is in really good shape. The watch comes with the COA from Omega, which states that it was produced August 23rd, 1967 and delivered to the United States. I had the crystal replaced with an original Omega hesalite crystal. I can include the original Omega crystal if you would like, but

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Has anyone bought the Seamaster olympic version? I would like to see some wrist shots if you have them.I really would like a white faced watch and the only real option (for a LONG time) is the Rolex Exp II which costs about $6800 here in Canada. I always found it a tad bit small and the Seamaster line to be just right.When I spoke to my AD he said that alot of people like the olympic version but dislike the red besel and olympic symbol on the second hand which apparently both can be changed.Let me know.