http://www.dezeen.com/2011/11/11/all-around-the-world-by-crispin-jones-for-mr-jones-watches-at-dezeen-watch-store/ architecture and design magazine Sun, 19 May 2013 06:37:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.dezeen.com/2011/11/11/all-around-the-world-by-crispin-jones-for-mr-jones-watches-at-dezeen-watch-store/comment-page-1/#comment-902939 Matthias Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:43:01 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=172781#comment-902939 Maybe if this were a 24h watch with the landmarks representing actual time zones... but that would mean a custom movement or printing the landmarks on a plate that keeps spinning with the Earth, like on some 24h Russian watches. It's maybe different, but it's confusing and deceiving, which is the opposite from why I wear a watch in the first place. There are smarter ways to do it. Maybe if this were a 24h watch with the landmarks representing actual time zones… but that would mean a custom movement or printing the landmarks on a plate that keeps spinning with the Earth, like on some 24h Russian watches.
It's maybe different, but it's confusing and deceiving, which is the opposite from why I wear a watch in the first place. There are smarter ways to do it.

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