dawn west dusk east PE
dawn west dusk east PE
Regular price
€285.00
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Print and Airbrushing Technician Tanith Price chose to revisit one of the most enigmatic watches in our archive: dawn west dusk east, created in 2011 by the late artist and poet Brian Catling.
Brian's design is beautifully understated: A dark dial is punctuated by a circle that slowly changes colour as it journeys around the watch, inviting the wearer to experience the passing of time as a quiet continuous cycle, inviting us to be more contemplative with our time.
Inspired by Brian's fascination with symbolism, transformation and language, Tanith reimagined the moon's journey with a new spectrum of colour. Instead of shifting through black, silver, gold and red, the moon now moves through blue, green, yellow and red, tracing a different path while echoing the rhythm of the original design.
Tanith experimented with different airbrushing techniques to create a textured, atmospheric disc. The resulting finish evokes drifting smoke or distant nebulae, lending the watch a sense of depth and mystery while remaining true to the meditative spirit of Brian's work.
The most personal addition is found around the outer edge of the dial. Here, Tanith has introduced a ring of words and symbols inspired by the recurring themes found throughout Brian Catling's work: curiosity, conflict, paradise, vengeance, liberation, healing, anarchy, peace and redemption. Read together, they form a bold meditation on the ideas that shaped his extraordinary creative life.
This watch celebrates the creativity that exists within the Mr Jones Watches workshop. But it is also something more: a respectful dialogue between two artists, separated by time but connected through a shared appreciation of imagination, symbolism and storytelling.
How to read the time
- The single moon orbiting the watch face shows you the hour.
- The Aries symbol on the outer ring of the dial marks the minutes.
Limited edition
This watch is available exclusively from Mr Jones Watches in a limited edition of 100 pieces.
When you purchase, you will be assigned an edition number and this will be engraved on your watch case back.
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Size guide
We aim to dispatch all orders within 1-2 working days.
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Shipping guide for watches and straps:
- FREE UPS Express shipping, 1-3 working days
A majority of orders are now dispatched from our EU site, meaning there should be no additional fees to pay upon import.
For any orders shipped from the UK, duties and taxes will be prepaid by us. Please do get in touch if you have any issues with the import process.
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Return your watch for an exchange
We are happy to exchange unworn watches.
Fastening the watch will cause damage to the leather. If this is the case, we charge for the watch strap (or we can put the worn strap on the exchanged watch for free).
Please email us directly if you think your watch is faulty, our team will be happy to arrange a repair or replacement for you.
Return your watch for a refund
If you change your mind, you have 30 days to return your watch for a refund.
If you purchased your watch in-store, we can offer an exchange or store credit only. This is because you’ve seen the watch in person and had the opportunity to try it on. Please let us know if you’re purchasing as a gift.
Return Instructions
We recommend using a standard tracked postal service (we advise against couriers as these tend to be very expensive).
Return address:
Mr Jones Watches Distribution Ltd. (returns)
Building M5, Floor 2
25 Rayko Daskalov St
Plovdiv 4000
Bulgaria
Checklist for the watch return:
• Ensure the watch is securely wrapped in the original packaging or bubble wrap/void fill if you don’t have this.
• Please include a note with your name and email address, so we know from whom the watch has been sent.
Remixed by Tanith Price
With a background in sculpture, Tanith joined us three years ago as a print assistant before progressing to become our airbrush specialist.
Working closely with artists and the wider team, she creates distinctive dials for each limited edition.
A multidisciplinary artist in her own practice, she uses an amalgamation of solid structures and soft materials in her ongoing exploration of the supernatural.
The original
dawn west dusk east
This watch was designed for us by Brian Catling in 2011.
We wanted to make a design that was enigmatic, subtle and poetic. We talked about moon time and cycles of illumination. The spectrum of the sun and the colours of light.
The more we tugged at the face the more implacable it became, and any notion of inscribing text there faded. Instead the words coalesced into the watches title. dawn west dusk east. This little inversion gave the perverse clarity that distilled all the other ideas: The night black watch with its single eye orbiting the shifting colours and intensities of day and night was born.
"I wanted to make a watch that didn’t tell too much time" -Brian Catling
Made in London
Each colour you see in the design was mixed by hand, before being airbrushed and printed layer by layer and assembled by our dedicated workshop team here in London.
