‘Average Days’ Watch Lets You Know What the Rest of the World is Usually Doing

Do you ever wonder how you spend your time, relative to the rest of world? While you’re bumming around, the vast majority might be working. While you’re eating, some might be getting ready to work out.

Giving you some perspective on how you spend – and maybe waste – your time is the Average Days watch by Mr. Jones.

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Mr. Jones is one of my favorite watchmakers because they constantly come up with unusual designs that make you look twice. In this case, they’re making you think twice as well.

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The face of the Average Days watch follows a 24-hour format. As the disc turns, a small slot reveals the most common activity that people usually do at that particular time. This information was obtained from data compiled by the Centre For Time Use Research, so they’re not just tasks lifted from some random person’s daily routine.

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Only 100 pieces of the watch have been made. Average Days is currently available online from Mr. Jones Watches for £145 (~ $231 USD)

[via Holycool via Gizmodo]

This Watch Tells You How Much Time You Waste Compared to Everyone Else

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If you’re worried that you’ve been sleeping in too much, or spending more time in front of the TV than you really should, you can finally see how your lifestyle stacks up to your fellow man by just glancing at your wrist. The rotating disc on Mr Jones Average Days watch takes 24 hours to make a full lap, and as it spins it reveals the most common activity for a given hour, and the average time spent doing it.

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