Mr Jones Watches · Microbrand · United Kingdom

Mr Jones Watches The Promise of Happiness

Ref. 88a-VL · In production · 2020 · Other

Mr Jones The Promise of Happiness, tiger in a night jungle with the hour in the moon, steel case on brown leather, front view
Photo: Mr Jones Watches
  • Mr Jones The Promise of Happiness, three-quarter view of the short-lug steel case
  • Mr Jones The Promise of Happiness caseback printed with the title and the designer's name
  • Mr Jones The Promise of Happiness held in the hand
From $393
  • Automatic
  • 37 mm × 10 mm
  • Sapphire crystal
  • 50 m water resistance

Movement

Caliber
Automatic, caliber not identified
Type
Automatic
Tier
—
Complications
Hours, Minutes
Frequency
—
Power reserve
—
Hacking
—
Accuracy (factory)
—

Case

Diameter
37 mm
Lug to lug
41 mm
Thickness
10 mm
Lug width
18 mm
Material
Steel (316L)
Hardening
—
Water resistance
50 m
Crown
—
Case back
—
Bezel
—

Crystal & dial

Crystal
Sapphire
Shape
—
Anti-reflective
—
Lume
—

Bracelet

Bracelet
Not offered

Straps

Strap 1
Leather, 18mm "boston" leather (tan brown in the photos)

Weight

Head only
—
On bracelet
—
On strap
—

Prices

VariantConfigurationTypePriceUSDAs ofSource
All—Msrp295 GBPincl. VAT$3932026-10-24link

About this entry

60% of key specs known. Missing: movement, weight, hardening, AR coating, crown, lume.

Hand-painted by Fanny Shorter and printed colour by colour in London: a tiger in the jungle looks to the moon, which shows the jumping hour, while the minutes pass through its stripes; no seconds. Brand specs: jump-hour "TY2709 20 jewel automatic mechanical" (the same caliber as the Continuum; no movement file, see its notes), sapphire crystal, 5 ATM, 316L steel case, 18mm "boston leather" strap, "medium/unisex" size (37mm in the store's tags). The current SKU (88a) and photos show the redesigned short-lug case; lug-to-lug and thickness from the brand's current size-guide graphic shown on this page, which labels the case 32mm across against the 37mm in the tags and its own caption (see the A Perfectly Useless Afternoon 37mm notes). Release year from the store listing's first publication (March 2020).

Last verified: 2026-10-25. Edit or correct this entry.

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