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BaselWorld 2015 - Arnold & Sons
BaselWorld 2015 - Arnold & Sons
A&S is continuing with its impressive line of unique watches, each with an original movement, many being modern interpretations of well known historical models.
The TBTE tourbillon with jumping seconds.
The Golden Wheel combines the star wheel display, first seen on 18th century English pocket watches, with jumping seconds.
New dial variants of the super thin tourbillon UTTE (toubillon movement 2.97mm, total watch thicknss 8.34mm).
The Time Pyramid with guilloché movement.
The DSTB with the jumping seconds mechanism on the dial.
The double time zone, double tourbillon DTE.
My favorite in the A&S line, the CTB chronograph.
A prototype of the Constant Force Tourbillon with jumping seconds.
A&S is continuing with its impressive line of unique watches, each with an original movement, many being modern interpretations of well known historical models.
The TBTE tourbillon with jumping seconds.
The Golden Wheel combines the star wheel display, first seen on 18th century English pocket watches, with jumping seconds.
New dial variants of the super thin tourbillon UTTE (toubillon movement 2.97mm, total watch thicknss 8.34mm).
The Time Pyramid with guilloché movement.
The DSTB with the jumping seconds mechanism on the dial.
The double time zone, double tourbillon DTE.
My favorite in the A&S line, the CTB chronograph.
A prototype of the Constant Force Tourbillon with jumping seconds.
wow! all I can say is, WOW!
any more details about the sudden turnaround?
Thanks, Don.
absolutely unusual...
...that I really like each and every single one of them!! really great pieces with 'clean' complications...thank you so much for sharing.
regards,
Asad
IMHO one of todays sleeper brands, running under the radar...
It has actually been quite some number of years since Arnold & Son has been taken over by La Joux Perret and has started their present renaissance.
Since that time all their movements are in house and all their watches have in-house movements.
The present director of Arnold is one of the most passionate watch collectors I have ever met and you can see that passion in the collection.
Although everyone knows that the present Arnold has absolutely nothing to do with their English predecessors other than the name, they act like they do have a connection.
The ideas behind the watches are historical, but declined in modern watchmaking.
I have heard the criticism that much of what they are doing has been seen before, but that is what happens when one uses more than 100 year old developments as ones models.
(I have heard this particularly with respect to the star wheel model, but no, this is not an AP development, AP saw it in older historical English watches too
)
Disregarding the model politics, Arnold is also has another connection with the original John Arnold. At the time Arnold was the biggest supplier of chronometers to the royal navy. This was because he had developed a chronometer that was simple and reliable, thus simple and relatively inexpensive to make without extensive tweeking. He was able to make and sell for a good price larger quantities of his chronometers than the competition. Todays Arnold and Son are also investing heavily in design for production so that, for example, their tourbillons are relatively simple to make and repair, not needing the intensly trained specialists of other brands for assembly and repair. This is good news for all customers thinking about the long life and happyness of their watches.
I would say that Arnold & Son is worth a closer look.
Don
Since that time all their movements are in house and all their watches have in-house movements.
The present director of Arnold is one of the most passionate watch collectors I have ever met and you can see that passion in the collection.
Although everyone knows that the present Arnold has absolutely nothing to do with their English predecessors other than the name, they act like they do have a connection.
The ideas behind the watches are historical, but declined in modern watchmaking.
I have heard the criticism that much of what they are doing has been seen before, but that is what happens when one uses more than 100 year old developments as ones models.
(I have heard this particularly with respect to the star wheel model, but no, this is not an AP development, AP saw it in older historical English watches too
)Disregarding the model politics, Arnold is also has another connection with the original John Arnold. At the time Arnold was the biggest supplier of chronometers to the royal navy. This was because he had developed a chronometer that was simple and reliable, thus simple and relatively inexpensive to make without extensive tweeking. He was able to make and sell for a good price larger quantities of his chronometers than the competition. Todays Arnold and Son are also investing heavily in design for production so that, for example, their tourbillons are relatively simple to make and repair, not needing the intensly trained specialists of other brands for assembly and repair. This is good news for all customers thinking about the long life and happyness of their watches.
I would say that Arnold & Son is worth a closer look.
Don
"all their movements are in house" - isn't the jumping seconds...
a development by Richard and Maria Habring?
But I agree the current collection is very promising and appealing, and surpassingly clean. I also believe that they still have a (short) way to go to achieve an instantly recognisable ' Arnold & Son' identity, though.
"present director of Arnold is one of the most passionate watch collectors I have ever met" - not only this, also key personnel from the parent company La Joux Perret are active PPro members (albeit 'under the radar').
Cheers,
Magnus
Some stunning offers. The Starwheel is my favourite, in this selection.
Does it exist in white metal?
What a dial!
Thanks for reminding us this brand, Don. Well done.
Best,
Nicolas
luv their new appeals
they r putting out quite a few winning rabbits from their hat
cheers,
ed~
For those who missed it, here is a link to my report of my recent visit to Arnold & Son ,,
For those who missed it, here is a link to my report of my recent visit to Arnold & Son and La Joux-Perret in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Here we can see the means with which these watches are made.
Click here to read my report
Here we can see the means with which these watches are made.
Click here to read my report
Thanks Don!
Great report and I have never seen the whole collection together. There are some great models but I feel others are too similar to other brands (AP, MB&F, Patek, etc) to have a true identity... those that do are simply stunning.
Thanks for sharing,
Andrew
I absolutely love every single watch shown!
This is what I am sometimes missing when looking at the Baselworld novelties shown during the last few years: Between all the super-complex CNC-milled movements, hi-tech materials and crazy complications, I often miss the classic play with words .... sorry: parts, a Dickensian story in a world of shouting buzzwords ...
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