IW RATING
SYSTEM LEGEND
50-59:
One of the finest examples in the high
watchmaking category.
60:
Perfection. An
unattainable score.
ARNOLD & SON
Globetrotter Night
DARKENED MOVEMENT
Arnold & Son has also darkened its A&S6022
automatic movement to maintain the night-
time theme here. The caliber’s components have
been blackened thanks to the use of NAC-type
surface treatments. Arnold & Son polishes and
chamfers the bridges, which are then finished
with Côtes de Genève stripes and colored grey.
The skeletonized rotor is engraved and treated
chemically with ADLC black and NAC grey to
obtain a two-tone appearance.
To make setting the Globetrotter Night
simpler than setting many traditional world time
watches, Arnold & Son here provides a three-
position crown. In the first position, the user
winds the watch. The second
position adjusts the local time hand by one-hour
jumps either clockwise or counter-clockwise.
And when the wearer travels to a different time
zone, the second position enables the wearer to
change the local time while keeping world time
in sync. Finally, when in the third position, the
crown allows the wearer to change hours and
minutes—and to rotate the half-globe.
Made as a limited edition of fifty pieces, the
45mm steel-cased Arnold & Son Globetrotter
Night is priced at $19,000. Arnold & Son says it
can provide a Southern Hemisphere version of
its Globetrotter Night on request at the same
price. See them in person at our Leading Watch
Retailers:
Armstrong Rockwell, Hartford
Cellini, New York
Feldmar, Los Angeles
IW RATING
Design: 9 (out of 10)
Superb melding of form and function.
Innovation: 8
Artistic, mechanical, and display challenges
done well.
Finissage: 7
Mechanical and display surfaces feature excep-
tional finishes.
Legibility: 6
Hands occasionally hidden under buttresses.
Rarity: 8
Only fifty pieces to be made.
Value: 7
Secondary market prices stable and strong on
previous version.
Overall iW rating: 45 (out of 60)
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