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IW RATING
SYSTEM LEGEND
30-39:
A great timepiece that may suffer from one or
more weak points weighing down the overall score.
40-49:
A superlative example
of fine timekeeping.
ARNOLD & SON
Globetrotter Night
Arnold & Son’s new Globetrotter Night displays
a world of times while showing the wearer the
Northern Hemisphere at night. Beneath one
of the largest sapphire crystal domes we’ve
seen on a watch, this newly nocturnal version
of the original Arnold & Son Globetrotter, which
debuted in 2018, performs all the same
functions as that initial daytime model, but with
a more muted, contemporary flair.
The watch’s prominent, polished steel bridge
supports a disk with a view of the northern
hemisphere that rotates once every 24 hours
and serves as the generalized world-time
display while also acting as a night-day indicator.
To indicate night, which is clearly a theme for the
watch, the bezel-like sapphire disc around the
globe is transparent between the daylight hours
of 6.00 and 18.00, and translucent from 18.00
to 6.00, making daytime and nighttime easily
evident.
Determining world times with this half-globe
will always be approximate without the specific
city indications often associated with traditional
world time watches. But as this is not a
traditional world time watch. Its charms are
primarily visual thanks to the Globetrotter
Night’s realistic interpretation of a three-
dimensional Northern Hemisphere map at night.
Arnold & Son first engraves the continents
chemically, followed by a galvanic deep-grey
treatment to color them. Then the landmasses
are hand-lacquered in a black-grey hue, while
the oceans are lacquered in grey-blue. Finally,
the city lights are represented by hand-applied
silver sparkles.
Beyond the half-globe, the watch’s chapter
ring is circular satin-brushed while the hands
are polished and tipped in red. That massive
‘double-foot’ bridge is circular satin-brushed
and chamfered by hand and held in place by
screws with polished heads and chamfered
slots.
34 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | FALL 2019