Arnold & Son Perpetual Moon 41.5 Platinum Fern Green

Arnold & Son has succumbed to the robust gravitational pull of the Moon by reinterpreting the phases of our neighbouring satellite tv for pc in a few of the largest shows in watchmaking at this time. The model’s well-known Perpetual Moon, with a large 11.2mm moon in a beneficiant aperture at midday, delights us as soon as once more on this newest platinum version with a beautiful Fern Inexperienced dial.

Following the primary 2013 Perpetual Moon and the 2016 Double Hemisphere Perpetual Moon, Arnold & Son animated the show with a three-dimensional moon on the 44mm Luna Magna – the biggest rotating moon ever featured inside a wristwatch. Extra compact, the Perpetual Moon is available in 38mm and 41.5mm case sizes with a variety of artisanal techniques adorning the dial. The fascinating Royal Blue and Salmon Pink references launched in 2022, adopted by the Celestial Blue mannequin, all characteristic a collection of deeply engraved ‘Stellar Rays’ on the dial.

The brand new Perpetual Moon 41.5 depends on the identical fantastically engraved furrows however has chosen a contemporary Fern Inexperienced color. Because the model factors out, ferns develop in abundance in Cornwall, the county the place the English clockmaker John Arnold (1736-1799), famed for his marine chronometers, was born.

Housed in an expensive polished platinum case with a thickness of 11.3mm, the slim bezel offers priority to the dial. The engraving of the rays on the dial is irregular, with completely different widths and depths to provide a dynamic interaction of shadow and light-weight. The inexperienced tone is obtained with a PVD therapy after which coated with a number of layers of clear lacquer. Faceted and utilized to the dial, the hour markers observe the form of the pleated rays and are indicated by faceted and elongated syringe-style palms.

Dominating the surroundings within the high space of the dial is the big 29mm aperture for the moon phases. Set towards a grained midnight blue sky, the moons are crafted from mother-of-pearl discs enhanced with hand-painted particulars and Tremendous-LumiNova for an exquisite moonlit impact in the dead of night. The sky additionally hosts the Ursa Main and Cassiopeia constellations. Hand-painted and coated with Tremendous-LumiNova, these constellations have been utilized by navigators to search out their bearings at sea earlier than the arrival of dependable marine chronometers.

The precision moon section complication has a deviation of simply someday each 122 years. Nonetheless, if the watch will not be wound and the moon phases want adjusting, there’s a second moon section indicator on the caseback with a precision scale to fine-tune the settings. The properly embellished manual-winding calibre A&S1512 has a 3Hz frequency and two barrels for a strong 90-hour energy reserve.

The Perpetual Moon 41.5 Fern Inexperienced comes with an identical inexperienced alligator strap with a platinum pin buckle. It’s a restricted version of 28 items and retails for CHF 46,700 (incl. tax). Extra data at ArnoldandSon.com.