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  • by James Schaaf
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Arnold & Son – The Discerning Choice

Arnold & Son is often set aside by collectors, but the question is why. For the committed archivist and habitual loupe carrier, it represents something increasingly rare: authenticity without affectation. As collectors begin to look beyond noise and novelty, Arnold & Son is quietly positioned to command greater attention among those seeking watches that are genuinely interesting, rigorously made, and intellectually honest.

What follows, I suppose, is my attempt to capture the place and meaning of a watch that a self-confessed Muggle like me has come to adore: the Arnold & Son Ultrathin Tourbillon, and how it makes me feel. To my eyes, it belongs on the wrist of a quietly confident, Oxbridge-educated, philanthropic, and discerning lady or gentleman – the sort of figure you might notice wearing an unembellished gold ring on the pinky finger of the left hand, find in the fitting room of Huntsman & Sons, or entertaining in the lobby of The Dorchester. Imagine John Jacob Astor, Richard Attenborough, Dame Judi Dench, or Lord Mountbatten.


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