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Arnold & Son DTE Double Tourbillon Escapement Watch Hands-On
A thin, elegant watch with nearly four days of power reserve, two separately adjustable time indications, and two?tourbillons exposed on the dial: for most watch manufactures,?this would?likely be their?top?novelty piece, but for Arnold & Son, it seems to?blend in with the?other,?highly technical pieces that the brand offers. With its sleek?profile and two dials, the Arnold & Son DTE (Double Tourbillon Escapement) is a truly?impressive blend of?the Swiss manufacture’s UTTE ultra-thin tourbillon and its DBG double-balance wheel pieces,?bringing together the best of both worlds.The main inspiration for this technological “tour de force” is that in 2014,?Arnold & Son celebrates the 250th anniversary?of its watchmaking heritage. As the story goes, it was in 1764 that the company’s namesake, John Arnold was granted the permission?to present to King George III a unique and small watch movement that he made. Interestingly, it was two years before, in 1762 t
Jean Dunand Shabaka Watch For 2015 Hands-On
The original Jean Dunand Shabaka from 2007?has long been among my favorite haute horlogerie timepieces, and so you can imagine how excited I was when, after a long and hectic week at Baselworld, we finally got to?meet with the?brand, and, at last, I had the chance to go hands-on with the Shabaka. However, to my surprise, I was not greeted by the one I had been expecting to see, but rather a new Jean Dunand Shabaka, one with a massive, perfectly round case.The watch you see above?certainly may not appeal to everyone but-on a personal note, if I may-it was among?the very?first of my favorite highly complicated watches, as I was beginning my slide down the slippery slope leading into the depths of horology.?Its stunning minute repeater movement with the unique roller-system to indicate the day, date, and month of the perpetual calendar, plus its incredible, art-deco-inspired, tastefully angular and amply curved case, made complete with a unique dial and a few splashes of red here and ther