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Based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Arnold & Son has based its identity on the ability to create fine watchmaking complications that are linked to the maritime heritage of John Arnold. An 18th century visionary focused on creating true chronometers, modern Arnold & Son timepieces include complications like the dead-beat seconds, dual time zones, 8-day power reserves. For Geneva Watch Days 2024, the brand brings two new editions of the Perpetual Moon 38 in rose gold featuring blue aventurine and cliff gray dials.

The radiance of 88 pieces in blue aventurine glass and 28 pieces in a warm, sunray-brushed gray joins that of the largest moon phase. Arnold & Son exhibits its mastery of color, its sense of texture and its taste for materials, telling a nocturnal narrative that brings together the gray of a cliff, the iridescent white of the moon and the almost black blue of a starry sky.

Measuring 38 mm in diameter and 10.44 mm thick, the case of the Perpetual Moon 38 is fashioned from a solid block of rose gold. The use of rare and precious materials has become a special signature of Arnold & Son, adding a degree of lavishness to match the the design and craftsmanship of the brand’s timepieces.

Staying true to its tradition as a precision watchmaker, caliber A&S1612 is a heavy-hitter in horology. The caliber features a moon disc almost as large as the movement itself. With a 90 hour power reserve, this manual-wind timepiece ensures that the moon-phase complication will remain accurate for 122 years. This means, if kept constantly wound, it would take more than a century for the moon on the dial to experience a one-day time lag on its real-life counterpart in the night’s sky. Limited to 18 timepieces, the Perpetual Moon 38 Night Tide is another stunning addition to Arnold & Son’s catalog.