Arnold & Son: Historical High-Precision Chronometers

DSTB After Arnold presented the smallest repeating watch ever made to King George III and to the court, he rapidly acquired a wealthy clientele Arnold's "No.

36" was the first timepiece to be called a chronometer, a term reserved for unusually precise watches to this day Arnold & Son today belongs to a select group of watchmaking companies in Switzerland entitled to call themselves a manufacture, a French term reserved exclusively for watch manufacturers who develop and produce their own movements in-house The brand's prowess in the development and production of in-house movements is reflected by an impressive collection of Arnold & Son calibres with a complete range of sophisticated complications.

Some measure of its achievement can be found in the fact that at least two new movements have been launched each year: an exceptional achievement that puts Arnold & Son on the same level as some of the most dynamic manufacturs in the watch industry Every Arnold & Son movement has its own story to tell and reflects the brand's heritage They range from the minuscule repeating watch presented to George III that cemented the founder's reputation, to the precise marine chronometers that made travel at sea so much less hazardous and put the British Empire on course to expansion. Source