Arnold & Son Watches

Arnold & Son Watches

Arnold & Son is what happens when British horological legacy meets Swiss complication mastery — with a healthy dose of skeletonized dials, flying tourbillons

and movements built to show off.

It’s not just haute horology. It’s symmetry-obsessed, complication-forward mechanical art — and every watch has a movement you’ve never seen anywhere else.

A Little History

The brand takes its name from John Arnold, the legendary 18th-century English watchmaker known for his pioneering marine chronometers and innovations in

escapement technology.

While Arnold the man was born in Cornwall and built his legacy in London, Arnold & Son the brand is based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and operates as part of the

Citizen Group — alongside movement powerhouse La Joux-Perret, which handles its incredible in-house calibers.

The modern Arnold & Son emerged in the early 2000s and quickly became known for its proprietary movements, dual-time complications, and perfectly balanced dial layouts.

They’re not just assembling watches — they’re designing movements around the dial, not the other way around.

What Collectors Love

Arnold & Son makes watches for collectors who appreciate visible mechanics, technical storytelling, and unusual complications.

Standouts include:

  • Time Pyramid — a skeletonized vertical movement that literally looks like a horological pyramid, with dual barrels and full movement architecture on display.

  • DSTB (Dial Side True Beat) — where the deadbeat seconds complication is shown right on the dial. A rare function made visually striking.

  • HM Perpetual Moon — one of the largest, most beautiful moonphase displays in watchmaking, with detailed astronomical backgrounds and near-perfect lunar accuracy.

  • Globetrotter — a flying world timer with a huge 3D map and bridge that spans the entire dial. Looks like a satellite in orbit.

  • Nebula — pure skeleton architecture with all the movement elements arranged in stunning radial symmetry.

Movements are 100% in-house, often manual-wind or automatic with micro-rotors, and frequently feature double barrels, true beat seconds, or dual time zones

— all arranged for visual balance and complication depth.

Why Arnold & Son Deserves a Spot

Because they’re one of the most inventive movement makers in modern independent horology — and still flying under the radar compared to the Greubel-Forseys and

F.P. Journes of the world.

These watches are not modular Frankensteins. Each one starts with a concept — a moonphase, a deadbeat seconds, a world timer — and builds the movement around it

often displaying the complication front and center.

It’s like owning a mechanical blueprint that just happens to be wearable.

What’s Out There Now

Current collections include:

  • Instrument Collection — focused on chronometry, dual time zones, and navigation-inspired complications (e.g. Longitude II, DSTB, Globetrotter)

  • Royal Collection — more poetic, with astronomical displays, tourbillons, and artistic finishing (e.g. HM Perpetual Moon, Time Pyramid)

  • Nebula and Ultrathin Tourbillon — minimalist in concept, maximalist in execution

Expect case materials like red gold, palladium, and DLC titanium, and sizes generally between 41–44mm, though many wear lighter due to slim profiles and short lugs.

Prices range from $10K pre-owned to $80K+ new, depending on material and complication.

Fed’s Take

Arnold & Son doesn’t make watches for beginners. They make them for the collector who’s seen it all and wants something mechanically original.

Every model I’ve handled — from the Time Pyramid to the Globetrotter — feels special. Not just in finishing (which is exceptional), but in the why of the design.

These aren’t just pretty

cases wrapped around outsourced complications. These are bespoke, in-house calibers, arranged with thought and artistry.

If you want a complicated watch that stands out in a sea of Langes, Journes, and APs? This is one to know.

Check Out Our Arnold & Son Inventory

Delray Watch is always on the lookout for unique Arnold & Son watches — especially Time Pyramid, DSTB, Globetrotter, and HM Perpetual Moon models.

If you have an Arnold & Son watch you’re ready to sell or trade – reach out. We’re always buying.

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