Arnold & Son HORNET Worldtimer

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This sophisticated world timer watch features no less than six hands and pointers for indicating useful information. The Hornet from Arnold & Son maintains the brand’s trademark clarity and user-friendly handling .

Available in a beautifully rounded pink gold or steel case, the Arnold and Son HORNET Worldtimer watch is immediately distinguished by its three crowns and pushpieces symmetrically arranged at 9 and 10 o’clock on one side and 2 and 3 o’clock at the other. The dial plays on contrasting colours, clearly differentiated hands, alternating Arabic numerals and hourmarkers, and a mixture of pointer-type and window displays, in order to distinguish between the various items of information provided.

Arnold and Son HORNET Worldtimer watch pink gold version

In the calendar segment, the Arnold and Son HORNET Worldtimer watch incorporates a double-disc date display and an inner dial for tracking the months. The sophisticated twin-time running indication features two hands turning simultaneously, and the city of LONDON is highlighted in red among the other cities appearing on the GMT ring, a nod in direction of the brand’s British origins.

Arnold and Son HORNET Worldtimer watch stainless steel version

Moreover, this function offers the unusual possibility of setting one of the twin time zones to take account of half time-zones in parts of the world. If desired, it can also display the mean solar time in a specific location by means of a dedicated golden sun-tipped hand. And finally, the equation of time is shown on a triangular white segment.

Technical details

Model: HORNET WORLD TIMER

Movement
Calibre:  A1766
Exclusive Arnold & Son mechanical movement, self-winding, 41 jewels, diameter 38.55 mm, thickness 7.05 mm, power reserve 42 h, 28’800 vibrations/h

Functions
Hours, minutes, equation of time, multiple time zone display, mean solar time, big date display at 5 o’clock, month indicator

Movement decoration
Rhodium treated with fine circular graining and ‘Côtes de Genève’

Dial
Black

Case
18-carat rose gold or stainless steel, diameter 47 mm, cambered sapphire with anti-reflective coating on both sides, case back metallic sapphire, water-resistant to 50 m

Strap
Hand-stitched brown or black alligator leather

References
1H6AP.B06A.C60B:  18-carat rose gold case
1H6AS.B05A.C79F:  Stainless steel case