Arnold & Son introduces a sequence of high-end jewellery interpretations of its much-lauded three-dimensional Luna Magna moon part mannequin. Inserting a mechanical star measuring 12mm contained in the watch already represented a big technical feat for the model, made much more spectacular within the new Luna Magna Final I, protecting the floor of the three-dimensional moon with superlative pavé and invisibly set blue sapphires and diamonds. Arnold & Son has utilized distinctive experience to create eight of those valuable Luna Magna Final I watches. Poetic and uncommon, they reveal an excellent degree of astronomical precision and really distinctive particulars.
Excessive altitude
Solely essentially the most valuable supplies are used within the Luna Magna Final I restricted sequence. The case, measuring 44mm in diameter, is made from white gold and set with 7.62 carats of the very best high quality diamonds. These embrace 20 baguette-cut diamonds on the case’s lugs, minimize one after the other to suit the distinctive form of every mount.
White orbit
A advantageous ring resembling the ring round Saturn constitutes the bezel, orbiting the Luna Magna Final I case, containing 112 baguette-cut diamonds totalling 5.90 carats. Gentle can enter freely, simply as it will an open prism, because of the dual-row invisible setting which permits for radiance past evaluate.
Blanket of blue
The fabric used for the watch face is simply as distinctive and uncommon. Lots of of pure ruthenium crystals compose the glowing blue façade. This extraordinarily arduous steel belongs to the platinum group, which suggests they’re discovered collectively in the identical ore. Separating them is a posh course of that makes ruthenium ten occasions rarer than platinum. Right here, it has been reshaped into crystals which might be positioned on the faceplate earlier than being blued.
Iridescent show
Inside the circle of blue radiance, the dial parts take a classical flip with twelve Roman numeral markings, the Arnold & Son signature, and the fingers. This off-center subdial owes its delicate color to white opal, and its finesse befits a chunk of the best jewelry because it does this bejewelled Luna Magna Final I.
Double hemisphere
Beneath the timepiece, the three-dimensional moon is the standout characteristic of the Luna Magna watches. Intricate gem settings pave the complete white gold sphere. Daytime is rendered by 161 brilliant-cut diamonds and as many blue sapphires as nighttime, the road between them a ripple of dusky blue.
Craftsmanship
The Luna Magna Final I is made with the A&S1021 calibre, which has been completely developed, manufactured, assembled, and adjusted in-house by Arnold & Son. This hand-wound calibre, designed across the lunar globe, has an influence reserve of 90 hours and a regulating organ at a frequency of three Hz. As for the case again, the motion supplies a second show for the lunar part, that includes easy-to-read graduations to supply the utmost precision when correcting the lunar globe.
Precision
The sophistication of this celestial mechanism additionally lies in its astronomical accuracy. The size of a full moon cycle is 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and a couple of.8 seconds. Arnold & Son has produced a likeness such that it will take 122 years for the motion to accrue a one-day interval between the watch show and the true celestial cycle. Nonetheless, this lag is straightforward to appropriate, on condition that the lunar operate on the Luna Magna Final I is immediately accessible from the crown. Arnold & Son’s full mastery of the watchmaking course of permits for this sensible contact.
