Diamonds, white gold, mother-of-pearl and ruthenium blend together gloriously on the Perpetual Moon 38 Night Tide from the house of Arnold & Son. This is a blue moon with cascades of soft waves for this watch celebrates the fluctuating pull of this celestial body —our moon — on the water of the seas. Powerful and plentiful, the waves of Perpetual Moon 38 Night Tide herald heavy seas. In the blue of the night, the tide is at its highest, and so are the rollers. Arnold & Son interprets this powerfully symbolic scene through mechanisms and minerals. The astronomical moon complication of Perpetual Moon 38 Night Tide is adorned in mother-of-pearl and ruthenium: a delicate, evocative composition that fully expresses the dial-makers’ expertise. The mother-of-pearl marquetry, ruthenium crystal inlays and abundance of diamonds symbolise the painstaking care lavished on the women’s collections of Switzerland’s most English brand.

Diamonds, white gold, mother-of-pearl and ruthenium blend together gloriously on the Perpetual Moon 38 Night Tide from the house of Arnold & Son. This is a blue moon with cascades of soft waves for this watch celebrates the fluctuating pull of this celestial body —our moon — on the water of the seas. Powerful and plentiful, the waves of Perpetual Moon 38 Night Tide herald heavy seas. In the blue of the night, the tide is at its highest, and so are the rollers. Arnold & Son interprets this powerfully symbolic scene through mechanisms and minerals. The astronomical moon complication of Perpetual Moon 38 Night Tide is adorned in mother-of-pearl and ruthenium: a delicate, evocative composition that fully expresses the dial-makers’ expertise. The mother-of-pearl marquetry, ruthenium crystal inlays and abundance of diamonds symbolise the painstaking care lavished on the women’s collections of Switzerland’s most English brand.

But the key element and star complication of this A&S1612 calibre movement is its moon phase. In line with Arnold & Son’s astronomical principle, Perpetual Moon 38 Night Tide features a moon disc almost as large as the calibre itself. The successive shapes of its crescent occupy the large aperture between 10 and 2 o’clock, while the form of its cut-out faithfully recreates the appearance of the moon. Arnold & Son has given this moon phase an accuracy of 122 years. Continuously rising, it will take more than a century for this moon to lag one day behind the real one in our skies, watching over the oceans. Special to The Gourmet Gazette. https://www.arnoldandson.com/