Arnold & Son DSTB 42 Platinum

1ATCX.P01A.C200X
Technical specifications

Functions

  • Jumping Hours
  • Minutes

Movement

  • Self Winding/Automatic
  • Manufactured
  • Swiss Made

Case

  • Round
  • Platinum
  • Polished
  • 12.95mm
  • 42.00mm

Glass

  • Sapphire

Water resistance

  • 3.00atm / 30.00m / 100.00ft

Buckle

  • Pin Buckle
  • Platinum

Strap

  • Alligator
  • Blue

Year

  • 2023

Official description

Arnold & Son reinterprets one of its most personal collections. DSTB 42, which stands for ‘Dial-Side True Beat’, reveals its true- beat seconds mechanism on the dial side. Under its openwork and finely chamfered gold bridges, its characteristic anchor powers a seconds hand at a broad rhythm. The case and movement of this essential timepiece have been entirely revised, refined and improved. With two inaugural limited series – one in red gold, the other in platinum – Arnold & Son reaffirms its historic attachment to marine chronometers.

The true-beat seconds function is characteristic of the instruments that John Arnold supplied to the Royal Navy. Their escapement used to beat at one oscillation per second, naturally indicated by a sweep- seconds hand. This explicit function inspired Arnold & Son to create one of its most iconic complications: ‘True Beat’, also known as deadbeat seconds. The distinctive feature of the DSTB collection is that it displays this mechanism in full on the dial, hence the ‘Dial-Side True Beat’ name, delivering watchmaking, design and spectacle all in one.