Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 188

Arnold & Son Stainless Steel, Time Equation Arnold & Son, ?Hornet World Timer ? Mean Solar Time,? No. 077, Ref. 1H6AS. Made in 2007, sold May 8th, 2008. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, astronomic, stainless steel wristwatch with 24 hour world time indicator, three time zones, date, solar time display and a stainless steel Arnold & Son deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate and instruction manual.

C. Three-body, polished, screwed bars, fluted lugs, 3 crowns and 1 push button: at 2 first GMT setting, at 3 hour and minute setting, at 9 turning the 24-hour time zone disc, at 10 second GMT setting, case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone, black and silver with applied steel dart indexes and Arabic quarters, outer minute track and 24-hour rotating disc, subsidiary concentric dial for the months and sector for mean solar time, aperture for the date at 5. Steel épée minute hand, red tipped hour and 2 GMT hands. M. Cal. A 1766, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 41 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 47 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of a Mid-West Collector