The Moon at Its Pinnacle: Arnold & Son Unveils Luna Magna Platinum Limited Edition at WatchTime New York
Arnold & Son wowed the Watches & Wonders online exhibition earlier this year with the launch of the first Luna Magna, a timepiece that introduced the largest 3D moon-phase ever installed into a wristwatch. At the recently concluded WatchTime New York event, the manufacture introduced an even more precious encore to the original model in rose gold, this one cased in 950 platinum and limited to just 28 pieces worldwide.
Like the one on its rose-gold-cased predecessor, the 12-mm-diameter spherical moon that dominates the lower dial of the Luna Magna Platinum is made up of two hemispheres, one of marble for the light side of the moon, the other of aventurine glass for the dark side; neither material has ever been used to create a 3D moon for a watch. It measures a substantial 12 mm in diameter and floats inside an aventurine dial that depicts a star-filled midsummer sky with tiny metallic crystals. How does this voluminous lunar globe fit within the relatively modest dimensions of a luxury timepiece" It is positioned perfectly between the top and bottom of the movement, with its upper part enclosed in a domed section of the sapphire crystal; the design is repeated on the lower side of the watch, in which another sapphire glass rests in the small of the wrist. Measuring from one sapphire dome to the other, the case?s total thickness is the same as that of its rose-gold predecessor, only 15.9 mm.
Above the gigantic moon-phase is an off-centered subdial,...
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