Friday, May 30, 2025

Arnold & Son x Chronopassion WORLD TIME Double Tourbillon « Landscape » Edition

 

ARNOLD & SON x Chronopassion – WORLD TIME Double Tourbillon « Landscape » White Gold Edition - Unique Piece - 2025

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A CELEBRATION OF WATCHMAKING
INGENUITY

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This is the story of a dialogue—a conversation between two demanding worlds inhabited by precision, audacity, and obsession with detail. 
 
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Chronopassion, a watchmaking agitator since 1988, and Arnold & Son, a custodian of British-inspired technical elegance, have created a unique, rare, and spectacular timepiece: the Double Tourbillon "Landscape," an exercise in style as mechanical as it is mineral.


The reflection of a shared vision

Two back-to-back tourbillons, suspended in space by mirror-polished gold bridges. Two symmetrical dials in white opal, like two pages turned simultaneously across two time zones. 
 
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A 43.5 mm white gold case, sculpted to welcome the light. 
 
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And everywhere, the earthly breath of a "landscape" jasper carefully selected by Chronopassion, whose strata evoke desert reliefs or imaginary panoramas.

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The mineral dial becomes a painting, the beige alligator strap an extension of the chromatic harmony, offering a poetic reading of time. 
 
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The Arnold & Son aesthetic is revealed in a new light, sublimated by Chronopassion's non-conformist eye.

A timepiece with two voices

The Double Tourbillon "Landscape" is more than a visual exercise. Its heart beats for two independent time zones, adjustable down to the minute—a rarity in the world of travel watches. 
 
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At noon, local time is displayed in Roman numerals. At six o'clock, the reference time is displayed in Arabic numerals. 
 
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Each dial is autonomous, and each crown is dedicated: at 2 o'clock for winding and setting, at 7 o'clock for the second time zone.

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This dual architecture pays homage to John Arnold, a pioneer of marine chronometry, who facilitated the calculation of longitude with his precision watches. 
 
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In this spirit, this timepiece perpetuates the idea of time being mastered, used, and shared—but never frozen.

High-flying mechanics

At the heart of this creation beats the A&S8513 calibre, entirely developed and hand-decorated by Arnold & Son. 
 
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It features two gear trains, two barrels for 90 hours of power reserve, and two tourbillons suspended on three-dimensional solid gold bridges, bevelled, polished and satin-finished to perfection.

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Every finish - from the radiant Côtes de Genève to the circular graining, from the colimaçonnage of the barrels to the polish of the chatons - is pushed to the limit. 
 
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The oversized pawl that secures the tension of the barrels is a tribute to expressive mechanics, where the useful becomes ornamental.  

Chronopassion inside

As a nod to Chronopassion's singular universe, this unique piece dares to contrast rigorous watchmaking with mineral inspiration. 
 
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Landscape jasper, rare and unpredictable, embodies a taste for the exceptional. It transforms this timepiece into a living sculpture, an intimate territory to be explored.

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Double Tourbillon ‘Landscape’
is not just a watch. It's an encounter between two houses driven by the same love of the unusual.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection:  WORLD TIME

Model: WORLD TIME Double Tourbillon « Landscape » White Gold Edition

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Reference 1FCBJ.E01A.C246J

Movement
Calibre     A&S8513 hand-wound mechanical movement, one-minute tourbillon
Jewels    42
Diameter    37.30 mm
Thickness    8.35 mm
Power reserve    90 hours
Frequency    3 Hz / 21,600 vph   
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Finishes    
mainplate: NAC treated, circular-grained
    bridges: NAC-treated, polished and chamfered, radiating Côtes de Genève    
    screws: chamfered, mirror-polished heads  
    tourbillon bridges: 18-carat white gold, mirror-polished, satin- finished and hand-bevelled
    tourbillon cages: polished and hand-bevelled
    chatons: 18-carat white gold
Functions    local hours and minutes (Roman numerals), independent reference hours and minutes (Arabic numerals)
Dial    picture jasper
Hour dial    white opal
Case
Material    18-carat white gold
Diameter    43.5 mm
Crystal    domed sapphire, anti-reflective coating on both sides
Case back    sapphire crystal, anti-reflective coating on both sides
Water-resistance    3bar (30 metres/100 feet)
Strap
Material    desert beige alligator leather with storm blue alligator leather lining
Buckle    folding clasp, 18-carat white gold

 🔰Edition to Unique Piece pieces✅Only ❱❱❱ 1 timepiece
🔴Swiss retail price €259.000 / CHF 227,100 excl. tax (subject to change)💰

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