Beste mede leden, al een tijdje kijk ik met grote ogen naar dit merk.
De afwerking lijkt mij echt van een zeer hoog niveau alsook de binnenwerken. Toch hoor ik hier op het forum zeer weinig over het merk en dat verbaast me want ik vind dat ze zeer mooie horloges maken. Persoonlijk uiteraard mischien vinden jullie dit totaal niet, het is ook een zeer duur merk dus veel eigenaars zijn er vast niet.
Wat mij vooral verbaasde is de toch wel zeer ruime en vroege geschiedenis van het merk.
John Arnold
English Watchmaker(1736 – 1799)
Born in Cornwall, he left England for the Netherlands at the age of 19 and returned to London speaking fluent German. This stood him in good standing at the court of King George III, from the House of Hanover, to whom Arnold presented a ring with the smallest half-quarter repeater ever made.
John Arnold is known as one of the most innovative watchmakers of his day and held patents for a Detent escapement, a bimetallic balance and a helical balance spring. Arnold also played a central role in the significant events of his age, such as the competition to determine longitude at sea, and won several grants and awards offered by the British Board of Longitude.
As a renowned watchmaker, John Arnold produced some of the most accurate marine chronometers of the 18th century. He won several awards from the Bureau des Longitudes, spurring him on in his research into timekeeping. He filed many patents as an inventor, including one for a compensation balance featuring a bimetallic balance spiral and another for a helical balance spring with terminal curves. Arnold also produced simplified chronometer design principles that permitted mass production of these timepieces, many of which were made available to His Majesty’s Royal Navy, making John Arnold one of its principal suppliers. One of his least known but most significant contributions was the modern definition of the term ‘chronometer’, which today refers to a high-precision timepiece driven by a movement that has passed an accuracy inspection carried out by an official neutral body.
1736
Birth of John Arnold in Cornwall.
1755
Arnold leaves England for the Netherlands.
1757
He returns home speaking excellent German, which stood him in good stead later at the court of King George III.
1762
It is said that Arnold repairs a repeating watch for a certain McGuire, who gives him a loan to set up his watch business in London.
1764
Arnold gains an introduction to King George III by presenting him with a ring containing a half-quarter repeater.
1770
The earliest marine chronometers by Arnold are completed for official testing.
1772
John Arnold’s marine chronometer No. 3 accompanies James Cook on his second voyage.
1773
Following his invention of a detent escapement, John Arnold builds his first pocket chronometer.
1775
Arnold is granted a patent for his bimetallic compensated balance and helical balance spring.
1779
Arnold’s pocket watch No. 1/36 sent to the Royal Observatory at Greenwich is praised for its precision.
1782
Arnold patents his design of the terminal curves for the helical balance spring along with designs for a spring detent escapement and epicycloid teeth.
1796
John Arnold retires, transferring the company to his son, John Roger Arnold (1769-1843).
1799
John Arnold dies.
1808
Abraham-Louis Breguet presents his first tourbillon escapement, mounted in an Arnold pocket chronometer in memory of their friendship.
1820
Arnold’s chronometer No. 2109 accompanies Rear Admiral Sir William Edward Parry on his voyage towards the North Pole.
1821
John Roger Arnold files a patent for his ‘U’-shaped balance. He also becomes a predominant supplier to the Admiralty.
1843
After the death of John Roger Arnold, Arnold & Son is continued by Charles Frodsham, a renowned English watchmaker, until the middle of the 19th century
1858
Arnold & Dent’s chronometer No. 4575 accompanies Dr David Livingstone on his expedition to Africa.
1995
The British Masters in Timekeeping relaunch Arnold & Son in Switzerland.
2010
Arnold & Son becomes part of Manufacture La Joux-Perret. Its calibres are all developed and produced in-house.
Today
Astronomy, Chronometry and World Time are embodied in the brand’s contemporary timepieces. Echoes of John Arnold’s inventions and preoccupations, these three principles represent the foundations on which the Arnold & Son collections are based.
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Met deze geschiedenis snap ik niet goed dat er zo weinig over word gesproken hier.
Natuurlijk zijn het zeer dure horloges dus dat is mischien een rede maar dat zijn nog vele merken.
Ik von het toch wel waard om even te delen, wat vinden jullie van het merk?
Nog wat plaatjes 
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