Showing at WatchTime IBG 2014: Arnold & Son DSTB Limited Edition
WatchTime and noted watch collector and expert Jeff Kingston have teamed up again for the 2014 edition of the popular Inside Basel.Geneva series of collector events, kicking off September 5 in Chicago. Among the core sponsoring watch brands is the recently revamped Arnold & Son brand, which will showcase its limited-edition Arnold & Son DSTB (Dial Side True Beat) at the events.Part of Arnold & Son’s Instrument Collection, the DTSB was created as a tribute to 250th anniversary of the brand, which traces its history back to the pioneering English watchmaker John Arnold (1736-1799). Arnold and his son were pioneers in the making of highly precise marine chronometers, essential timekeeping tools for that seafaring era that helped determine one’s longitude at sea.The Arnold & Son DSTB, a limited edition of only 50 pieces, has its entire “true-beat” seconds mechanism �� the hands, lever, wheels, and rose-gold-plated bridges �� mounted entirely on the d

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Archie is feeling really really sick....
Archie is having a terrible week.....Found out my job is about to end 27/3/09Multiple infractions on this forum......and to top it all off......Just got a call from my tax accountant to say the tax office wants to know more about my ebay trading to work out my GST liability....WTF!!!!I only horse trade to support my collection of stuff... this is a relatively small collection built up over 20 years.......I am starting to feel really sick......THE GAME IS OVER - archie is not well....

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Anyone knows?
If I sell my Panerai with the plastic card issued to my name and the warranty does not overcame is still valid for the new owner?Thanks