HMS Beagle undertook three survey voyages in all, but it was the second one, with naturalist Charles Darwin on board, that guaranteed its place in history. With this set of three watches, each featuring an exquisite hand-painted miniature of HMS Beagle, Arnold & Son pays tribute to one of the most celebrated ships in the history of exploration.
Functions Hours, minutes
Caliber A&S1001 Exclusive Arnold & Son mechanical movement, self-winding, ceramic ball bearing, 30 jewels, diameter 30.4 mm, thickness 7.79 mm, power reserve 45h, 28'800 vibrations/h, stop second. Movement decoration: rhodium treated with Haute Horlogerie finishing: manually chamfered bridges with polished edges, fine circular graining and Côtes de Genève rayonnantes, brushed and skeletonised rotor, blued screws with bevelled and mirror-polished heads.
Case
18-carat white gold, diamond-set bezel available, diameter 40 mm, cambered sapphire with anti-reflective coating on both sides, case back see-through sapphire
Dial Hand-painted miniature, silvery-white and silvery opaline
Strap Hand-stitched black or brown alligator leather