Arnold & Son Globetrotter 39 mm Mother-of-pearl Ceramic

Case, dial & bracelet

Case dimensions

39 mm

Case thickness

9.4 mm

Case material

Ceramic

Bezel

Octagonal with 8 hexagonal screws

Crystal

Box sapphire with AR coating

Dial

Mother-of-pearl

Hands

Faceted dauphine hands, polished by hand

Indexes

Applied faceted white-gold indexes

Bracelet / strap

Alligator leather with folding clasp

Clasp / buckle

Titanium deployant clasp

Water resistance

50 m

Movement

Movement / calibre

Calibre 33A — In-house manual-winding, hand-finished

Movement type

Manual-winding

Frequency

21,600 vph (3 Hz)

Power reserve

55 hours

Number of jewels

40 jewels

Complications

Annual calendar

Functions

Perpetual calendar, leap year

Watchmaker

Finishing, assembly and timing are carried out in the manufacture's own atelier.

Production & market

Production period

1962 – 1977

Limited-edition quantity

188 pieces

Current market information

Thin secondary-market supply — pricing is set piece by piece at auction.

Designer

Emmanuel Gueit

Emmanuel Gueit came from a family of Geneva jewellers and was barely into his twenties when he drew the oversized Royal Oak Offshore in 1993 — a watch the house's traditionalists resisted and collectors turned into an icon.

Historical significance

Arnold & Son Globetrotter 39 mm Mother-of-pearl Ceramic sits within Arnold & Son's Globetrotter line, introduced in 1962. It carries the house codes established since 1764 — ceramic case, mother-of-pearl dial and in-house manual-winding, hand-finished — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.

Interesting facts

• The bracelet tapers across its length, which is why the profile looks thinner on the wrist than the specification suggests.
• The case is finished by hand, alternating polished and satin-brushed surfaces in a single pass so the edges stay razor sharp.
• The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.