Among the new models was the UTTE watch (Ultra-Thin Tourbillon Escapement). The first tourbillon in Arnold & Son’s Instrument collection, the UTTE is also a record-breaker: just 8.34 mm thick, it is, the brand says, the thinnest hand-wound tourbillon watch in the world.
The UTTE has a diameter of 42 mm and its movement is just 2.97 mm thick. The UTTE contains the A&S8200 movement, a manu- facture caliber. This manual winding movement has a power reserve of 80 hours thanks to its two barrels.
The movement is 32 mm in diameter and the tourbillon cage 14 mm, so that the one-minute tourbillon has pride of place on the dial, beneath the off-center display with hours and minutes.
Although the watch is thin, its design manages to emphasize depth.
The tourbillon cage is rounded with no edges, and rather than being inset flat into the movement, it extends upward to the same level as the hands. All visible screws have been removed in order to emphasize this perfect circle. The cage is satin-finished with chamfered and polished edges. The nickel-silver movement has other decorations, including beveled and mirror-polished heads on all screws and hand-chamfering on all of the bridges. The case is 42 mm in diameter, and it is water resistant to 30 meters.
Arnold & Son is releasing the UTTE in two versions. For the rose-gold ver- sion, the movement is rhodium treated and has a côtes de Genève rayonnantes decoration, and the bridge for the tour- billon is completely hand-engraved.
The other version, in palladium, has a gray NAC treatment on the movement and straight côtes de Genève. Each version will be produced in a limited edition of 50 pieces. The watch comes on a hand- stitched alligator strap and has a trans- parent caseback. The rose-gold UTTE is priced at $70,185 and the palladium version is $61,075.
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