Showing posts with label Instrument DTSB. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

An Updated Take on the Instrument DSTB

From Arnold & Son -

Courtesy of Arnold & Son

This is the Dial Side True Beat, otherwise known as the DSTB.  

Courtesy of Arnold & Son

This release now introduces the DSTB in stainless steel.

Here are the pertinents -



DSTB, stainless steel 


Calibre: 


A&S6003

Manufacture Arnold & Son movement, self-winding, 32 jewels, diameter 38 mm, thickness 7.39 mm, power reserve 45 h, 28,800 vibrations/h


Functions:


Hours, minutes, true beat seconds 


Movement decoration: 


Palladium treated with Haute Horlogerie finishing: hand-chamfered bridges and polished edges, fine circular graining and Côtes de Genève rayonnantes, dial plate blue PVD treated with large circular finishing, circular satin-finished wheels, blued screws with bevelled and mirror- polished heads
True beat seconds bridges: palladium treated, satin-finished
with hand-chamfered and polished edges
Oscillating weight: NAC grey treated, skeletonized with brushed surfaces 



Dial: 


Domed and white lacquered, sapphire


Case: 


Stainless steel, diameter 43.5 mm, cambered sapphire with anti-reflective coating on both sides, see-through sapphire case back, water-resistant to 30 m
 
Strap:


Hand-stitched black or brown alligator leather