Arnold & Son sits in the same retail tier as Lange and Greubel Forsey, with a fraction of the secondary market activity. The brand's modern manufacture produces technically interesting watches at price points that should command serious collector attention. But the buyer pool in Australia remains thin. For anyone planning...

Arnold & Son carries one of English watchmaking's most distinguished names. John Arnold's marine chronometer work in the late 18th century shaped how the world kept time at sea. The modern brand (revived after the original company ceased in the 1840s) operates from La Chaux-de-Fonds and produces some of the...