The Original 2-Wheel Carry-On is Globe-Trotter's case for travelling light without travelling cheap. The shell is vulcanised fibreboard, the handles are vegetable-tanned leather, and the hardware is metal throughout. It measures 58 by 42 by 21 centimetres, holds 34 litres, and weighs 3.7 kilograms.
The details are the product: webbing straps, leather hinges, a plaque, and an individual serial number. Each case is handcrafted in England, and the construction belongs to an era when luggage was built to be kept.
It is not the lightest carry-on, nor the toughest in the absolute sense. It is the one that looks better with every journey, which is a different and rarer engineering goal.