By: foversta
[PuristSPro Moderator]

By: foversta
[PuristSPro Moderator]

By: foversta
[PuristSPro Moderator]

By: foversta
[PuristSPro Moderator]

Press Release:Harry Winston Limited Edition Shanghai Timepieces Harry Winston introduces a collection of Limited Edition timepieces to commemorate the opening of the new Shanghai pavilion. The collection, consisting of five limited editions – two for men, three for women – pays tribute to the city epitomizing Chinese culture.Harry Winston Midnight Limited Edition Shanghai: Architectural Echoes­Like a bridge stretching from East to West, the iconic Harry Winston arches inspired by ... more

Last Thursday a group of the Purists had the pleasure to attend Harry Winston's Basel 2012 preview here in NYC. That night was the first time I've had a great chance to try on and handle quite of few of their watches, I was blow away! In Harry Winston style, the event took place at Le Bernardin which year in and year out is considered one of the top restaurants in NYC. As we entered the private dinner area this is how the table was set up........ Now I have to admit that I did get a little carried away wit... more

After 4 days in Basel, I'm very happy to propose you my Harry Winston report. This report is a wrap-up of the novelties which were unveiled during the Fair but of course, I will come back to these watches later with dedicated posts.The good point about Harry Winston is the yearly presence in the collection of one of the most awaited watches: Opus. But we don't have to forget that the new collection offers us a wide range of novelties with more affordable prices or playing a different tune.And this ye... more

Press ReleaseOpus 12, Overturns Time The presentation of the Harry Winston's Opus timepiece is always awaited with great impatience at Baselworld and this year's Opus has what it takes to puzzle those passsionate about high complications like never before.Opus 12 defies the conventional rules of watchmaking, giving birth to the most improbable mechanical concept. This exceptional timepiece deliberately overturns the perception of time by drawing its inspiration from the Copernican revolution accordin... more

... never expected to see this that night....  We had a small new year GTG and it was there.  I have seen many photos on FX's wrist, etc., but this was the first time for me to have the pleasure handling it.  Wow.  How heavy!  270g, I heard.  And this owner wears this like a beater watch   He has had it since 2005.Surely as FX pointed out before, this has the DNA of Urwerk AND HW. One thing about this example - this was not even showing the correct time!  The own... more

For me, on the main interests I find in Harry Winston is the ability of the brand to offer in less than one year watches like the Midnight Automatic or Histoire de Tourbillon 3 despite a very limited yearly production. In one hand, we have a slim, simple and elegant watch. On the other hand, we have a superlative, complex and bulky timepiece.The purpose of the Histoire de Tourbillon collection is to design original watches around the fascinating complication of the Tourbillon and to put it under the ... more

Press ReleaseNo machine on Earth demonstrates time quite like the tourbillon. Indeed it could be the most sophisticated physical depiction of an abstract notion ever developed by man. This hypnotic, rotating and oscillating mechanical world reveals multiple facets of time: its unfailing regularity, its intricacy, its inevitability and a culture of time measurement as old as humanity.In its Histoire de Tourbillon collection, Harry Winston recognizes the tourbillon as a medium of artistic expression ... more

That's a difficult task: to sum up in a single post my Harry Winston year! I have to tell you that I really enjoyed this year as Harry Winston moderator. It was a very busy year which gave me the opportunity to meet a lot of passionate people like you, the PuristSPro members fans of HW watches, like the staff of the Manufacture, of the shops or of the Headquarter. And this is the part of the position I prefer: the encounters, the discussion and the passion we share all together.2011 started under exce... more

2 weeks after Salon QP, Harry Winston was amongst the exhibitors of the 2011 Salon Belles Montres in Paris. The booth was located at exactly the same place than the previous year so it was not difficult for me to follow the right path.The timepieces which were displayed at Paris were a bit different than in London with a higher focus on the Jewelry offer. I regretted that there wasn't any Opus. I understand that it is not so easy to get one but an Opus watch would give a bigger impact to the Harry Wi... more

One of the main reasons of my presence at the Salon QP was to discover in the metal the latest collection from Harry Winston, the Ocean Sport. If Harry Winston didn't exhibit at the 2010 Salon QP, 2011 was the year of the come back. I'm sure that the change of the Salon location influenced this decision.The Ocean Sport collection is made up of 4 different watches: 2 simple watches, 2 chronographs, 2 for the ladies, 2 for the men. They all share in common the use of Zalium as case material. 3 are powe... more

Press Release: Ocean    Sport™ Collection Where sport meet design The   new    Ocean    Sport™   is   the   epitome   of     innovation   and   design.   A   state   of mind   nurtured   by    challenges.   A   strength   of   conviction... more

Let's start by correcting a mistake in the thread title: I will not speak about THE Opus 2 but about AN Opus 2... It is a similarity shared in common by the first two Opus: they were released in different versions.Opus 2 versions are:* The Tourbillon with Perpetual Calendar (11 pieces)* The Tourbillon with 110 hours power-reserve (11 pieces)* The Tourbillon with diamonds (piece unique)As you can see it, one complication is highlighted with the Opus 2: the Tourbillon. It is not a surprise when we know t... more

Sometimes, the current events give us the opportunity to write an article about a watch from the past. This watch is the Z5 and its equivalent when it comes with a gold case: the Ocean GMT Traveler.The idea of this post comes from the announcement by Harry Winston of the watch which will be sold in the context Charity auction organized by Only Watch in September 2011. This watch is the unique Midnight GMT Tourbillon which features an automatic movement, a Tourbillon and a two timezones display combi... more

Press Release: Harry Winston’s Only Watch 2011Midnight GMT Tourbillon On September 22nd 2011 in Monaco, Harry Winston is taking part in the Only Watch charity auction organized by the Monaco Association against Muscular Dystrophy (AMM), under the Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II. Keenly aware of the gravity of this pathology and eager to affirm its commitment to children, Harry Winston has developed and produced for this exceptional event an exclusive Grande Complication model: the Harry Wi... more

Felix Baumgartner is without any doubt one of my fav watchmakers. He didn't invent the wandering hours display but with Martin Frei, he redesigned it, went beyond the system created by the Campanus brothers for their clock more than 3 centuries ago by adding animated elements, satellites, telescopic hands... And moreover, he built reliable and efficient time display modules. One of his masterpieces is without any doubt the Harry Winston Opus V. The Opus V was unveiled in 2005 and is considered as one ... more

One year after my first visit at the Harry Winston Boutique in London (read my report here: harrywinston.watchprosite.com ) , I had the opportunity to come back there, taking advantage of a long week-end we had in France. This visit gave me the opportunity to discuss with the staff of Harry Winston UK about the market, the newest Midnight collection and of course the Opus Eleven. A very interesting talk which confirmed me the increasing success of the Harry Winston Timepieces collection. But... more