By: foversta
[PuristSPro Moderator]

By: foversta
[PuristSPro Moderator]

By: foversta
[PuristSPro Moderator]

By: foversta
[PuristSPro Moderator]

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

Creating the Opus 6 was obviously not an easy task. First of all, it was the first Opus under the leadership of Hamdi Chatti and as you can imagine, succeeding Max Büsser was not an easy task. The Opus collection was his project and the question which arose was to know if this collection was able to continue without him. Secondly, the previous Opus was maybe the most iconic one: the Opus 5 by Felix Baumgartner. The Opus 5 had everything what makes a watch unforgettable: an impressive design, a n... more

I would like to come back to the Midnight Automatic. This is a watch which may look very simple at first glance but which contains some unusal details. Obviously, the Midnight Big Date looks more sophisticated... maybe more Harry Winston in its spirit. I will try to explain why the Midnight Automatic is as valuable as its "complicated" sister.In fact, the Midnight Automatic is a sort of  mix between classic Harry Winston details and more original ones. Let's browse them. I) The classic details i... more

A black version of the Z6 was unveiled at Baselworld this year in a context of a LE.Of course, this Z6 has still the Zalium case but with a black DLC. The dial was put in harmony with the case with black finishings. The consequence is that some details become more visible like the hammer and the hands.The "black style" is a big market trend and we can find a lot of "all black" watches around. Hopefully, Harry Winston didn't take the decision to make it full black and despite its very dark design, the... more

I am very happy to present you this wonderful gift from Eric Giroud: as you know, Eric was involved in various projects for Harry Winston: he was the designer of the Tourbilon Glissière or of the Opus 9. These two watches had a common point to feature rectangular cases (horizontal or vertical).But you can imagine that with his second Opus, Eric Giroud had the will to redefine something totally new, unusal... but inspired by the history of the Harry Winston timepieces.Look at these sketches... d... more

With this post, I would like to present you an overall view of the 2011 collection and of course, I will come back to these watches with a dedicated post per novelty. Without any doubt, 2011 is a very important year for the Harry Winston Timepieces collection. I see two main reasons:- We celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Opus Collection the year before so the Opus 11 is more than a new Opus: it is a the first Opus of a new generation. I don't tell you that we will see during the next 9 years 9 n... more

I was not supposed to write a review about this watch this week-end but actually, Andrew gave me the idea with his topic dedicated to Ladies watches. In this topic, I wrote that one of my fav Ladies watches was the Lady Zalium: I would like to explain you why with more details. It is not an easy task, after all, this watch is dedicated to women! But even as a guy, I was really seduced  by this Harry Winston timepiece... imagining it on the wrist of a Lady.First of all, I remind you that the Lad... more