One of the highlights of many previous Basel shows has been the Harry Winston Opus series; these are collaborations between the famed jewellery house & prominent individualist watchmakers. Previous collaborations have included such luminaries as F-P Journe, A. Prezusio, Vianney Halter, C. Claret, and last year with F. Baumgartner. This year the firm are working with the Franco/British team of Greubel Forsey and the results of this collaboration are truly astounding.

The Opus 6 is a massive white gold case which seems to contain nothing but a tourbillon; but on closer examination one can see that it is no ordinary tourbillon, in fact not only is it a double tourbillon with a one minute cage rotating inside a four minute one, but the whole cage is also inclined at 30° from the horizontal. The twin attributes of a double tourbillon and the 30° incline combine to produce a mechanism that is essentially immune to any positional errors.

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