Peter Speake-Marin
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Clarification
Approximately one year ago I was approached by Max Busser of Harry Winston to craft a high quality tourbillon wristwatch in small series. I was given free reign to develop a movement which would be classic with contemporary elements.
I used principally Swiss Time Technology to realize this movement, using solid elements of the original STT tourbillon and incorporating them into the foundation of my design developing them into a high quality movement.
I have enormous respect for STT as a company and the talented and motivated individuals with in, my fellow watchmakers, constructers and those who were responsible for bringing together the logistics of over 300 components from bridges, wheels, levers to balance screws, all of which have up to and beyond 20 operations each to be finished meeting the demanding standards I set.
In the near future there will be articles on the developement of this movement which will outline the project and give an insight into the multitude of details with in the movement.
The result I am proud of, as I am proud to have worked with the team at HW, STT and everybody who contributed to realize such a significant project.
Peter Speake-Marin
More posts:
Harry Winston Excenter Tourbillon, developed with Peter Speake-Marin.
Harry Winston Rare Timepieces introduces Excenter Tourbillon. Basel is only months away and it is that exciting time of the year where watch enthusiasts await the unveiling of what's new this year. For Harry Winston, 2005 will be the year of introducing s...
Way cool!
G'day, admittedly: i?m a sucker for everything "traditional" and vintage. And being such, most new designs and many new developments do cause a hard time for me. But the Excenter Tourbillon is truly different and the first impression on my side was "wow, ...
The dimensions and numbers produced.
Hello Peter, Pheeewww, Im glad you found this piece interesting, actually I myself were wondering about your reactions on this one. There three things that strike me the most when I first looked at the pictures; the dominant Tourbillon bridge, the blue-in...
Answers by Andrew were very close
The fuel tank clue was to indicate the twin power reserves. Other wise, he got every thing right. The British themes gave him PSM, (Liz Hurley, cars and planes with twin tanks), and the Aircraft that had the name Whirlwind...thus tourbillon. Well done! No...
Wow that is beautiful! Love the HW logo turning blue >>
when power reserve is less the 25 hours. That is simply awesome!! Thank you Aseanto & great job HW! Cheers, Anthony .
Like nearly all the marketed tourbillons,
This, to me, is so very unattractive. Gaping holes in the dials...so, so unattractive.
Why?
This looks like a (STT) Progress Watch movement...Customized by Peter Speak-Marin. If it is, then what is behind such concept?
no way
Hi Graham, I don't know what you're looking at, but this movmeent in no way resembles an STT movement. _john
John I think Graham is right on this one....
I just compared the photos here with the back of a Chronoswiss Tourbillon. The jewels positions are identical (and some of the screws as well). I am sure that HW and Peter have done some intensive modifications (increase power reserve, Tourbillon bridge, ...
can you post a pic of the one you're thinking of?
Hi Guys, Let me first apologize for the rather sharp and apparently hasty response I made to Graham's post. It was very early in the morning and I mistook his post for some of the trollish behavior we've been subjected to lately and responded much too qui...
why not?
If it were based upon an evolution of the STT movement, having been extensively reworked by a Master Watchmaker like PSM, what is intrinsically bad about this? I'm not aware of anything inherently wrong with the STT movement, though it's earlier Progress ...
Some thoughts
I certainly can't speak for Graham, but my guess is that maybe he is wondering what's the idea behind having Harry Winston working with PSM on the STT tourbillon base given PSM's status as an independent watchmaker and was first known for his foundation T...
I am just surprised
Gents, Roger is right. Basically, I am just surprised to see HW and PSM collaborating on such a watch; using such base. Being a huge fan of HW?s Opus concept (well, except Opus 4; but that would be another post)and of other HW?s creations ( I have the ple...
I?d say it depends
Chronoswiss - HWRT G'day, admittedly: all i know of HWRT?s new piece is what is written and shown above. Personally i find it to be difficult to draw final conclusion based on this. And frankly, i have no clue who does the movement (keeping in mind a lice...
Thanks Azean! Like the watch in general and some comments
This watch looks very balanced on both sides and appears to be quite traditional (the tourbillon bridge as well as the dial layout) while innovative (the back double power reserve as well and the clever indicator) at the same time. Will the rose gold vers...
I would agree with Roger on this - put Peter's name in there somewhere,
and perhaps leave out the power reserve duration. Tourbillon is also a little superfluous given that it is clearly visible. Still a fabulous watch. Andrew H
Peter's name is indeed present.
Hi Andrew, Unfortunantely the pictures shown above, are taken from an angle which make us miss Peter Speake-Marin's name that is subtly engraved underneath the right power reserve indicator. I too missed it in the beginning. This is what it says: ?develop...
I should look more closely next time!
I would still add it to the front of the piece and remove the 'Tourbillon 110 Hours' part. I still think that is a little superfluous and Peter's name on the front. Still think the piece is very beautiful, the front is very 'Breguet' in style, and the use...
Clarification
Approximately one year ago I was approached by Max Busser of Harry Winston to craft a high quality tourbillon wristwatch in small series. I was given free reign to develop a movement which would be classic with contemporary elements. I used principally Sw...
