Harry Winston

In the realm of men’s watches, Harry Winston is famous for two particular models, the Histoire de Tourbillon and Opus series. We have seen a sixth model in the Histoire de Tourbillon collection at Baselworld. Can you confirm that the Opus series will also continue?

Yes, the Opus series will continue. The ingenious personalities contributing to the Opus ideas traditionally come from the outside, and we will keep it that way. We do want to include independent creators. They will of course benefit from the industrial strength and expertise of the Swatch Group to bring their ideas to life.
A lot of independent designers and creators are keen to benefit from the Swatch Group’s knowledge, others a bit less. You know, it is one thing to conceive an idea; it is another to take it to the real product. In general, people are happy that their ideas can be brought to fruition, but it obviously needs a lot of efforts from both sides, and also considerable investments.
We don’t want to change the Opus concept. It wouldn’t make sense. Therefore Swatch Group will not come forward with designs and ideas for Opus, but if we can help with our expertise for the realization, we will be happy to do so.