thanks for the great post Andrew...

Dec 27, 2009,18:45 PM
 

and it was most enjoyable indeed. i echo your views on the opus 8 and 9. the opus 8 being a 'lost the plot' headscratcher for me and the 9 just not appealing to me. aesthetically i had mentioned something about plane seat belts and luggage locks but thats just my take. the opus 3 and 5 call to me the most.

for the histoire de tourbillon, the look of it and the watch as a whole doesn't appeal but it has work from greubel forsey, whose work i really like and those parts of it I am sure are amazing. my pics of 2 closeups of some of their work to share and 2 of their watches i really like below. thanks.









cheers
raph


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A Commitment to Avant Garde Haute Horologie – More Recent Offerings from Harry Winston.

 
 By: 219 : December 27th, 2009-13:54
It was not long after meeting the Harry Winston crowd at the Salon QP that I was invited back to the shop on Bond Street to photograph some of the other watches that Harry Winston has on offer. In particular the more recent watches in the Opus series, and... 

Opus 8

 
 By: 219 : December 27th, 2009-14:00
If ever there was an ill conceived ‘Opus’ watch it is this one. I did not like it at the release, and I do not like it now. Now I have had the opportunity to look at it in detail and before doing so, I will admit that I wondered if there was s...  

Opus 9

 
 By: 219 : December 27th, 2009-14:02
In the same vein, comes last years Opus 9. Once again, a great deal of the complication is lost the design of the case and the display of the time. In this instance, there is a stronger link to Harry Winston’s background in that time is displayed by means...  

what they were thinking!

 
 By: aldossari_faisal : December 28th, 2009-00:59
this is what comes to my mind when i see this watch, did they aim for a jeweler piece or a time piece? the watches complication is an astonishing art in itself, but the way the translated the movement to a time display....:S i would love to know why they ... 

Opus 8 is awful and Opus 9 has been done by Otium for several years

 
 By: G99 : December 28th, 2009-03:33
ok, the 9 has a nice way of displaying time, but has diamonds, another reason for me to hate it. Otium, a small german company have been making a watch with the same method of time display for 3 or 4 years at a price that i could consider so why even cons... 

Histoire De Tourbillon.

 
 By: 219 : December 27th, 2009-14:04
Here was the one watch I was skeptical about. The title of the series did not convince me that here would be a watch worth looking at, especially since the first of the series really did not start and what I would define as a starting point. The watch its...  

It is strange

 
 By: aaronm : December 27th, 2009-14:24
but this watch reminds me of the Breguet La Tradition Tourbillon. Both are massive watches where the reading of the time is subordinate, both in size and positioning, to the tourbillon and related mechanisms (differential here, fusee there). It helps that... 

thanks for the great post Andrew...

 
 By: raphmeister : December 27th, 2009-18:45
and it was most enjoyable indeed. i echo your views on the opus 8 and 9. the opus 8 being a 'lost the plot' headscratcher for me and the 9 just not appealing to me. aesthetically i had mentioned something about plane seat belts and luggage locks but thats...  

Super shots, Raph!

 
 By: Davo : December 27th, 2009-23:05
I'm drooling big time right now....

thanks davo :) [nt]

 
 By: raphmeister : December 28th, 2009-00:46

Beautiful looking watch.

 
 By: Davo : December 27th, 2009-23:04
Thanks for the pics!

here is my opinion

 
 By: aldossari_faisal : December 28th, 2009-00:39
i would say this time winston landed where they fully aimed to land at,regardless of the watchs chunkyness, it displays moderinty yet combining a hestorical movement the tourbillon in fact couple of them, the heritage is apearing through the dial, i would... 

I'm gonna have to let that one sink in a little bit...

 
 By: ei8htohms : December 28th, 2009-05:21
But I think I like it. Thanks!

Thanks for all the great photos, Andrew.

 
 By: dxboon : December 29th, 2009-23:43
I appreciate the time you took on your post. Your thoughts on the watches, and live shots of them, give me a better grasp of their designs. The HW Opus watches have always been audacious, and perhaps that's their raison d'etre . It's good to see these pol... 

I am not sure about these models.

 
 By: JerryW : December 27th, 2009-14:19
While I like some of the earlier variations, these do nothing for me. Just glad we have choices. JerryW

part of the opus charm has been

 
 By: lien : December 27th, 2009-19:32
its prettier, sexier, and romantic than the original. Nevertheless, i like the back side of OPUS 8, very blade runner like with the balance in the middle reminding of the vagabondage too Cheers, Ed~

I like the Histoire De Tourbillon

 
 By: Z3 : December 27th, 2009-20:46
Like you mentioned, it can be seen as a piece of mechanical jewelry. Although not my cup of tea, I have to applaud HW for their audacious approaches to post-modern design. It is always good to have variety. Thanks Andrew, for the photos. Jon (Z3)

Andrew, on the tourbillon is the hand(s) fixed with rotating time discs??

 
 By: G99 : December 28th, 2009-03:45
thats what it looks like to me so i thought i'd check. that is the best of the 3, but still not up to the quality and good looks of the Greubel Forsey originals which are beautiful. thanks for taking the time to post even though you didnt care for the wat...