Harry Winston

As you saw it in my report of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Opus collection ( click here ), 10 movies featuring the watchmakers and designers who created the 10 Opus were shown. Thanks to the interviews, they explain in these movies the r...  

Let's start with François-Paul Journe and the Opus 1! One of the 3 Opus 1: Fr.Xavier...  

Antoine Preziuso created two watches for the Opus 2. First is the Opus Two Tourbillon. The front of the watch unveils an open Tourbillon with a large bridge and a very delicated decoration. The HW letters contribute to enhance the sophisticated and artist...  

Great series foversta! -MW

Probably because Preziuso was not elevated with 'god-like' adulation by fan-boys, the Opus 2 has been elegant in the background. The true PuristS can appreciate the depth of design, as it invites the observer to immerse themselves into the limpid pool of ... 

Didn't know the design of this timepiece was inspired by the 5th Avenue boutique. Beautiful timepiece!

There is so much to investigate and examine in each nook and cranny of the dial. I think Opus 2 is one of the most romantic watches of the series thus far. Cheers, Daos

Without any doubt, the Opus 3 is the most known Opus with the Opus 5: its shape, its design, its mouvement, its time display make it a very ambitious. Too ambitious, too daring maybe when it was unveiled in 2003. The objective of the Opus 3 was to explore...  

Vianney is a nice guy ( and plays a mean jazz piano) with fantastc horology ideas. It all depends on how you define 'Opus'. If it means 'work' to you, then Opus 3 production execution did not make the grade. But if it means 'creation', then it is indeed A... 

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just stumbled upon this. fantastic...

With the Opus 4, the collection enters the world of the striking watches.If it may look much more formal than the previous Opus 3, it still belongs to the universe of the exceptional watches. The Opus 4 is a bit a mix of two watches in one: the front side...  

I really enjoy watching these interviews, this past week they have been the first thing i do when i arrive home. thanks again for these wonderful posts sincerely marwan

In 2010, the time display which uses cubes seems to us quite familiar thanks to the 20x collection from Urwerk. But let's go back to 2005. The Opus V was the first watch to introduce these little dices as hour indicator combined with a retrograde hand for...  

Indeed the Opus 5 was the darling of PuristS for a number of reasons.....mostly tactile. 1) It was a "new" variation of reading time display, with antecedents from Audemars Piguet Starwheel. The rotating cubes instead of truncated cones was the 'novelty'.... 

Thanks for the video! -MW

The Opus VI was presented in 2006 and it is a perfect mix between the Greubel&Forsey technical features and the Harry Winston style. In fact, when we look at it very carefully it is far from the Greubel&Forsey aesthetical style: dial is less busy and the ...  

The Opus 6 may have been the last real recognised Harry Winston 'Work' before the most recent Opus X resurgence. "Opus" 7, 8 and 9 failed to spark PuristS passion, let alone fervour, not to mention plain indifference and (gasp) even uncharitable thoughts!... 

The Opus VII is without any doubt the most difficult one to comprehend. Once again, Andreas Strehler managed to create a fascinating timepiece. When you look at it, you don't understand how to read the time if you don't have the method. In fact, the watch...  

Let's discover another UFO and an innovative time display with the Opus 8 created by Frédéric Garinaud ! As Garinaud explains it in the video, the watch was inspired by the 80's and by the first watches with digital time displays. But here, we f...  

When we consider the Opus 9, we find it very logical in its concept even if it is original as an Opus watch has to be. The first logical point is Jean-Marc Wiederrecht's involvement in the project. Jean-Marc has had an important role in the development of...  

The Opus 9 is rectangular and has a straight time display. The Opus 10 is round and is an ode to the circles ! But a round case doesn't mean that the watch is clasic. The time display created by Jean-François Mojon is very innovative and inspired by the p...  

Thanks for posting all the vids and pics foversta! -MW

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each day, should do stuff like this more often. Thanks again, great series. Ben

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I like seeing the varied inspirations and execution of design each watchmaker has brought to their Harry Winston Opus project. Thank you for sharing all these videos! I look forward to seeing the next Opus watch! Cheers, Daos

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Yay! Opus comes back into PuristS territory. J-F Mojon: thoroughly sensible and focused chap, watchmaker and designer. We may not be shouting from the rooftops but after a string of "Huh?" so-called Opus watches, Opus X is a resurgence for Harry Winston. ... 

darn ,,, you said it all perfectly coudn't agree more with all your comments .... ah we poor souls can just sit back relax and watch you Moderators do your splendid work Best Damian

HW is doing out of this world watches...WOW.. some seriuos innovations. Thanks for the great post. Drew

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Great series of posts, thank you I enjoyed watching these.