foverstaI think that I was very fortunate to be able to see these 4 watches! I remind you that they are the result of the partnership between Harry Winston and CompliTime. HDT1: HDT2: HDT3: HDT4: 4 watches, 4 ways to appreciate the Tourbillon! Fx ...Story

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foverstaOver time, the Midnight collection has found its place in the Harry Winston catalogue embodying the sleek and elegant style of the brand. One of the first watches of this collection is the Midnight Automatic which has defined the asthetic elements that would be re-used on a regular basis thereafter. The Midnight case with a diameter of 42mm and a thickness of 9mm has brought indeed a new dimension to Harry Winston being as refined as the Premier case while being more easily approachable. When it was presented at Baselworld 2011, the Midnight Automatic seduced me with its simplicity and delicacy that I found consistent with the spirit of the brand...Story

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foverstaA few days ago, I had the opportunity to see again the Midnight Minute Repeater in the new Harry Winston boutique located rue de la Paix. This visit gave me the ability to take better pictures of the watch I presented you in July in the hereafter article: In a few words, it is a relevant evolution of a model which was unveiled during the last quarter of 2009. It includes by a very convincing way several aesthetic details which art part of the Midnight Collection style. The new hands are the best evidence .....Story

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foverstaWithout any doubt, Harry Winston loves to play with Tourbillons. A year after the release of the Ocean Tourbillon Big Date, Harry Winston does it again around the same theme with the Ocean Tourbillon Jumping Hour. Both watches in fact share the same goal, to offer the most ethereal and the most spectacular Tourbillon visually speaking. However, the new version has all the extras that make it even more attractive than its predecessor...Story

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foverstaThe first Midnight Minute Repeater was introduced during the last quarter of 2009. It initiated at the time the Midnight collection which is characterized by the use of a slender case, smaller than the Ocean case (42 vs 44mm) while being more consensual than the Premier case. In other words, the Midnight case is perhaps the one that is the easiest to be worn within the Harry Winston collection from the conmfort and aesthetics points of view. The Midnight Minute Repeater was followed in 2011 by the Automatic .....Story

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foverstaPRESS RELEASE HARRY WINSTON MIDNIGHT MINUTE REPEATER At the very pinnacle of the hierarchy of traditional complications is the minute repeater, a timepiece that chimes the time "on demand." The Harry Winston Midnight Minute Repeater re-imagines the classic beauty and compelling artistry of this most noble of complications to create a minute repeater whose unusual design combines all the romance of traditional repeaters, with a visual feast that could only have come from Harry Winston. The minute repeater ... ...Story

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foversta2013 is a pivotal year for Harry Winston: new owner, new booth... Harry Winston was one of the main points of interest during the Basel Fair. A lot of people wished to observe that would be the attitude of the Hayek family, to know if the Swatch Group influence would have started to be felt etc... But this business context doesn't have to hide the 2013 collection...Story

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foverstaPRESS RELEASE OPUS XIII: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED There are only a few different ways you can measure time in a mechanical watch, but when it comes to showing it, the field is wide open to inventiveness and originality. Harry Winston takes full advantage of this in Opus XIII to combine all the emotions that have made the Opus Series legendary: innovation, astonishment, awe. Opus XIII once again defies the conventional rules of watchmaking. Fifty-nine pivoting minutes hands, eleven rotating triangles for the .....Story

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foverstaIntroduction: the pictured watch is a prototype I saw during the SIHH week in January. The final version will get several changes and improvements, the main one being the anti-reflective coating which will be added to the curved-sapphire of the Tourbillon. It is the reason why the prototype was difficult to shoot. Of course, the finishings will be flawless what is not the case of the watch below...Story

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foverstaPRESS RELEASE HARRY WINSTON HISTOIRE DE TOURBILLON 4 For all of the complexity that the tourbillon embodies, it began with a beautiful idea; and like most beautiful things, the idea itself was very simple. A watch, after all, is a machine of wonderful economy. There is an oscillator, or a circular balance, which swings back and forth a specific number of times per second. Essentially, the whole rest of the watch exists to count the number of beats per second of the oscillator at its heart, and as long as .....Story

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