Harry Winston

Hello~

I'm in trouble selecting my new watch, have 2 candidates that are HW and AP and come up a few questions on HW watches.

1. What movement inside on Ocean dual time in gold? (HW, I think, uses JD or JLC, GP movement)

2. What would be the best choise among Excenter time zone(moon phase one), Chronograph, Ocean dual time?

3. AP RO in gold is better?

I don't really know...please help!

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1. What movement inside on Ocean dual time in gold?

Although HWRT used base movements by Girard-Perregaux, Dimier and other fine movement makers, the Ocean Dual Time movement is claimed to be the 1st in-house HWRT movement.  The actual claim is "Harry Winston Ocean Dual Time features Harry Winston’s first movement developed and assembled entirely in-house at their new watchmaking facility in Geneva". There is much to discuss about each word of that statement........

2. What would be the best choice among Excenter time zone (moon phase one), Chronograph, Ocean Dual Time?

I believe you meant the Excenter GMT Day/Night indicator vs Excenter Chonograph vs Ocean Dual Time. This is difficult to answer depending on your personal choice of useful function (to you). If you travel a lot or need to contact colleagues in another time zone, a 2 time zone watch is useful. If you like to touch your watch and like chronographs, the choice is different.

3. AP RO in gold is better?

If you meant the classic Audemars Piguet Royal Oak (NOT Offshore), as a PuristS AP fan, I have to agree that is the most 'pure' choice for legitimacy, heritage, haute horlogerie. if you can afford the gold case and bracelet, it cannot be faulted as a worthy watch....... gahm-sah-hahm-ni-da 

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Regards,

MTF

MTF has said it well, the Ocean dual time is advertised as HWRT's in-house movement, although I don't know too much about the details. However, even without the "in-house" stamp, the quality is still fantastic as the HWRT movements are made and finished by some of the best in the industry.

Regarding the comparison of AP RO and HW, both are excellent, excellent watches with jewelry-like finishing, and prestigious movements. So when you ask which one is better, quality wise I say both are very similar. However, if you mean rarity, I would believe that HW watches would be rarer than AP. You will not be noticed as much, which often times is a good thing.

Please let us know what you decide.

Jon (Z3)

In my own experience, no item in a collection exists or lives "by itself", it will relate and interact with the other watches you already own.

As in ...you may already have several AP watches...or you may have some Pateks..in which case, you will most definetely have to consider how the choice of an AP or a HWRT will live with these..over the years, and how you would be looking at them collectively and in series.

Hope this helps.