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March 30, 2015
HARRY WINSTON | The first simple watch designed for everyday wear by everyone is here!
HARRY WINSTON
For Him and Her: "Wearable Every Day"
Introducing the First Simple Watch!
Captivating watch enthusiasts with its mechanical complications, including the "Opus" series, a project by emerging watchmakers to create innovative complex timepieces. And the beauty born from the highest quality diamonds and supreme craftsmanshipHigh JewelryHarry Winston has enchanted women worldwide with its exquisite watches. This year, the brand unveils a new collection in an unprecedented category.
Reporting and text by Yasuhito Shibuya
A New Collection to Fulfill Long-Held Customer Desires
As a world-leading jeweler that uses only the finest diamonds, and since 1989, a creator of complex watches that push the boundaries of mechanical watchmaking with original and artistic mechanisms, Harry Winston has embodied true luxury. At the 2011 Basel Fair, the company presented a new world of time with its elegant, simple watches.
Until now, Harry Winston timepieces were known as complex watches for men and high jewelry watches for women. In both realms, their creativity and beauty, much like their jewelry, were exceptional, making them objects of aspiration and passion for watch connoisseurs and all women.
The only regret was the absence of a simple, everyday watch for both men and women. For daily wear, one had to look to other luxury houses.
This year at Basel Fair, Harry Winston finally responded to these customer voices. The "Midnight Collection" announced at the fair is a long-awaited new collection that fulfills the wish to spend everyday life with a Harry Winston timepiece. Now, both men and women can wear a Harry Winston watch every day.
Photo by SHIBUYA Yasuhito
Complex Watches and High Jewelry Remain a Focus
Of course, the pursuit of beauty and innovation continues unabated in the fields of complex watches and high jewelry watches.
The "Opus 11," the 11th installment in the "Opus Series" that challenges the future of complex watchmaking, features an original placard-style time display mechanism. Numbers representing passing time scatter as if exploding, then magically reassemble into the next hour from a moment of chaos.
Furthermore,TourbillonFrom the "Histoire de Tourbillon" collection, which explores the charm and potential of the tourbillon mechanism, comes the second iteration, "Histoire de Tourbillon 2." The "Project Z6," utilizing the advanced material Zalium for its case, now offers a black edition with a DLC (Diamond-Like Carbon) coating on the case, enhancing surface hardness and corrosion resistance.
In the realm of ladies' watches, as in previous years, timepieces embodying ultimate beauty and luxury were unveiled, including a high jewelry model of the classic "The Avenue C" adorned with baguette-cut diamonds.
With the addition of this captivating new collection to the already impressive lineup that consistently enchants visitors, Harry Winston's position as a premier watch maison has undoubtedly been further solidified.
Midnight Collection Automatic
The first simple model, featuring refined details.
Embodying Harry Winston's signature elegance, this round, two-hand simple watch was born from a pursuit of understated authenticity for daily wear. The design features a simple case with the iconic arch subtly integrated at the 3 o'clock position where the crown resides, lugs that enhance the exquisite fit and the refined beauty of the clean round case, a sunray-finished dial that offers a delicate and orderly brilliance from any angle, and classic, elegant baton hands. Though simple, it is imbued with Harry Winston's characteristic attention to detail. The 42mm case size is a perfect fit for the wrists of Japanese men. The dial is available in two colors: the rose champagne shown and gray. Also available are the "Midnight Big Date" automatic model with an off-center big date display in the same size, the unisex "Midnight Large" quartz model with a 39mm case in the same basic design, and the "Midnight Middle Size" with a 32mm case designed to fit delicate women's wrists.
Automatic, 42mm rose gold case, brown or black alligator strap, sapphire crystal case back. Estimated price: 2,415,000 yen. Scheduled for release in July.
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