Beware… masterpiece! Fine jewelry makes a date with fine watchmaking around a fascinating creation following in the footsteps of the previous pieces imagined by the New York firm.

In 2019, Harry Winston concluded its passionate Histoire de Tourbillon started 10 years earlier with a brilliant 10^th chapter. Its key character, the regulating device invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet, constantly evolved during the saga through a host of sophisticated engineering exploits. And, like with any great novel, fans really hope to meet up with their favorite character again even after the last page comes to an end. The brand gifts them with this pleasure through The Ultimate Quadri Tourbillon which reinterprets the final opus brilliantly. The case protecting the caliber, which we left in a modern-day rectangular shape, hits the stage this time round in curvaceous style, in the form of a pocket watch. This choice meant having to adapt the impressive hand-wound movement assembled using some 662 components.

And, the timepiece, worked on like a piece of fine jewelry, now dazzles like a thousand stars. Its flange and the edges of its 57.2 mm-diameter white gold case are set with 254 baguette-cut diamonds! The sparkle of these precious stones emphasizes the skeletonized dial with its captivating scenography. Below the bright blue titanium bridges, four tourbillons twirl like Whirling Dervishes. The Arabic numerals 3, 6 and 9 stand out with their lighter azure hue and their raised position. The finishes of parts of the bridges and discs create a subtle relief design. And, the highlight of this living show, an emerald-cut diamond which reigns supreme in this stunning scenescape at 12 o’clock.

Last but not least, this one-of-a-kind piece embraces a self-supporting white gold and aventurine marquetry structure, set off with 18 diamonds, which reproduce the neo-classical entrance to the iconic store located on 5^th Avenue in New York.

Price: on request

By Dan Diaconu

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Volumes and angles. Contrast and light… a nuanced and subtle presentation plays a defining role in the style of this futuristic and masculine timepiece.

For this 14^th edition of the Project Z collection, launched in 2004, Harry Winston continues with the collection’s original concept: to redefine the genre of luxury sports watches. With this latest addition, the brand once again combines innovative design that breaks with tradition and a cutting-edge watchmaking mechanism. The new Project Z14 can be seen as an extension of Project Z13, because both pieces feature a 42.2 mm diameter zalium case. This zirconium-aluminum alloy that is lightweight and highly resistant to corrosion was used for the first time for the Project Z8, launched in 2014. The shape of the case is slightly different from past offerings. For this timepiece, the bezel and arches have been chamfered to visually match the beveled finish of the skeletonized dial.

The hour and minute display excentered at 12 o’clock. The hands move within a sophisticated geometric design. The vertical and horizontal segments work together to create a linear feel. At 6 o’clock, the Z13’s retrograde date is replaced with a retrograde seconds arch. A red seconds hand runs along a 30-second graduated 120° arch in sapphire blue, the brand’s signature color. The timepiece is powered by an automatic movement (with 65 hours of power reserve).

This limited edition of 300 pieces features a textile-effect rubber strap and closes with a tang buckle.

Price on request

By Dan Diaconu

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The end of the year is looking good with the latest addition to the Premier collection by Harry Winston, featuring a dial and case covered in over 300 diamonds and multi-coloured gems.

Harry Winston is the great specialist in precious stones, and especially diamonds, a jeweller’s art that the brand has now included in one of its models: the Premier Candy Automatic 31mm. This is a fascinating fireworks display, an edition limited to just 77 models. Fascinating, first, because of the painstaking work done by the Harry Winston craftsmen and women, and second, for the sparkling beauty of the multicoloured gems covering the dial and overflowing onto the case… and then on the tang buckle attaching this watchmaking jewel to the wrist.

Like a sweet box containing multi-coloured treats, the dial on the Premier Candy Automatic 31mm contains over 200 brilliant-cut stones with three different sizes and using the snow-setting technique. This jewelled rainbow is made from 108 diamonds, 25 blue Paraiba tourmalines, 24 green tsavorites, 24 orange spessartite garnets, 17 navy blue and 17 sky blue sapphires, 16 red spinels and 13 pink sapphires. The two silvered hour and minute hands, driven by the automatic calibre HW2010 and supplying 40 hours of power reserve, make their way around the dial discreetly.

But the magic is not limited to the dial since the bezel and lugs at 6 and 12 o’clock on the 31mm-wide white-gold case are also coated in sixty or so gems.

A raspberry pink alligator-leather strap completes the wonderfully feminine and elegant effect.

Price on request

By Sharmila Bertin

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