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BASEL 2006: OPUS 6 from Harry Winston  0 Comments

Published Saturday, April 01, 2006 by Harry SK Tan |

 


The Harry Winston Opus series has always been exciting releases at the Basel Exhibition - which is happening now as I write. Previous collaborators with HW were F-P Journe, A. Prezusio, Vianney Halter, C. Claret, and last year with F. Baumgartner. This time its a Franco/British team of Greubel Forsey. The Opus 6 is a massive white gold case which contains a double tourbillon set at an angle of 30 degrees. There are no hands and the time is told by reading the 3 small discs at the top of the watch, displaying the seconds, minutes and hours (reading left to right).

I personally applaud the creative efforts here to come up with something authentically new and aesthetically different. Yet, I cannot help to notice that there is some similarity with the design of the AP reported below. I know many will disagree but at least not all the new designs will be apeing the psuedo skeleton of the Breguet Tradition (see report below).

To read the press release on this watch CLICK HERE.

 

 




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