Harry Winston Opus Eleven

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·Mar 26, 2011·Ash @ ΩF

I've never even considered Harry Winston as a watchmaker before, because it was always a jewelery brand my sisters loved, but looking at the new Opus Eleven on Hodinkee... I'm just stunned by their creativitiy.

Check out the further writeup on Hodinkee

 

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·Mar 26, 2011·The Architect

Wow. The transitions are unreal. Very terminator/transformers style.

 

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The GMT Master

·Mar 29, 2011

Incredible watch, the mechanism is really intriguing

 

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·Mar 31, 2011·The Architect

I came back just to watch the video again.

 

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·Mar 31, 2011·Ash @ ΩF

$200k or so... Thing I'm wondering is where they got it from, I find it hard to believe that Harry Winston have Horologists that good in house that could create something like this. I know Omega and a few other have outsourced things like tourbillons to some complication design specialists, but IIRC the main freelancer in that field is now out of business. Its an amazing thing either way.

 

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·Feb 15, 2012

dsio

$200k or so... Thing I'm wondering is where they got it from, I find it hard to believe that Harry Winston have Horologists that good in house that could create something like this. I know Omega and a few other have outsourced things like tourbillons to some complication design specialists, but IIRC the main freelancer in that field is now out of business. Its an amazing thing either way.

Each of their Opus watches employs the help of a different watchmaker/designer as intended by the orchestrator of the project, Max Busser (an idea he used to launch MB&F). The 11 seen in the video was done by Denis Giguet formerly of MCT.

This is among the best in the Opus series in my opinion, right up there with 5, 3 and 1.

 

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·Feb 15, 2012·Ash @ ΩF

Totally agree, its a stunning idea, I didn't realise Max Busser was involved with HW.

 

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·Feb 15, 2012

It's been quite a few years since his involvement there, but his impact remains. For example, It could be argued that his use of Felix Baumgartner on the Opus 5 allowed Urwerk to become what they are today. He may not be a watchmaker, but he's pretty adept at spotting talent. Great idea for sure!

 

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·Feb 28, 2012

That is simply amazing!