Harry Winston : Once upon a time in America

Midnight Tourbillon GMT Limited Edition Geneva

Case : pink gold, sapphire back Size : 45mm in diameter, 15mm thick Movement : mechanical automatic, 28,800 vibrations per hour, 550 parts, 110h power reserve Functions : hours, minutes, seconds, world time, tourbillon Dial : silver-toned Water resistance : 30 meters Strap : leather with pin buckle Limited series : 5 in each gold color

Its case is a subtle reminder of the neoclassical arch topping the façade of the Harry Winston salon in New York. It offers a double pleasure, by associating a tourbillon with a dual-time display. The Midnight Tourbillon GMT Limited Edition Geneva is certainly liable to set emotional compass needles quivering. It puts the tourbillon in the foreground and features the purest expression of design. With its ex-centered hours and minutes displays, as well as its deep and elegant colors, the dial is a sculptural expression of the movement within. Could there be a more romantic design than this composition of superimposed circles drawing the eye towards the center of the timepiece ? The seconds hand, mounted on the central axis of the
tourbillon, thus spins at the same rate of one rotation per minute. The time zone to which the time is set is indicated by an arrow pointing towards the reference city. We’ll let you guess which.

 

Brice Lechevalier is editor-in-chief of GMT and Skippers, which he co-founded in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He has also been CEO of WorldTempus since it joined the GMT Publishing stable, of which he is director and joint shareholder. In 2012 he created the Geneva Watch Tour, and he has been an advisor to the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève since 2011. Also closely involved in sailing, he has published the magazine of the Société Nautique de Genève since 2003, and was one of the founders of the SUI Sailing Awards in 2009 and the Concours d’Elégance for motor boats at the Cannes Yachting Festival in 2015.

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