For the first time, the Ocean Collection introduces  a combination of two sophisticated complications in a single timepiece: the Harry Winston Ocean Tourbillon Jumping Hour. The jumping hour complication, new for the Ocean Collection, adds its dynamic presence to a remarkable timepiece that is a showcase for Harry Winston’s caliber HW4401, which required more than 1500 hours of development. This tourbillon device has a very unusual design. Instead of being located on the back of the movement plate, it is suspended from two gleaming, hand-chamfered steel bridges which seem to hold it free in space – seeming to move with no apparent mechanical connection to the rest of the timepiece. Only sharp eyes will uncover its secret : the tourbillon is driven by a wheel geared to its outer circumference, which is nearly completely concealed by the minute track of the dial. Floating in between two panes of sapphire, the tourbillon’s open structure contrasts with the rich opacity of the dial, which is also suspended from a system of meticulously hand-finished, open-worked bridges. Executed in black sapphire, the dial reveals the hour through an aperture at the 12 o’clock position, which “jumps” instantaneously once per hour. Unlike many jumping hour watches, the Ocean Tourbillon Jumping Hour timepiece has a minute hand which has been specifically designed so that the hour window is never blocked.

With its design drawing inspiration from the vocabulary of classic Modernist architecture, this series of four limited editions (in white or rose gold with or without diamonds) provides a powerful visual experience which takes advantage of the unique structural and visual properties of steel and glass to create a bold geometry that is also the essence of the Ocean Tourbillon Jumping Hour watch. The combination of a tourbillon rotating once every sixty seconds and a minute hand rotating once per hour is a mechanical meditation on the nature of time itself – with the action of the jumping hour complication lending its own special tempo to this symphony of high horology.

Almost 500 diamonds for over 30 carats  ? To create the Premier Glacier, Harry Winston’s in-house design team first had to develop a specially made dial plate with an elaborately carved grid – another astonishing feat of precision and craftsmanship. This complex base is engraved and etched to hundredths of a millimeter’s precision so that each diamond is set exactly with no metal showing. This white gold wonder looks as though the diamonds have been randomly set in a disorganized manner to achieve a glacial impression. In fact, the master designers and diamond setters at Harry Winston worked tirelessly to create an extremely precise and complex setting. Each of the baguette-cut diamonds on the dial assumes its elongated lozenge shape from the unique, invisible setting style that transforms it into an extraordinary asymmetrical pattern of drama and delight.  So difficult is the setting of the diamonds in this complex labyrinth that the master gem setter, with 16 years of experience, can only set between five and seven diamonds a day. The end result is a stunning dial fully adorned with 108 baguette-cut diamonds in 26 different sizes weighing almost 9 carats. Such wonders will be available very soon in Geneva, where Harry Winston is about to unveil a brand new salon.

The legendary “King of Diamonds” will open this summer a new retail salon in Geneva on Rue du Rhone 42. The new two-story salon will showcase the breadth of Harry Winston’s jewelry and timepiece collections, including the finest diamonds and rarest gemstones available today. The 4,768 square-foot salon reflects a modern variation on Winston’s traditional style. A soft taupe and grey color palette complements the custom designed black lacquer and antique bronze furniture and display vitrines, with vintage floor lamps, bespoke chandeliers and hand beaded silk walls completing the look.

Ocean Tourbillon Jumping Hour 

Case : 18k white gold, polished case and bezel, satin-brushed finish case band, circular satin-brushed Harry Winston triple arches at 3, sapphire crystal display back Diameter : 45,6mm Movement : mechanical hand-wound movement with 110h power reserve, 330 parts, twin barrels in series , variable-inertia balance wheel, bridges and main plate hand-chamfered with fine shotpeening, micro-blasted skeletonized movement with black DLC treatment and Côtes de Genève finish, circular grained gear trains Functions : jumping hour, minutes, seconds indicator on the tourbillon, power-reserve indicator on the case back  Dial : black sapphire dial, delimited by the metallization of the engraved dial train and indexes, rhodium-plated or rose gold hour aperture Water-resistance : 50m  Strap : hand-sewn black alligator leather with 18K white gold ardillon buckle Limited edition : 75 pieces

Premier Glacier

Case : 18K polished white gold set with 130 baguette-cut diamonds (5.51cts)  Diameter : 36mm  Movement : quartz Functions : hours, minutes  Dial : fully set with 108 baguette-cut diamonds (8.88 cts) of 26 different sizes  Water-resistance : 30m Bracelet : 18k white gold set with 254 baguette-cut diamonds (16.1cts), 18K white gold folding clasp, bracelet attachment parts set with 4 brilliant-cut diamonds  Limited edition : 5 pieces

Mrs. Winston by Harry Winston

Reflecting the perfect marriage of Mrs. Winston’s personal style and Mr. Winston’s dream to attach gemstones directly to the skin, diamond drops seamlessly descend from a portrait-style neckline. Mrs. Winston necklace features more than 180 carats of incredible stones, at an exceptional scale