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Harry Winston Opus 14 Watch Watch Releases

Harry Winston Opus 14 Watch Watch Releases

Today, as we are in Baden-Baden, Germany, with Harry Winston, we have some terrific news for the fans of independent watchmaking: the Harry Winston Opus 14 watch has, at last, been revealed. Pursuing a ’50s America vibe and featuring some automaton mechanisms inspired by the iconic record changer machines of the era, the Opus 14 appears to be more of a new beginning for the series than just another chapter.

Watch enthusiasts around the world have waited rather long for this remarkable series of highly complicated timepieces to continue, and many were worried that maybe we would never see the Opus collection expand with another new piece again – here’s why.

Harry Winston Opus 14 Watch Watch Releases

The Harry Winston Opus series dates back to 2001, when then-CEO of Harry Winston Rare Timepieces, and since, founder and CEO of MB&F Maximilian Büsser and Francois-Paul Journe created the Opus 1. With that, a wonderful venture into the very depths of the independent watchmaking universe began – and it continued in what turned into the Opus series of watches, where Harry Winston continued to work together with some of the greatest independent watchmakers of our time. Some 13 iterations later, in 2013, the project was believed by many to have come to its end when Swatch Group purchased Harry Winston.

Harry Winston Opus 14 Watch Watch Releases

The concern of watch enthusiasts was valid in the sense that what made the Opus series so special was that it provided the opportunity to some of the genius master watchmakers of our time to create bold, new mechanical pieces that either offered a totally new way of telling time – like the Opus XIII (hands-on here) –or made for a new expression of a watchmaker’s trademark complication, like the Opus 5. Losing out on such a unique initiative would have been a real shame. Even if the utmost majority of the Opus line’s admirers could not possibly acquire a piece from the series, it allowed them to better appreciate the works of some of today’s finest watchmakers and designers – and so they were rightfully concerned about never seeing this initiative continue.

Harry Winston Opus 14 Watch Watch Releases

Today, however, the Harry Winston Opus 14 watch has made its debut in Baden-Baden, Germany – see Ariel’s wristshot from the event just above – and that means that the Opus name lives on. What is new, however, is that we see more of an automaton-style mechanism stealing the show as opposed to a funky, extremely complicated new way of indicating the time as, again, had been the case for the last several years.

Harry Winston Opus 14 Watch Watch Releases

Harry Winston has worked with Franck Orny and Johnny Girardin of Télôs SA, two master watchmakers and designers who began with a clean slate when they started the design and development process of the Harry Winston Opus 14. The resulting timepiece is a more-than-bold 54.7 millimeters wide and 21.9 millimeters thick – not entirely unusual for the Opus line of super complicated watches which tend to require a lot of space to house the massive and often unusually shaped calibers.

The round, asymmetrical case, therefore, contains the HW4601 movement that comprises a whopping 1,066 individual parts and 124 jewels, offers 68 hours of power reserve for the movement, and up to 5 hours of “back and forth disk movements.”

Harry Winston Opus 14 Watch Watch Releases
The Harry Winston Project Z10 comes with an abysmal main dial which consists of a black grid with a dark satin-finished chapter band and rhodium hour markers. Elsewhere, there are far more grids and lattices left in blue anodized aluminum that adorn the dialup, and it brings you to its two retrograde displays. At four o’clock is a retrograde daytime display, while at the opposite side at 8 o’clock is a retrograde minutes screen. In the end, at 6 o’clock there is a date display.According into the brand, the inspiration behind the Harry Winston Project Z10 watch comes from the iconic Manhattan Bridge, that is appropriate, taking into consideration the brand is headquartered in New York. This also clarifies the grid and latticework that adorns the dial.The movement is Harry Winston’s automatic standard HW3305. It is composed of 312 components, beats at 28,800bph, features a silicon equilibrium spring, and a power reserve of 65 hours. Additionally, it has an 18k gold skeletonized rotor, circular Côtes de Genève on the bridges, and snailing on the plate.What’s also interesting about the opinion is your strap. Harry Winston calls it a “double strap” and it is a blend of blue alligator and rubberized. Rubber is used to line the back of the alligator strap which should increase the wearing comfort. The strap is also marked using a shuriken motif.The Harry Winston Project Z10 is a much welcomed new addition to one of the more interesting collections from Harry Winston. And although it isn’t quite as complicated nor as flashy as its forebears, its easier design has enabled it to be more legible and also functional.

The disk selector of the Harry Winston Opus 14 – with GMT, Date and Star settings.

Yes, in line with the ’50s theme, the Harry Winston Opus 14 features a classic record changer-inspired automaton complication that has three records to play, so to speak. By using the slider set into the left side of the case, one can choose between the following three disks: GMT time, the date, and a star bearing the signature of Harry Winston, a reference to the stars of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The way it works is that the selector on the left side has to be set into one of its three aforementioned settings, marked by GMT, Date, and a star Emblem. Then, by pressing the pusher at the 4 o’clock position of the case, a moving arm picks up the disk and sets it onto the platform that is at the 2 o’clock position on the dial. Press the pusher again, and the arm will move the disk back into the store.

Harry Winston Opus 14 Watch Watch Releases

The 1,066-part movement is hand-wound, comes with a silicon balance spring, 31 bridges (that is an unusual specification that would be cool to see for other movements as well), and has two mainspring barrels – one for the timekeeping and the other for the automaton functions. Both the GMT and the date indications can be set through corrector pushers at the 12 o’clock position of the case, while the time is adjusted via the crown at 2.

Harry Winston Opus 14 Watch Watch Releases

Beyond the sheer complexity of the piece, what is rather impressive is the fluid and smooth motion of the animation: it really does capture some of the charm and mechanical workings of those ancient record changer machines. The theme is an interesting and unexpected choice – even more surprising than the whopping dimensions of the white gold case – and yet, we are more than happy to see the Opus line continues along the “expect the unexpected” route. For a line of incredible watches that many considered to have come to an end, it is fantastic to see the Opus line live on; we only hope to see even more in the coming years. Price for the Harry Winston Opus 14 is 428,000 Swiss Francsopus.harrywinston.com

Replica Watches Free Shipping Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic Watch Hands-On

Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic Watch Hands-On Hands-On

Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic Watch Hands-On Hands-On

You know a watch is downright attractive when non-watch lovers comment on how nice it is. There are quite a few examples of clean, classic aesthetics that speak a universal language. With the release of the Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic watch, the innovative Swiss brand is spreading its message through the dialect of design. To me, the Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic is one of those watches, just like the Lange & Söhne Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase, and the Nomos Lambda, that would look just as comfortable on a gallery wall as it would on the wrist.

Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic Watch Hands-On Hands-On

Both biaxial tourbillons each contain 117 components and every weigh 0.76 g — that is… wait for it… a mind-boggling 0.0065 gram average weight per part in those “whirlwinds.” The balance wheels inside the tourbillons have been inclined at 30 degrees (read more about why that matters in this epic hands of this Greubel Forsey Dual Balancier) and are ticking away in a relatively hectic 3 Hertz or 21,600 beats per hour. Biaxial means two axes of rotation, and that, subsequently, usually means two distinct timings. The situation is just the same in the event of the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 7 either, as the interior cages of the tourbillons create a full rotation in 45 seconds, while the exterior pliers come around in 75 seconds, respectively. This dance lasts about 55 hours, when you will want to manually re-wind the hand-wound caliber.Focusing on the tourbillons has also simplified the dial up and made the watch overall more legible — an achievement we love just as much (or even more), as any further advancements in technical sophistication. The dial is this rectangular, softly skeletonized layout in anodized aluminum, with numerals and hands which you can actually read. Considering that the 50.9millimeter diameter of the enormous, 18k white gold case, the dial must be about the same size as you would see on a Reverso — therefore legibility shouldn’t be a problem anymore.ou’ll also notice that while the white gold case was slimmed to a paltry ~51mm in diameter and 17.3mm in thickness the lugs have also been shortened and turned down, likely in a bid to further enhance wearability as well.Only twenty pieces of the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 7 will be produced — ten at a red dial option, and ten at an anthracite variant, along with the jury’s still out on whether or not the cost will exceed last year’s version. Stay tuned for official pricing and opinions from our Baselworld 2016 coverage.

I’m often guilty of overlooking Harry Winston’s non-Opus output, but have a firm respect for the brand’s direction in light of their acquisition by the Swatch Group. Continuing with the Opus series was a great move by one of the industry’s giants, as it perpetuates the sense that this brand means business. In the case of the Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic watch, the looks may well get your attention, but the technical execution of the piece is likely to keep it.

Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic Watch Hands-On Hands-On

The Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic is powered by the HW3203 movement. It is an in-house, self-winding calibre with an operating speed of 28,800vph. The movement’s main complication is a moon phase indicator located in the lower right quadrant of the dial. Above this, a silvered sub-dial displays the hours and minutes. The face also indicates the date by way of a second sub-dial, larger than that of the time itself. A long, thin, pointer-style hand circles a chapter ring bearing the days of the month. This multi-dial overlay arrangement will probably divide opinions, and I keep imagining their presence as being arranged by a compass.

When we gambled that Harry Winston may not have the ability to outdo its overpowering Histoire de Tourbillon 7 released last year, the renowned jeweler has just announced the Histoire de Tourbillon 8 — the latest in a continuous series of tourbillon watches whose degree of complication and unconventional design appears to grow exponentially with every new addition. However, while every new entry had somehow managed to up the ante, the HDT 8 appears to recycle the bi-axial tourbillon complication of its predecessor, while now offering up a brand new time screen with skipping hours and moments, and a few other aesthetic tweaks. It’s far less of a radical update to the HDT show than we are utilized to seeing but stays impressive for the exact same reasons.Now, until we get too deep into the inner workings of the Histoire de Tourbillon 8, it’s well worth pointing out the obvious that Harry Winston could be more correlated with jewelry compared to ultra high-end watchmaking from the heads of many. To be honest, the man (and more recently, the newest) has historically invested more time in the headlines as the jeweler of choice for the Hollywood elite, in addition to former or current owner of a number of the planet’s most famous gemstones. The latter comprises the 726-carat uncut rough diamond named “Jonker” from the mid-1930s, then the Hope Diamond in 1949, and much more recently, the flawless 101.73-carat Winston Legacy. Within that deadline, Winston began selling watches in the late 1980s, but things really did not start to ramp up in complication before the brand started its own manufactory at Geneva in 2007, and afterwards began producing the remarkable high-complication series like the Histoire de Tourbillon, which we are more than happy to gawk at now.

Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic Watch Hands-On Hands-On

Giving the date so much space is a nice touch from an aesthetic and philosophical perspective. By placing the visual emphasis on the days, rather than the hours and minutes, the Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic watch suggests time is not of paramount importance. It’s a relaxed way to look at life. The absence of a seconds hand renders the dial relatively static. With a minute hand that sweeps instead of ticking, the dial appears to move through its functions languidly. Given that the date hand will jump just once a day (at or around midnight), it’s very likely you’ll never see any great activity on display.

Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic Watch Hands-On Hands-On

Between nine and eleven o’clock, the Harry Winston wordmark arcs. Punctuating the brand name is a 0.03ct brilliant cut diamond set just before the traditional position of 12 o’clock. Personally, this is the one thing I didn’t like about this watch. That may just be a matter of preference and isn’t really a knock on the watch as a whole.

Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic Watch Hands-On Hands-On

At 42mm, the rose gold case is hardly too big to be worn by a woman, but the styling suggests a more male focus to me (the intention is for the Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic watch to be unisex). I think this might have something to do with the relative thickness of the bezel and the bulk around the crown created by the familiar “three bar” design. For that reason, the diamond seems a little unnecessary and possibly even contradictory to me. In a sense, its glittery nature could be intended to evoke thoughts of starlight, which marries well with the moon phase complication, but that’s probably just me reaching for a reason to feel totally comfortable with it.

Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic Watch Hands-On Hands-On

The Harry Winston logo in rose gold is applied at the 12 o’clock position of the hours and minutes sub-dial. This appears to be a very nicely executed application and fits nicely with the simple colour palette of this timepiece. The Harry Winston Midnight Date Moon Phase Automatic watch is water resistant to 30 metres and comes on a crocodile strap with ardillon buckle. The rose gold version pictured here has a price of $28,400. The watch is also available in white gold for a $29,500 price. harrywinston.com

Replica For Sale Harry Winston Histoire De Tourbillon 7 Watch

Harry Winston Histoire De Tourbillon 7 Watch Watch Releases

In terms of the last outcome, the colours are quite stunning, particularly that of the shade of green to the Emerald piece. Furthermore, taking a look at the design of the dial, the craftsmanship recreating the wing design on alloy in what’s basically a mix between marquetry and cloisonné procedure with much finer, albeit virtually microscopic material is impressive.The new Harry Winston Premier Precious Butterfly set comes housing a automatic mechanical movement (the HW2008) that especially incorporates a horizontal ion equilibrium spring hammering at 4Hz. That Harry Winston clearly took the opportunity to integrate a thoughtful quality automatic movement rather than an easy quartz one is something that I really enjoy for a number of reasons.First, not only did it include it, however, they also made certain to feature it with a sapphire caseback, rhodium plating, also round Côtes de Genève finishing, as it is purposely intended to be looked at. Second, in an opinion like this where the artistry and the intricacy of the dial would clearly take center stage, the movement indoors becomes something more personal. While lots of people would notice the intricacies of this dial function, it is the woman wearing it that’s actually enjoying the automatic movement underneath whether anyone sees it or not. This design strategy evokes a focus on the modern “Harry Winston woman” and why she actually wears amazing things.

Harry Winston Histoire De Tourbillon 7 Watch Watch Releases

The Histoire de Tourbillon series is going to get Harry Winston in trouble. Seeing how every iteration of this series of incredible legacy watches has gotten exponentially more and more complex every year, we’re starting to wonder how on Earth will they be able to deliver something that can up the ante from the previous version. Still, it doesn’t look like 2016 will be the year the Histoire De Tourbillon plateaued, with the introduction of the downright galactic Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 7 for Baselworld.

So how, exactly, does one go about topping 2015’s eye-watering, $600,000 Tourbillon 6, which marveled with nearly 700 parts, two time indicators, an 80-hour power reserve, and a tri-axial tourbillon – all housed in a titanic 55mm case? Easy. You double down with not one, but two bi-axial tourbillons married by a spherical differential that averages their behavioral patterns relative to position and gravity to yield a spectacular, synchronous ballet with time. Easy, right?

Harry Winston Histoire De Tourbillon 7 Watch Watch Releases

On paper, the HW4502 movement might appear simpler, as it’s comprised of only a hair over 500 components and 84 jewels. Plus, this latest version doesn’t contain nearly as many different complications as the Tourbillon 6. Also, it’s still about the same size as your (above-average-sized) modern wristwatch, at 43.5 millimeter wide and 8.65 millimeter thick – and again, those are the dimensions of just the movement alone! Anyhow, that notable reduction in component count seems to have enabled the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 7’s movement engineers to focus on the technical wizardry behind taking a single tourbillon complication with two axes of differing trajectories that drive the escapements, and doubling it – a scientifically calculated feat Winston describes was accomplished with “extraordinary technical intensity.” Sounds about right.

The two biaxial tourbillons each contain 117 parts and every weigh 0.76 g — that is… wait for it… a mind-boggling 0.0065 g average weight per part in these “whirlwinds.” The balance wheels within the tourbillons have been inclined at 30 degrees (read more about why that things in this epic hands-on of the Greubel Forsey Dual Balancier) and are ticking away at a relatively hectic 3 Hertz or 21,600 beats per hour. Biaxial means two axes of rotation, and that, in turn, usually means two separate timings. The situation is no different in the event of the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 7 either, as the inside cages of the tourbillons create a complete rotation in 45 minutes, whereas the exterior pliers come around in 75 seconds, respectively. This dance lasts about 55 hours, when you’ll want to manually re-wind the hand-wound caliber.Focusing on the tourbillons has also simplified the dial and made the watch overall more legible — an achievement we love just as much (or even more), as any additional progress in technical complexity. The dial is this rectangular, softly skeletonized layout in anodized aluminum, with numerals and hands which you could actually read. Given the 50.9mm diameter of this massive, 18k white gold case, the dial must be on exactly the exact same size as you would see on a Reverso — so legibility shouldn’t be a problem anymore.ou’ll also note that while the white gold case was slimmed to a paltry ~51mm in diameter and 17.3millimeters in thickness the lugs have also been shortened and turned down, likely in a bid to further enhance wearability as well.Only twenty pieces of this Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 7 will probably be made — ten in a red dial option, and ten at an anthracite variant, and the jury remains out on whether or not the cost will exceed last season’s edition. Stay tuned for official pricing and opinions from our Baselworld 2016 coverage.

Harry Winston Histoire De Tourbillon 7 Watch Watch Releases

The two biaxial tourbillons each contain 117 components and each weigh 0.76 grams – that is… wait for it… a mind-boggling 0.0065 gram average weight per component in these “whirlwinds.” The balance wheels inside the tourbillons have been inclined at 30 degrees (read more about why that matters in this epic hands-on of the Greubel Forsey Double Balancier) and are ticking away at a relatively hectic 3 Hertz or 21,600 beats per hour. Biaxial means two axes of rotation, and that, in turn, usually means two separate timings. The situation is no different in the case of the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 7 either, as the interior cages of the tourbillons make a full rotation in 45 seconds, while the exterior cages come around in 75 seconds, respectively. This dance lasts about 55 hours, when you’ll need to manually re-wind the hand-wound caliber.

Focusing on the tourbillons has also simplified the dial and made the watch overall more legible – an accomplishment we appreciate just as much (if not more), as any further advancements in technical complexity. The dial is this rectangular, gently skeletonized design in anodized aluminum, with numerals and hands that you can actually read. Given the 50.9mm diameter of the massive, 18k white gold case, the dial should be about the same size as you’d see on a Reverso – so legibility shouldn’t be an issue anymore.

Harry Winston Histoire De Tourbillon 7 Watch Watch Releases

You’ll also note that while the white gold case has been slimmed to a paltry ~51mm in diameter and 17.3mm in thickness the lugs have also been shortened and turned down, likely in an effort to further improve wearability as well.

Only twenty pieces of the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 7 will be made – ten in a red dial option, and ten in an anthracite version, and the jury’s still out on whether or not the price will exceed last year’s edition. Stay tuned for official pricing and impressions from our Baselworld 2016 coverage. harrywinston.com

Replica Wholesale Our Take On The Timepieces To Be Sold In The Watch 2017 Charity Auction

Our Take On The Timepieces To Be Sold At The Only Watch 2017 Charity Auction Sales & Auctions

Our Take On The Timepieces To Be Sold At The Only Watch 2017 Charity Auction Sales & Auctions

Auctions are best suited to the sale of unique items that aren’t otherwise available on the market. For that reason, I always look forward to the interesting watches that are donated to the Only Watch auction series which is currently being run by the auction house Christie’s. Only Watch is an event that we’ve covered a lot over the years on aBlogtoWatch, and the next installment of this biennial auction sale will happen in Geneva on November 11th, 2017.

The Only Watch auction series isn’t as strong an event as it used to be, but its main theme continues to be respected. The idea is that watch brands submit unique watches made especially to be donated and sold at the auction. These are unique prototypes or are the first in a limited-edition series. The proceeds (minus all sorts of fees, I am sure) are to be given to Association Monegasque Contre le Myopathies (AMM) whose goal is to fund medical research to help treat a form of muscular dystrophy.

Only Watch is only as strong as the watches which are donated by watch brands. These are tax write-offs as well as a way to get publicity and an ego boost. Brands love to see their products go under the gavel and get bought up by collectors. With that said, there is nothing to stop brands from bidding on their own watches either directly or via a proxy. So, in my opinion, the actual numerical value of what the watches end up going for at the auction should be taken with a grain of salt. That same philosophy should be applied to the results of any auction, as they merely represent what one buyer, who happened to be present, was willing to do on that day.

This year, Only Watch decided to debut all of the watch auction lots on the same day, which is a departure from their more traditional tactic of slowly releasing watches over a several-week or several-month period. Nevertheless, certain brands didn’t quite get their acts together and get stuff done on time. I will go into that a bit more below. Another semi-new element to the auction is that many of the auction lots include an experience such as a trip or special meeting – along with the watch, of course. These experiences (which are not attached to all the lots, should help liven up the bidding quite a bit when the experiences prove as interesting as the timepieces.

Our Take On The Timepieces To Be Sold At The Only Watch 2017 Charity Auction Sales & Auctions

A total of 49 lots will be auctioned off during the event in November that, unfortunately, won’t be able to benefit from the glitz of having an event in Monaco itself. With that said, the watches (well, the complete ones) will be traveling around the world “on tour” so that potential buyers can check them out. Click the link above to see if you are in one of the nine cities that will have the watches there for a few days at a time starting at the end of September 2017.

In the video that is embedded in this article, you can hear myself and David Bredan talk about all 49 of the watches/clocks. We spend just a few moments on each in order to bring you our take. This year’s lots aren’t bad as wearable items, but leave much to be desired when it comes to actually being interesting or unique. Allow me to go over some of the most interesting and important lots from Only Watch 2017. For a full list of the watches along with technical specifications and auction price estimates check out the watches at the Only Watch website.

Concerning the last outcome, the colours are quite magnificent, particularly that of the colour of green to the Emerald piece. Furthermore, taking a look at the design of the dialup, the craftsmanship recreating the wing design on metal in what’s basically a combination between marquetry and cloisonné procedure with much nicer, albeit virtually microscopic substance is impressive.The new Harry Winston Premier Precious Butterfly set comes housing an automatic mechanical movement (the HW2008) that especially incorporates a flat silicon balance spring hammering at 4Hz. The fact that Harry Winston clearly took the time to incorporate a thoughtful quality automatic movement rather than an easy quartz one is something that I actually like for numerous reasons.First, not only did they include it, however, they also made certain to feature it with a sapphire caseback, rhodium plating, and circular Côtes de Genève finishing, as it is purposely intended to be looked at. Secondly, in an opinion like this where the artistry and the intricacy of the dial will obviously take center stage, the movement inside becomes something more personal. When many people would notice the intricacies of the dial work, it’s the girl wearing it that is really enjoying the automatic motion under whether anyone sees it or not. This design approach evokes a focus on the modern “Harry Winston woman” and why she actually wears amazing things.

Our Take On The Timepieces To Be Sold At The Only Watch 2017 Charity Auction Sales & Auctions

Patek Philippe always uses this occasion to release a one-of-a-kind version with a titanium or steel case of an existing watch they produce or have produced. This year’s model is a bit more on the conservative side, but is very high-end and will easily be the auction’s top lot with a price that is almost guaranteed to be over a million dollars. The watch is the Patek Philippe 5208T-010, which is a version in titanium on a blue cordura strap of their perpetual calendar chronograph minute repeater. At 42mm wide, this is among the larger timepieces that Patek Philippe makes – and of course, it is considered to be a “grand complication,” which means it is far more exclusive than more standard Patek Philippe products. The 5208 is a really nifty Patek Philippe, and this version – like all the titanium or steel models for Only Watch – will be coveted by collectors.

Our Take On The Timepieces To Be Sold At The Only Watch 2017 Charity Auction Sales & Auctions

Audemars Piguet offers a blue-dialed version of its all black ceramic Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar as the reference 26599CE.OO.1225CE.01. Audemars Piguet also points out that the caseback and the oscillating weight (rotor) on the movement are also ceramic – which I believe is a first for the ceramic Royal Oak models. It will go for a fair amount of money, but nothing mind-blowing, in my opinion. This is just another uncommon (in this instance, unique) watch for one of the world’s many Audemars Piguet fans.

Our Take On The Timepieces To Be Sold At The Only Watch 2017 Charity Auction Sales & Auctions

The last Only Watch auction was the first that Tudor participated in, and even though their watch was among the lowest when it came to the auction estimate, it went for a really high price. Once again, Tudor comes to Only Watch with a small change on an existing model which is a lefty version with an olive green bezel and dial of the Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze. They call it the Black Bay Bronze One, and it is the reference 7925/001. It isn’t the most amazing thing in the world, but it is pretty and it should attract a price likely several times what the stock Black Bay Bronze goes for. With the Tudor watch comes the experience of being invited to the Tudor headquarters in Geneva – a place that is normally not open to guests.

Our Take On The Timepieces To Be Sold At The Only Watch 2017 Charity Auction Sales & Auctions

Ulysse Nardin’s Only Watch 2017 entrant isn’t all that original either, but pleasant enough, with a steel-cased version of the Marine Tourbillon known as the Ulysse Nardin Marine Tourbillon Only Watch. It has the same type of engraved and then blue enamel painted dial as this Ulysse Nardin Classic watch – so it should be truly striking in person. I would love one of these if I had the money.

Our Take On The Timepieces To Be Sold At The Only Watch 2017 Charity Auction Sales & Auctions

I have a feeling that the second most valuable watch at Only Watch 2017 will be the piece submitted by F.P. Journe. Interestingly enough, there are two watches in the auction with movements produced by F.P. Journe’s Geneva factory. The F.P. Journe Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante (chronograph monopusher split second) is likely going to be very nice looking in person. It begins with a unique tantalum case that is 44mm wide (bigger than pretty much anything F.P. Journe makes) and has a dial that is “blue chrome” with orange and yellow accents. The watch’s movement is further extremely beautiful being the caliber 1517 and was apparently developed just for the Only Watch 2017 auction. That makes it one of the few unique movements for the event. This watch has “half a million bucks” written all over it.

Introducing The Harry Winston Midnight GMT Tourbillon Replica

Introducing The Harry Winston Midnight GMT Tourbillon Replica

You can’t buy it. Well technically you can, but you need to fly to Monaco in September and bid really high. This is Harry Winston’s entry into the Only replica watch 2011 charity auction that I keep profiling when new entries are released. Harry Winston’s offering is this Midnight GMT Tourbillon (ref. 450/MATTZ45PL.A). The reason I am giving it extra attention is due to the way I feel it encapsulates much of what the modern Harry Winston replica watch brand is trying to be – and there will be just one piece.

Introducing The Harry Winston Midnight GMT Tourbillon Replica

The movement inside of the best replica watch is not new. It comes from an existing GMT Tourbillon replica watch in the Ocean, not Midnight collection. It may have been used in other HW pieces before. Though I do like its execution on this replica watch better. The automatic movement has a large power reserve of 110 hours and features a dial exposed tourbillon, off-centered time display, and a word-time function. The second timezone is first selected with the reference city being show in a small window at about 11 o’clock, and the time itself displayed in another subsidiary dial in a 12 hour format. In addition, there is a day/night (AM/PM) indicator for the second time zone. It is all rather clear, and simple to use.

The Midnight case is not that much different than the Ocean case, but the overall replica watch feels quite different. This is in large part due to the dial design. Both cases are 45mm wide, and this particular piece unique is done in platinum. The dial is where all the fun comes. Harry Winston’s designers play with circles and textures comes together here in a rather refined way that feels particularly well-suited to the personality the brand is going for. Gone is blue lume and sword hands. What we have is a more classic look that combined elegance and avant garde aesthetic in a manner that you want to see from Harry Winston.

Introducing The Harry Winston Midnight GMT Tourbillon Replica

On the dial you’ll find ruthenium concentric circles and a sunray finish for the dials themselves. As the Only replica watch auction takes place in Monaco, you’ll find Monaco as one of the reference cities for the world-time function. I am not sure if Monaco is on standard world-time reference city discs… Maybe it is. I don’t think I have ever had to check what time it is in Monaco – at least not yet. The replica watch is attached to a black alligator strap.