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Harry Winston
Opus Eleven
A large, mesmerizing and extremely unusual white gold wristwatch with digital time display, Certificate and presentation box, number 25 of a 100 pieces limited edition
- 估價
- CHF73,000 - 110,000€67,600 - 102,000$79,500 - 120,000
CHF176,400
拍品詳情
- 製造商
- Harry Winston
- 年份
- Circa 2011
- 錶殼號碼
- 050'249 and 025/100
- 型號名稱
- Opus Eleven
- 材料
- 18K white gold
- 機芯
- Manual, 155 jewels
- 錶帶/ 錶鏈
- Leather
- 錶扣
- 18K white gold Harry Winston double deployant clasp
- 尺寸
- 53.7mm Diameter
- 簽名
- Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
- 配件
- Accompanied by Harry Winston International Warranty, product literature, loupe, polishing cloth, presentation box and outer packaging
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The Harry Winston Opus series - a brainchild of volcanic watchmaker and entrepreneur max Busser - gifted to the world some of the most unusual, fascinating and complex timepieces to ever see the light of day. Focusing with different watchmakers/designers (such as - beyond the aforementioned Mr. Busser - Halter, Forsey, Baumgartner) allows for each piece to truly be a completely different beast in terms of design, engineering solutions, complication and any other element. Opus Eleven - in collaboration with Denis Giguet - does not stray from the remarkable path followed by its predecessors.
Launched in 2011, on paper this watch is deceptively simple as it can technically be described as a “time only” wristwatch. No date, no running seconds, nothing else. The most cursory glance is however enough to be sure this is anything but a simple timepiece. While it technically does only tell time, it does so in an incredibly visually appealing way thanks to one of the most intricate (if not the most intricate) time only movement ever devised.
The case design itself is more than eclectic, characterised by two pavilions to the right band, and a crown on the left at 10 o’ clock. The 2 o’clock pavilion houses the digital minute indication, achieved via two overlapping discs (for units and tens) in constant motion. Below this, one finds the second pavilion, displaying the titanium balance wheel. And finally the eye lands on the “dial”. If dial it can be called. The hour is immediately legible in digital fashion at the center. On closer examination one notices that it is printed on four adjacent tiles, each with a fragment of the font. Around it, one finds a system of satellite gears ultimately operating a total of 24 tiles. Each tile is printed on both sides with a fragment of a number. At the hour, a mesmerizing dance takes place: the four central tiles forming the current hour “disintegrate” and the entire gear system revolves until 4 different tiles are aligned at the center indicating the new hour.
A total of 111 examples were made - 11 diamond-set pieces, and 100 white gold ones. The present specimen - number 25. - is offered in very good condition and complete of its accessories.
Launched in 2011, on paper this watch is deceptively simple as it can technically be described as a “time only” wristwatch. No date, no running seconds, nothing else. The most cursory glance is however enough to be sure this is anything but a simple timepiece. While it technically does only tell time, it does so in an incredibly visually appealing way thanks to one of the most intricate (if not the most intricate) time only movement ever devised.
The case design itself is more than eclectic, characterised by two pavilions to the right band, and a crown on the left at 10 o’ clock. The 2 o’clock pavilion houses the digital minute indication, achieved via two overlapping discs (for units and tens) in constant motion. Below this, one finds the second pavilion, displaying the titanium balance wheel. And finally the eye lands on the “dial”. If dial it can be called. The hour is immediately legible in digital fashion at the center. On closer examination one notices that it is printed on four adjacent tiles, each with a fragment of the font. Around it, one finds a system of satellite gears ultimately operating a total of 24 tiles. Each tile is printed on both sides with a fragment of a number. At the hour, a mesmerizing dance takes place: the four central tiles forming the current hour “disintegrate” and the entire gear system revolves until 4 different tiles are aligned at the center indicating the new hour.
A total of 111 examples were made - 11 diamond-set pieces, and 100 white gold ones. The present specimen - number 25. - is offered in very good condition and complete of its accessories.