When I met Harry

MANILA, Philippines - Some people say that your relationship with your watch is a personal one in the sense that you depend on it as much as it depends on you. If you neglect it, it becomes another useless piece of jewelry, and you may never know that special kind of closeness to it once it becomes an extension of yourself. Once you allow that to happen, not only does it become useful to you — it becomes a reflection of you. 

No two people can ever forge the exact same connection to a certain timepiece — each experience with it is as unique as its owner and the longer the relationship lasts, the more personal it becomes. This intimate ownership of a luxury timepiece is one that Harry Winston would like its customers to have with its watches, especially with the release of the Ocean Dual Time Zone and the Avenue Squared.

Like an unmistakable signature, the stylized Shuriken, a symbol borrowed from the martial arts, embodies the dynamic nature of the collection.

Known for its signature “excenter” face, the Ocean Dual Time Zone is crafted in rose gold and was developed from Harry Winston’s fourth Project Zalium collection. Zalium is a revolutionary zirconium alloy that is exclusive only to Harry Winston. Designed for ease through different time zones, it accommodates two dials with graphic displays of both day and nighttime for each time zone, a “complication” that makes it extremely useful for travelers whenever they need to know when to place a call to another country. For this sophisticated time-zone module, it has been awarded the prize for the Best Timepiece of the Year in the Men’s Category.

Amplified and elegant, this modern interpretation takes the brand’s iconic Avenue timepiece to the power of two by exploring dualities in form and function.

The Avenue Squared timepiece, on the other hand, represents sophistication and style alongside form and function. A redefinition of the Harry Winston Avenue Collection’s signature, its elongated shape was re-proportioned into oversized squared case, set in diamonds for a graphic, yet feminine feel. The Avenue Squared for Women is an innovative timepiece featuring a magnificent dual time-zone display with two separate hour and minute dials encased in a bold square case for a distinct masculine aesthetic, and a strong architectural look. On the other hand, the Avenue Squared for Men is innovative and complicated, developed by Harry Winston on a robust, self-winding caliber, and fully assembled at the Harry Winston Manufacture in Geneva, Switzerland.

Harry Winston timepieces have the distinction of being called the Ultimate Timepieces because only 4,000 pieces produced each year, compared to its next competitor at 40,000. This type of exclusivity assures the customers of Harry Winston that owning one of their timepieces is a rare, almost a sacred experience, making it also a deeply personal one. Best of all, it is a relationship that is built to last beyond a lifetime — a timeless connection that starts from the moment that you decide to call it your own.

Behind the Ocean watches lies the spirit of Harry Winston: its profound attachment to a proud heritage in mechanical horology, its taste for design and modernity, as well as its quest for exclusivity.