Harry Winston
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tuscaneer

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Thursday 24th November 2011
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really fancy one of these watches.very quirky.anyone got one or know anything about them? came across them in the aston martin magazine

Ikemi

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236 months

Thursday 24th November 2011
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Do you know which Harry Winston watch caught your eye? Was it a piece from the Opus series, or perhaps the Project Z6?

http://www.harrywinston.com/landing/timepieces

tuscaneer

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Thursday 24th November 2011
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the opus is a bit TOO wild looking for me but the z6 is the stuff i saw in the aston mag.absolutely fking gorgeous and real pieces of art for me.any info regarding winston as a product/brand etc. fella?

sneijder

5,231 posts

265 months

Thursday 24th November 2011
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Aston Martin cars are advertised in the Harry Winston Opus magazine.

tuscaneer

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Thursday 24th November 2011
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lovely bits of kit.i don't mind admitting i'd never come across them until i saw the advert in the aston mag.what's the deal there then??obviously a bit of a stylistic love-in between the 2 brands!

sneijder

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265 months

Thursday 24th November 2011
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Tongue in cheek, I was hinting an Opus will rush you more than an Aston.

Have a look on YouTube, the engineering in some of the opus models is mind boggling.

tuscaneer

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Thursday 24th November 2011
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sneijder said:
Tongue in cheek, I was hinting an Opus will rush you more than an Aston.

Have a look on YouTube, the engineering in some of the opus models is mind boggling.
sorry,completely went over my head that mate!! as i said, i'm a total winston virgin! never even heard of them till a couple of months ago.i'm getting the feeling i may be trying to punch above my weight here!god knows i've blown enough wad on a few tvr's,couple of astons and a donkey!.i'm certainly not in a positon to mortgage the kids for a watch!!

ApexJimi

27,781 posts

274 months

Thursday 24th November 2011
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Can't help with the Winstons, but..

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i can only imagine i would have to wear a nappy driving a 458 italia.
rofl

Brilliant!

tuscaneer

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Friday 25th November 2011
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ApexJimi said:
Can't help with the Winstons, but..

tuscaneer's profile said:
i can only imagine i would have to wear a nappy driving a 458 italia.
rofl

Brilliant!
ha! cheers dude! i'm serious though, i should imagine at full tubes with the speed and noise there would be a bit of number 1's.a bit of number 2's. and DEFINATELY a bit of number 3's.if you know what i mean!

Ikemi

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236 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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tuscaneer said:
the opus is a bit TOO wild looking for me but the z6 is the stuff i saw in the aston mag.absolutely fking gorgeous and real pieces of art for me.any info regarding winston as a product/brand etc. fella?
I don't know much about Harry Winston, but ...

Some other website said:
Harry Winston’s diamond store on New York’s prestigious Fifth Avenue is one of the most luxurious addresses for jewelry and ornaments. You may not have heard of him but Marilyn Monroe cited Winston in her song ‘Diamonds are a girl’s best friend’.

Harry Winston’s expertise in the precious stones field (the Winston house uses only the most valuable stones on earth) gives the brand an untouchable cachet. Again and again Winston has distinguished himself with his spectacular jewelry, e.g. creating for well known royalty such as Queen Elizabeth II and the Shah of Persia. Winston has worked on many world famous diamonds, the Blue Hope for example and the diamond drops which Richard Burton gave to Elizabeth Taylor. Even though Cartier sold these to Burton, Winston cut them.
Even though HW's background is in diamonds, the OPUS series of watches were a collaboration with some of the finest watchmakers in the world today; Greubel Forsey, Felix Baumgartner (Urwerk) and Jean Marc Wiederrecht (MB&F) ... So super high-end stuff!

There are a couple of Project Z6 watches on Chrono24.com at the moment, both priced between £22-23K. Have a look at 3 of my favourite watch manufacturers before making a potential purchase; JLC, A.Lange & Sohne and Glashutte Original ... Watches start from around £3-4K (except for AL&S!) up to as much as you want to spend wink

ApexJimi

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Friday 25th November 2011
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Tuscaneer - how much are you looking to spend?

If nothing else, at least I could then tell you what I'd buy with the money!

tuscaneer

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Saturday 26th November 2011
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Ikemi said:
tuscaneer said:
the opus is a bit TOO wild looking for me but the z6 is the stuff i saw in the aston mag.absolutely fking gorgeous and real pieces of art for me.any info regarding winston as a product/brand etc. fella?
I don't know much about Harry Winston, but ...

Some other website said:
Harry Winston’s diamond store on New York’s prestigious Fifth Avenue is one of the most luxurious addresses for jewelry and ornaments. You may not have heard of him but Marilyn Monroe cited Winston in her song ‘Diamonds are a girl’s best friend’.

Harry Winston’s expertise in the precious stones field (the Winston house uses only the most valuable stones on earth) gives the brand an untouchable cachet. Again and again Winston has distinguished himself with his spectacular jewelry, e.g. creating for well known royalty such as Queen Elizabeth II and the Shah of Persia. Winston has worked on many world famous diamonds, the Blue Hope for example and the diamond drops which Richard Burton gave to Elizabeth Taylor. Even though Cartier sold these to Burton, Winston cut them.
Even though HW's background is in diamonds, the OPUS series of watches were a collaboration with some of the finest watchmakers in the world today; Greubel Forsey, Felix Baumgartner (Urwerk) and Jean Marc Wiederrecht (MB&F) ... So super high-end stuff!

There are a couple of Project Z6 watches on Chrono24.com at the moment, both priced between £22-23K. Have a look at 3 of my favourite watch manufacturers before making a potential purchase; JLC, A.Lange & Sohne and Glashutte Original ... Watches start from around £3-4K (except for AL&S!) up to as much as you want to spend wink
fascinating stuff! cheers for the input.will definately do a bit of research before any purchase

tuscaneer

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Saturday 26th November 2011
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ApexJimi said:
Tuscaneer - how much are you looking to spend?

If nothing else, at least I could then tell you what I'd buy with the money!
not mega bucks but depending on how much i like something anywhere from 3-6k i think