Harry Winston/Christophe Claret Opus 4

Thursday, December 3, 2009

The fourth and, to all appearances, the last experimental work from this respected House of independent watchmakers. The watch’s main characteristic is its double face. The heavy casing is fixed to the strap (or rather the other way round) by means of a special articulated system which makes it possible to turn the watch over without taking it off the wrist. Thus, according to your mood, you can flash your tourbillon set in a hi-tech environment or display the lunar phases from a big, gold moon that has been recreated in detail from its original in the sky. But that’s not all. Since Christophe Claret is the generally recognized expert on striking clocks, the Opus 4 is equipped with a minute device to repeat the deep ‘cathedral’ sound that makes this model the most complex and possibly the most expensive on the list.

A total of twenty models have been made in platinum, two of which are encrusted with diamonds of different facet styles