Harry Winston

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Jack my Friend,

HWRT is a victim of its own successful past.

If any other non-great Name had brought this out, it would probably be opinion-neutral i.e. equal % of protractors and detractors. There may even have been some polite applause for the fancy mechanical mimicry of a $350,000 Casio G-Shock

We are all fully aware of the danger of quick volatility. That is why I advocate a measured and tempered opinion when in writing mode. But my "measured and tempered" opinion was of disappointment too.

The impression that I got from the punters (including myself) is that people are upset because of the perceived drop at HWRT in:

1) "Love 'n Heart"

2) Process of high horology

3) Great Works

So.....just lacking in the 3 Ps then:  People, Process & Product. 

I agree with you that all Opuses have had their supporters and detractors in varying proportions - remember 2 and 7?.......rather not. But, at least Opus 1 - 7 were all done AND presented with respect paid to the 3 Ps. 

Opus 8 was kinda sprung on us without personal touch. When one buys a $350,000 watch, one has to connect with the watchmaker, his boss, the office cleaner, the office cleaner's mother-in-law....whoever.....it's a team effort that springs from the leadership of a visionary from conception to birth. I love it when the cleaning-lady claims that she is part of the quality control team because she keeps the watchmaker's floorspace tidy.

 It is not a corporate press conference or committee to design a camel........it's a presentation of an OPUS; it's got to have love built-in.

But isn't any publicity good publicity?  

It's better than no reaction to some of the other offerings at Basel, eh?

Maybe HWRT can come back from 2 successive disappointments in Opus 7 and 8.....

Regards,

MTF