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Harry Winston

I will keep an open mind.

 

Thank you for this response to the forum.

I guess I will soon get a second look at the Opus 8? If so, please communicate with me.

I am in the process of deciding, as I do each year, for several  Asian publications as to which are the 10 watches of 2008/9 that are landmarks.

I did manage to come into the Basel HWRT booth almost incognito, except that with due  courtesy, I did identify myself when I asked a question during one of your sessions.

As in all previous years, the Opus has almost always been included in my top 10 lists, and as the records should show, I acquired more than a few from HWRT personally thru the agents here in SE Asia, usually after a visit to Basel.

The Opus to me, has always been a very serious topic, and a platform for advancement of the arts.

I do not usually attend or use the press as a source of information, but rather I follow my "nose"...in the last 7 years, the Opus did not dissapoint.

Again..my mind is open for discussions.

Thank you with sincerity!!!

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Opus 8 Designer Mr Garinaud responds...

 
By: bernard cheong : April 19th, 2008-22:14
Thank You very much, particulary Mr. CHEONG i love generate this debate since the coming of OPUS 8 people love and adore and some others hate and throw back ! In fact the criticism is easy for viewers, but it's more difficult for us, watchmakers, engineer... 

Thank you Mr Garinaud.

 
By: bernard cheong : April 19th, 2008-22:37
Your work with the watch is indeed unusual and to me..imaginative, and clever. I criticised Opus 8 not for your work, but that it was marketed by the Harry Winston's new management as an "Opus". In fact, at the price of over half a million sf, and also wi... 

Opus 8

 
By: d8georges : April 20th, 2008-23:09
Dear Bernard, This Opus is yet a great master piece because it is a dream come true and no limit impose by HW. It is a wild creation from Frederic and it is a pity that the change of managment affects you so much. But the direction of the brand in terms o... 

Hi Bernard, just wondering when you write

 
By: alex : April 21st, 2008-03:09
" The owner needs to press the slide to raise the discs to press the "digits" on the "dial" up..." you try to explain why the Opus 8 just doesn't do it for you, on the other hand you have praised the Opus 7 which also needs the pushing of a button to read... 

Hi Alex my friend! The Opus 7 remains "alive" even if you don't press..

 
By: bernard cheong : April 21st, 2008-04:23
the lever, but the O 8 appears to be a cripple or some animal lacking an arm or leg...or possibly the strong resemblence to a music box. The O 7 was not one of my favorites, but I always ask myself..would I have bought it. The answer was yes, but my budeg... 

It's AMAZING !!

 
By: blanz161 : April 21st, 2008-05:59
i just think it's an amazing debate and i am very praise about that. could You imagine that 7 years before i was in aircraft engineering, and 5 years before now i made the first tourbillon on carbon plate for Richard Mille ! at this time i couldn't think ... 

Ahh..thanks Frédéric.

 
By: bernard cheong : April 21st, 2008-06:52
So what is in English for the rest of the forum readers? 1 armage de répétition minutes ( avec système de compression par rateaux et ressorts ) 1 rouage auxiliaire avec volant régulateur 1 système de disques avec combinaisons de pin's pour activer les uni...