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The ‘keep it simple’ mantra doesn’t seem to apply to watchmakers. The more complex they can make a watch’s movements and mechanics, the more impressive their creations seem. And Harry Wintson’s new Opus 12 is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Instead of hands pointing at numbers on the Opus 12′s face, the watch uses a series of spinning markers to indicate the current time. The markers—12 in total—are positioned at the five-minute marks in long and short pairs that distinguish between the hour and minutes. And each one flips to reveal a metallic blue finish which is how the wearer actually reads the time.
At the top of every hour all of the markers rotate in sequence like a well-choreographed performance, but it’s really nothing more than eye candy for the select few lucky enough to own one. Since Harry Winston only plans to produce just 120 of the watches, with a price tag that I’m sure will match their exclusivity. [Harry Winston via Perpetuelle]
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I want to ask the price but I know if I do, I won’t be able to afford it
It’s about a quarter of a million dollars, if I recall.
Ouch! Given that the video shows all the pieces and how they fit together, do you think someone with a bit of know how would be able to re-create it?
That is very impressive. However I’m none the wiser as to how you actually tell what time it is on that thing. I’ll stick to my digital clock, Thanks.
If you check the image the left blue handle is shorter than the righter one. ne for hours, one for every 5 mins. And theres an extra timer in the middle to be able to tell the rest of the mins. So the time is 2:52 and 30secs. It took me a while to work it out too D:.
I’m pretty sure it’s ten past ten…
Just testing you!
Yeah that was pretty fail. EDIT FUNCTION NOW. I NEED TO HIDE MY FAIL! D:
Good effort but a bit short and most likely overpriced compared to the Di Grisogono Meccanica DG.
It’s Winston, not Wintson
believe it or not, Louis Vuitton used this same spinning concept on a timepiece they released almost 2 years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYMiiGnV_HY
It’s an impressive bit of work from a technical perspective (aren’t they all?) plus it’s an interesting video to see how it all fits together, but I can’t help but feel that the novelty would wear off pretty quickly.
I imagine it would be useless in low light too.