Brief: Harry Winston offers pre-Baselworld peek at Moonphase wristwatch

The diamonds on Harry Winston’s Premier Moonphase wristwatch total 2.58 carats. Image courtesy Harry Winston.

The diamonds on Harry Winston’s Premier Moonphase wristwatch total 2.58 carats. Image courtesy Harry Winston.

BY LESLIE JORDAN CLARY

As a teaser to Baselworld 2016, Harry Winston has given us a glimpse of the new Premier Moonphase 36 mm wristwatch. The latest Moonphase edition offers a luminescent counterpart to the Midnight Date Moonphase wristwatch released last year. This exquisite timepiece uses two shades of mother-of-pearl. A creamy white suggests daytime, while a pearl blue represents the evening sky. An enchanting moon migrates across the crescent-shaped horizon. A unique quartz movement, the HW5201, powers the hours, minutes and date. Several artistic techniques and materials have been used to create a three-dimensional look. Eighteen brilliant-cut diamonds highlight 6 o’clock and 12 brilliant-cut diamonds border the perimeter. The set is completed with a rose gold case and white alligator strap.

—February 2016