【New York Cit】New York Imprint, Crafting Dreams: The Legendary Narrative of Harry Winston’s New York High Jewelry Collection

From his entry into the industry to founding his brand, from sourcing gemstones to creating masterpieces, the city’s landscapes and moments served as his inspiration. Mr. Winston built his brand’s temple on Fifth Avenue, drew strength from the bells of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, sought nature’s rhythm in Central Park, and even met his beloved at Grand Central Terminal. New York’s diversity shaped the brand’s unique character, and the brand’s dazzling brilliance, in turn, added a rich stroke to the city’s legend.

For nearly a century, this urban resonance has never faded. New York landmarks have become creative codes in the hands of designers, ensuring the city’s warmth consistently flows through the brand’s narrative. The New York High Jewelry Collection is a journey through time around the city. Ten sub-collections correspond to New York’s neighborhoods, landscapes, and landmarks, with each piece carrying stories and emotions. The brand interprets classics with a modern perspective, capturing architectural aesthetics, natural vitality, and urban rhythm through jewelry craftsmanship, allowing the soul of New York to bloom in the interplay of gemstones.
Every texture of New York holds a story unique to Mr. Winston. Since Harry Winston was born in New York in 1932, the city has also become the soulful nourishment for the brand’s collection creation. Designers wander along the path of his life, transforming architectural details and emotional imprints into the language of jewelry, deeply engraving the city’s warmth and memory into the brand’s creative DNA.

The brownstone buildings of New York’s Upper West Side were the warm backdrop of Mr. Winston’s childhood. The Brownstone sub-collection extracts the essence of the buildings’ geometric contours, pairing diamonds of various cuts with square-cut colored gemstones in orderly arrangements, meticulously recreating the elegant charm of brownstone architecture. The color combination of the ruby and pink sapphire suite cleverly echoes the building’s warm texture, allowing this classic beauty to be eternally preserved in jewelry.

Railroads held significant meaning for Mr. Winston; he met his beloved on a train and traveled far via railways to source rare gemstones. The cast-iron eagles adorning early 20th-century New York buildings, symbolizing freedom and vigorous vitality, became the core inspiration for the Eagle sub-collection. This collection precisely outlines the powerful posture of an eagle in flight, with pure diamonds and brilliant yellow diamonds complementing each other, narrating the spirit of relentless pioneering.

“Manhattanhenge” is a unique celestial spectacle of New York, and the Manhattan Adornment sub-collection draws inspiration from it, capturing the moment of collision between natural light and the urban silhouette. The blue and pink sapphire high jewelry suite, featuring pear-shaped and round-cut diamonds paired with sapphires and pink sapphires, cleverly outlines the trajectory of flowing light beams. In the refraction of light, New York’s diverse charm and dazzling allure are fully revealed.

The Fifth Avenue Arch sub-collection takes New York’s iconic Fifth Avenue archway as its core inspiration, condensing the building’s magnificent curves within the confines of jewelry. Selected clear sapphires and sparkling diamonds coexist harmoniously. The depth of the sapphires resembles the tranquil deep blue of the avenue’s night sky, while the brilliance of the diamonds mimics the twinkling lights of storefront windows along the street, recreating the elegant outline of the archway and vividly presenting the layered sense of intertwined light and shadow.

In 1940, Harry Winston moved to 718 Fifth Avenue. The French-inspired black and white marble decor of the flagship store, with its exquisite texture and elegant style, forged a timeless classic. The 718 Marble Marquetry sub-collection suite features an emerald-cut center diamond paired with warm, elegant sapphires, echoing the exquisite craftsmanship of the brand’s signature cut, allowing the brand’s century-old elegant heritage to be passed down through generations in the play of light on jewelry.

The rich artistic atmosphere of New York’s SoHo district is the source of inspiration for the Graffiti sub-collection. The collection selects blue and pink sapphires and aquamarines as main stones, paired with brilliant diamonds in clever combinations, using jewelry as a medium to capture the creative pulse of downtown Manhattan, allowing SoHo’s artistic heritage and the brand’s innovative spirit to shine together.

The Harry Winston Emerald Collection watch pays homage to founder Mr. Harry Winston while continuing the brand’s deep-rooted New York sentiment. The octagonal case is inspired by the emerald cut favored by Mr. Winston. The rich green hue echoes the vibrant vitality of Central Park, further adorned with sparkling diamonds and warm mother-of-pearl, condensing the brand’s century-old heritage and New York’s unique charm on the wrist.
The Harry Winston New York High Jewelry Collection is both a distillation of the brand’s century-long bond with New York and a continuation of Mr. Winston’s legendary life. New York’s iconic landmarks become vivid elements in jewelry design, with every hue telling a unique story of the city. Today, the Harry Winston flagship store on Fifth Avenue still shines at the heart of New York, witnessing the profound bond between the brand and the city. The New York High Jewelry Collection uses jewelry as a link, eloquently narrating New York’s diverse charm, connecting the sincere emotions of the brand, the city, and people’s hearts, and continuing the chapter of legend and passion.