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Harry Winston Ocean Lady Zalium Watch

At 36mm wide this is definitely a woman's watch. But if it was larger I could envision a few men who could pull this off. White and red is surely a "showy" combo - and you don't see it that often. What is this "zalium?" It is an alloy that Harry Winston likes to use to made of a blend of zirconium and aluminum. In addition to being light (and used for aeronautical purposes) it is said to be hypo-allergenic and resistant to corrosion. Is this metal necessary in a jewelry watch? Not at all, but part of what comes with the high-end watch experience (a bunch of people looking for odd materials to use).

Zalium is mixed with diamonds for decoration on the case and dial. While the dial design is complex, the Swiss automatic movement only shows the time (with subsidiary seconds dial) and a moon phase indicator. The Ocean Lady Zalium comes on a white rubber strap for a sporty, iconic "Ocean" look.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Project Z3 Tourbillon Watch

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Timepieces / Watches

What's tougher than titanium? This manly watch comes from the usually genteel and jewel-heavy Harry Winston line. It is made from the super tough metal Zalium. The case is a wrist-weighing 44 mm and has a mechanical self-winding tourbillon movement HW401A that beats at 28,800 v.p.h. The watch was created with watch hunk Peter Speake-Marin and has off-centered hours and minutes. This sporty tourbillon is water resistant and has a black dial with Superluminova blue hands and numbers, sapphire crystal front and back and a rubber strap.

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