90% matchVan Cleef
Parisian high jewelry with the same rare-stone craft focus
What changes: Motif-driven (Alhambra) rather than diamond-cluster led
Brand profile
Harry Winston
New York high jewelry and watch house founded in 1932, owned by Swatch Group, known for rare diamonds and Cluster-setting jewels.
New York CityOrigin
UnisexFocus
Quiet luxuryStyle
$$$$$Price
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What to know about Harry Winston
Rare diamonds drive the house
The output centers on rare colored and colorless stones, set in the Winston Cluster, Sunflower and Lily Cluster designs, plus bridal solitaires.
Swiss-owned, with real watchmaking
Swatch Group bought the house for $1 billion in 2013, and its mechanical watches run across four collections: Premier, Avenue, Midnight and Ocean.
Red-carpet loans since the 1940s
Harry Winston has lent jewels to film-industry clients for roughly eighty years, and still builds one-of-a-kind pieces such as the Talk to Me, Harry Winston series.
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Broader icon-led maison with equal diamond credibility
What changes: Much wider entry-price range and stronger watch catalogue
84% matchBulgari
Roman colour-stone maximalism over Winston restraint
What changes: Bolder, more coloured-gem and Serpenti-led design language
82% matchTiffany & Co.
The other New York diamond house, bridal-first
What changes: Far larger accessible silver/gold range below high jewelry
Brand facts
Harry Winston is a New York high jewelry and watch house founded in 1932 by Harry Winston and owned by Switzerland's Swatch Group since its $1 billion acquisition completed in 2013. It is known for rare colored and colorless diamonds, the Winston Cluster setting, Sunflower and Lily Cluster jewels, and bridal solitaires, plus mechanical timepieces in the Premier, Avenue, Midnight and Ocean lines. Recent high jewelry work includes the Manhattan-referencing New York Collection and the one-of-a-kind Talk to Me, Harry Winston series. It retains a long red-carpet loan tradition dating to the 1940s.
- Founded
- 1932
- Origin
- New York City, United States
- Made in
- USA
- Price
- $$$$$
- Focus
- Unisex
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Quiet luxury, Minimalist / Contemporary