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Become a Gemologist
Harry Winston was a fascinating man, a giant in the world of precious jewels before age 30. He was known, and is still regarded today, as the "King of Diamonds," a title he earned through 70 years of devotion to gems.
As Winston's father owned a modest jewelry store in New York, some of his earliest childhood memories were of fine jewels. Before he was even in his teens, Winston showed signs of the master he was to become. He once spotted a ring in a store window on a tray of assorted inexpensive jewelry. His already astute eye knew an emerald when he saw one. Winston bought the ring for 25 cents and re-sold it at a handsome profit. When he was 19 years old, Winston went into business for himself with huge dreams and small capital. He was determined to make the world of jewels his own.
"My father was always afraid the jewels would someday possess me... sometimes I think he was right."
Harry Winston showed remarkable insight and resourcefulness from the start. Perhaps his greatest revelation came when, during the Christmas holidays one year early in his career, he was struck be the look of a holly wreath on his door. He noticed how the leaves themselves shaped the wreath. He wondered what the effect might be if jewels, rather than metal, shaped the design.
This was the beginning of a revolution within the jewelry industry initiated by Harry Winston. He began to employ light, flexible, platinum settings, which allowed for three-dimensional arrangements of precious stones. This produced new levels of brilliance which emphasized the jewels' own shapes.
With the death of Harry Winston in 1978,
the world lost one of the most important and colorful diamond connoisseurs
of modern times.
THE HOUSE OF HARRY WINSTON, one of the
world's
largest and most prestigious jewelry empires, is unique among
high
fashion jewelers in that the company has extensive wholesale and manufacturing
operations in addition to exclusive retail salons in New York, Geneva, Paris,
Beverly Hills and in Tokyo. The specialized operation of cutting the rough
diamond, polishing, designing and creating the finished jewel, is conducted
in Winston's New York building on Fifth Avenue.
The House of Harry Winston, is the embodiment of three generations of Winston jewelers dating more than one hundred years back. The company which bears his name today was established in 1932 by Harry Winston, the son of a New York jeweler.
