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Harry Winston Midnight Big Date Automatic 18K Rose Gold — Black Dial (Ref. MIDABD42RR002)
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What Is the Harry Winston Midnight Big Date?
More Than a Jewellery House with a Watch
The Harry Winston Midnight Big Date is easy to overlook if your knowledge of Harry Winston begins and ends with diamonds. It should not be. This is a watch with legitimate mechanical substance — an in-house-architecture automatic movement with a twin-barrel big-date complication, not a jewellery house placing its name on a conventional Swiss calibre. The reference is also associated with Harry Winston’s earlier designation 450/MABD42RL.K, placing it within the original generation of the Midnight Big Date design. For collectors evaluating the Midnight collection, that mechanical seriousness is the point that separates it from the diamond-first reputation the maison carries.
The Rose Gold and Black Configuration
Visually, this may be one of the most attractive variations of the Midnight Big Date. The warmth of the 18K rose gold contrasts against the predominantly black dial, while the matching rose-gold hands and accents keep everything cohesive. It is a combination that works easily with formal clothing — but the unusual dial layout prevents the watch from becoming conservative. This is a dress watch with genuine personality rather than a conventional round gold watch.
Case & Dial Design: Three-Arch Motif, Off-Centre Layout
The Case and the Fifth Avenue Signature
The round 42mm case is crafted from 18K rose gold, but the architecture around the crown adds a distinctive Harry Winston signature: the maison’s famous three-arch motif, inspired by the entrance of Harry Winston’s historic Fifth Avenue salon in New York. It is a subtle detail, but one that gives the watch an identity beyond the typical round gold dress watch. The case measures approximately 10.2mm thick, with a sapphire crystal on the front and an open sapphire caseback. At 42mm with a relatively slim profile, the proportions balance contemporary wrist presence with dress-watch sophistication.
The Off-Centre Black Dial
The dial is where this timepiece becomes unmistakably Harry Winston. Rather than placing the hands conventionally in the centre, Harry Winston positions the hours and minutes toward 12 o’clock, leaving the lower half of the dial for the oversized date display. The black dial uses concentric and snailed finishing to create rings that appear to radiate outward from the upper time display — a texture that becomes especially noticeable as light moves across the surface. The rose-gold hands and markers read cleanly against the black guilloché-style field. The result is an unusually balanced asymmetric dial.
The Big Date at 6 O'Clock
At 6 o’clock sits the feature responsible for the watch’s name. Instead of squeezing a tiny date window somewhere along the perimeter, Harry Winston makes the date a major visual element: two individual discs create the large twin-aperture date indication, making the date extremely easy to read while providing a strong counterbalance to the off-centre time display above. A discreet diamond accent above the date is the reminder that, despite the mechanical complication, this is still a Harry Winston.
Movement: Harry Winston Calibre HW1018 — Twin-Barrel Automatic
Movement: Harry Winston Calibre HW1018 — Twin-Barrel Automatic
Behind the dial sits the automatic Harry Winston calibre HW1018 — a movement developed specifically to accommodate the off-centre display and the large date complication. This matters: the HW1018 is not a stock movement adapted after the fact but an architecture built around the Midnight Big Date’s unusual layout. Documentation for the HW1018 specifies 297 components and twin mainspring barrels driving approximately three days of running reserve — the engineering foundation for both the big-date mechanism and the off-centre time display.
Finishing and the 72-Hour Reserve
The 72-hour power reserve is particularly useful: the watch can be set down on a Friday evening and, in most circumstances, put back on Monday morning without resetting the time or date. The sapphire exhibition caseback provides a clear view of the movement’s decorated architecture — traditional haute-horlogerie finishing including Côtes de Genève, circular graining, and hand-chamfered details, along with a skeletonised precious-metal rotor. The finishing confirms the mechanical seriousness behind the design.
Movement Specifications
Specification
Detail
Calibre
Harry Winston HW1018, automatic
Components
297 parts, 35 jewels
Functions
Off-centre hours/minutes, big date
Barrels
Twin mainspring barrels
Power reserve
~72 hours
Frequency
28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Rotor
Skeletonised, precious metal
Finishing
Côtes de Genève, circular graining
Full Specifications — Harry Winston Midnight Big Date MIDABD42RR002
Specification
Detail
Brand
Harry Winston
Collection
Midnight
Reference
MIDABD42RR002
Earlier reference
450/MABD42RL.K
Case
18K rose gold, 42mm
Thickness
~10.2mm
Case signature
Three-arch motif at crown
Dial
Black, snailed/guilloché-style
Display
Off-centre hours/minutes toward 12
Date
Twin-aperture big date at 6
Movement
Calibre HW1018, automatic
Components
297 parts, 35 jewels
Power reserve
~72 hours
Frequency
28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Crystal
Sapphire
Caseback
Sapphire exhibition
Water resistance
30m / 3 ATM
Strap
Black alligator
Buckle
18K rose gold pin
Why Buy the Harry Winston Midnight Big Date?
A Dress Watch That Doesn't Look Like Everything Else
Where many traditional gold dress watches rely on simplicity, the Midnight Big Date mixes classical elegance with just enough eccentricity to give it genuine character. The off-centre time display, the twin-aperture big date, and the three-arch case signature combine to produce a watch that reads as immediately individual — not another round gold dress watch with a small date window at 3 o’clock. For the collector who wants a precious-metal dress watch with a distinct visual identity, that differentiation is the argument.
Mechanical Substance Behind the Design
The Midnight Big Date is important precisely because it is not merely a jewellery house putting its name on a conventional movement. The twin-barrel HW1018, the 72-hour reserve, and the haute-horlogerie finishing visible through the caseback confirm that there is legitimate mechanical substance behind the design. Combined with the 18K rose gold case and the black guilloché-style dial, the result is a watch that delivers both the presence of a Harry Winston and the horological credentials to justify it.
Available at Black Tag Watches — Aventura, Florida
Black Tag Watches is a luxury watch specialist based in Aventura, FL, offering new and pre-owned timepieces from Harry Winston and the world’s leading Swiss manufactures.
View the Harry Winston Midnight Big Date Automatic — Full Details & Pricing
An off-centre, big-date, rose-gold Harry Winston — classical elegance with just enough eccentricity to give a dress watch genuine character.
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