Here is a sneak preview of 38 of the watches that will debut at the 2008 BaselWorld show in Basel, Switzerland from April 3-10. The preview includes watches from Corum, Eterna, Tissot, Oris, Franc Villa and many more. Images courtesy of SwissTime.

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The Project Z4 is the fourth model in the Harry Winston Project Zalium series. The Z4 is limited to 300 pieces worldwide and is made of the exotic metal alloy Zalium. Ronald Winston, son of Harry Winston, created Zalium from zirconium alloy and allium lily. The metal is stronger than titanium and almost as light. As you can see Zalium has a nice lustre with a grey hue to it. They used a combination of carbon black, white and anthracite grey on the dial to make it very easy to read both time zones. By pressing the repeater trigger on the upper left side of the case, you can click between the two time zones. There is also a daytime or nighttime graphic for each timezone. Overall I am quite impressed with the dressed down style of this watch as well as the functionality of dual time zones. This is the type of watch that works just as well with jeans as it does a suit, so it is perfect for a traveler who only wants to carry one watch.

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Luxist

A new watch from Harry Winston which is the result of a collaboration with Felix Baumgartner, the Opus 6, a collaboration with Greubel Forsey just doesn't leave me as swoony. It's impressive, a huge white gold case features a double tourbillon that has a one minute cage rotating inside a four minute one inclined at 30° from the horizontal. The time is determined by reading the three small discs at the top of the watch.

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Europastar

Harry Winston produced and donated a unique watch - based on their Ocean Diver timepiece, with details inspired by Andre Agassi's storied tennis career - which was subsequently featured in the live auction in front of an audience of 8,000 guests. The watch package went for US$110,000 at auction.

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