At the age of 24 Harry Winston opened his first business in New York City, known as the premier diamond company. Twelve years later, he established another company under his own name and began to manufacturer jewellery. Winston was responsible for the cutting of such famous diamonds as the Jonker, the Taylor-Burton, the Star of Sierra Leone and The Vargas. He donated three important diamonds to the Smithsonian: The Hope, The Portuguese and The Oppenheimer. By the 1950sWinston was acknowledged as the ‘King of diamonds,’ owning at one time or another as many as one third of the most famous diamonds in the world. In 1962 the company moved from 7 east 51st street to its present location at 718 Fifth Avenue. With his death in 1978, Winston succeeded by his son, Ronald, now the chairman of the company, who continues his fathers tradition by offering “rare jewels of the world,” the firms motto for many years. In an effort to address an over expanding market for their jewellery, the firm opened a salon in Tokyo in 1989 and one in Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills the following year. They also created a watch department, “the ultimate timepiece.”

 

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