Flitting across the sky, butterflies create a whimsical kaleidoscope of iridescent color. And though their life span is short, their beauty will be preserved forever in Harry Winston’s Premier Precious Butterfly Automatic 36mm watch collection.

In an effort to create truly original timepieces, Harry Winston’s designers spent 3 years researching how to harvest the exquisite powder on butterfly wings. The powder is then painstakingly applied to the watch dials by hand (a technique never before used in the wat…