Habring² There is a small little company in the middle of Austria in Völkermarkt that made their own watches. Habring² is the name and it might have been the 2 Habrings as well. The company runs by the married couple Richard & Maria Habring since 2004. Richard has a past at the IWC where he was involved in the development of their movements and worked at A Lange & Söhne until he took the full step and became an independent watchmaker who had goal to make their own watches.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab19.jpg In the early years, they worked with ETA & Valjoux movements as a base and made their own unique solutions. In 2011, the start of the in-house movement A11B began, meaning A=Austria, 11=2011 start of development, B=Basis, later complications were added as A11D=Date, A11S=Jumping second, A11SD=Jumping second with date. On the 10th anniversary of the company September 16, 2014, the first inhouse movements were ready and then the A11B was presented in the Felix model with a sub second.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab5.jpg http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab9.jpg It's really nice to see how they put things together.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab7.jpg http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab8.jpg http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab6.jpg Handmade when it's at its best, they produce around 200 watches each year.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab18.jpg http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab14.jpg They even cut the hairspring too.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab15.jpg http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab17.jpg http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab13.jpg http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab16.jpg http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab11.jpg And finally I'm ready to show what I've got, a Habring² Felix and here is the models to choose on.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab1.jpg All those pics you have seen until now belongs to Habring² and a huge thanks to you that allow me to use them.Now it's time for me to bring out the camera bacause it is unboxing time. It comes wrapped in plain white paper.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab20.jpg That contains a wooden box.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab21.jpg The first I find is a nice notebook.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab22.jpg And below the book there it is.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab23.jpg When I lift up the first wooden section did I find some spareparts like hands, crown, gaskets and springbars.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab24.jpg The logo at the dial is nice and clear.
http://www.watchwallpapers.com/hab33.jpg 