Ornatus-Mundi introduces the Habring² Erwin, the latest creation from Maria Kristina and Richard Habring, building upon the success of their award-winning Felix. This article highlights the technical advancements in the Erwin's jumping seconds complication and its refined aesthetic. It offers a detailed look at how Habring² continues to innovate while maintaining their distinctive design philosophy.
Maria Kristina and
Richard Habring proundly announce the arrivial of their youngest child: welcome
Erwin (right), the brother of
Felix (left), their first completely in-house and also Austria's first autochthonous wristwatch, awarded with the
‘Petit Aiguille’ at the
GPHG 2015:
With the Erwin, Habring2 adds a revised and more elaborate advanced verison of their highly appreciated
jumping second complication to their base movement Cal.
A11B, now called
Cal. A11S. The jumping second mechanism has been revised such that it is still modular, but mich flatter - with the consequence that the movement, now 5.7 instead of 4.2mm thick, still fits nicely into the original 38.5mm case of the Felix with just a slight increase in thickness - by 2mm, to 9 altogether.
The new
silver dial with a discreet brushed metal finish and completely smooth, red
gold plated hour bars and digits is made using the covering technique applied
to classic examples from the 1950s. The matching red gold plated hands lend the
two twins even more distinguished noblesse – especially in comparison to the
more reserved dial/hand variants that remain available.
While the known minimalist design of the first dial (straight hands, finely grained face; left) is still available, and since the case is still exactly the same, Habring2 decided to offer the Felix also with the new vintage-inspired dial, offering the customer a wider choice - an excellent decision if I may add:
Further, both watches can now be ordered with a
stainless steel folding buckle.
I really can't wait to see it in the metal, this is a wonderfully tasteful watch with lots of charme. the new dial is superb, I love particularly the hands (take a close loook at the eye of the hands!). The fact that the additional complicatio nof the jumping seconds could be integrated such that the case could be retained speaks volume on the watchmaking ability of the couple from Carinthia (or, if you prefer, their foresight when determining the specs of the case).
Congratulations Maria Kristina and Richard!
Best,
Magnus
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Technical Details Erwin (Felix):
Habring² A11S movement (A11B):
- Diameter: 30
m
- height: 5.7 mm (4.2 mm)
-
Centre-mounted
hour hand, minute hand and jumping second hand
(small second hand at 9 o'clock)
- 28,800 half
oscillations per hour (4Hz)
- Hand-wound
movement with 48 hours of power reserve
- Fine adjustment
via tangential screw
- Amagnetic
escapement with a Carl Haas balance spring in chronometer quality
-
KIF
shockproof pursuant to DIN and NIHS
21 rubies
- Elaborately refined by hand with polished edges,
decorative grinding, perlage, etc.
- 65 (5) service-relevant individual parts (99 parts
in total)
Case:
- Stainless steel, three-part, 38.5 mm in diameter, 9.0 mm (7mm) in height
- Watertight to the depth equivalent of 30 metres
- Spherical sapphire lens
- Double-sealed crown, sapphire base
- Consecutive serial number engraved between the lugs at 6 o'clock
Dial/hands:
- Silver-white granular metal dial with black print or silver-white
calendered metal dial with red gold plated hour bars/digits and black print
-
Polished, black oxidised steel hands in thread form or polished red gold
plated hands
Price: € 5,450 (€ 4,450)
