SJX[Purist]
8540
From one Habring owner to another
Wear it in the best of health.
- SJX
*Applause!!!*
By: dxboon : June 24th, 2011-07:09
Congrats! Gorgeous piece, and I like how you chose the engraved balance cock. Also, the starkly contrasting dial is fantastic. Well done! Aren't Maria and Richard great to work with? They are just the nicest (and most patient) people. I'm so happy for you...
Thank YOU Daos!!
By: sidneyc : June 24th, 2011-16:18
Thank YOU for being such a friendly and supporting moderator for us! We really appreciate and treasure your (and all the rest of the teams) unconditional dedication here! It is my privilege and honour ( Aussie/British spelling ) to be part of this communi...
I second the roll call! :)
By: sidneyc : June 24th, 2011-15:38
Thanks Daniel! It was hugely enjoyable following the progress of your Habring2 too! And the end result of your watch is just stunning! I'm sure every time you see that gorgeous open dial, it'll bring a big smile to your face! I agree their finishing is ve...
You are right Darren!
By: sidneyc : June 24th, 2011-15:44
From all the Habring2 reveals here, it really shows the depth of talent of Maria and Richard, and the flexibility of their atelier to customise watches in however many ways! The amazing thing is that even after very different customisations, the strong Ha...
Fantastic
By: SethRL : June 24th, 2011-17:18
I love the open top plate and I admit I'm a sucker for the Habrings' white lacquer dials. There is a cleaness and artful simplicity to them that works so well -- and, as you will find out, attract attention. I happened to be wearing my white face COS toni...
Well worth the wait
By: RJW : June 24th, 2011-17:47
Congratulations. The period between photos of the ready dial and the arrival of the watch is very exciting. Vorsicht glas and that suspension packaging - I remember it well. I found that suspension packaging rather fascinating. I kept it for a week or two...
What a great way...
By: pplater : June 24th, 2011-19:41
...to start the AHCI page on a Saturday morning! Lovely to see your new watch, Sidney, and all the thought that has gone into it. From here on in, can you ever see yourself getting off the Independent train? 'Good on you, sport'! Cheers, pplater.
The Independent train....
By: sidneyc : June 24th, 2011-20:29
... once I got on it, I discovered it's actually a SHOWBOAT!!! No way am I going to get off it now Thanks pplater! Thank you also for the valuable advice you've given me before, I still remember, for the FP Journe (and Lange)! So you know what, you helped...
Great 1000th post!
By: Gary G : June 24th, 2011-22:33
Congratulations on this milestone and on a gorgeous watch! As you say, very classy indeed -- at some point I would love to see more photos of the blued hands against the lacquer background. Hope you continue to enjoy for a long time! Best, Gary G
Definitely Gary!
By: sidneyc : June 25th, 2011-00:07
This will become my daily wearer now, the Habring2 are built robustly for that and so I'll have no excuse not to share more photos here! Today's my first full day wearing the watch and my wife have already complained once that my attention is always on th...
More info from Habrings...
By: sidneyc : June 25th, 2011-04:42
ingmar made an interesting point in regards to the blued hands, whether they're heated or chemically treated. I've been informed by Maria and Richard that "the hands are of course thermally blued, by the boss herself" Here's a couple of photos of the boss...
Fab new Habring2
By: ztirual : June 25th, 2011-12:43
Interesting that you opted for the manually wound movement. I now understand why... I love the back with its ingenious little window revieling the dead second mechanism and the dial side with its black hands and markers as well as the nicely complementing...
That's the beauty of it!
By: sidneyc : June 26th, 2011-18:25
Yes, very good confidentiality keeping! And the good thing also is that despite similarities between different orders, all of them are still fairly unique pieces! They have different complications, case sizes, dial combinations and strap combinations to m...