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My first tide complication watch - the Habring2 Aurora ⏱️🌊🇦🇹
Just in time for Christmas came my first NWA since April last year, the Habring2 Aurora. Like its predecessor, the Endurance, it is a collaboration with cronotempVs and is themed around Shackleton’s extreme polar expeditions. Both watches have been produced in a series of 33 pieces (each).
What is different is that instead of a power reserve and a lumed day / night indicator (important for polar regions, where a look into the skies is not always a sure bet) you get a tide complication and a moonphase instead. The seconds subdial at 9 o’clock and the top seconds complication is a common element, as is the hour and minute hand design, and the fonts used.
The case is robust and the watch has a sufficient magnetic protection to work in the more extreme latitudes closer to the poles. And while deep diving is not on the cards, swimming with penguins is definitely feasible 🐧
The time and the tide complication are set via the crown, while the moonphase is set via a pusher at 4 o’clock. The three part case has a highly polished bezel and lug tops, and brushed sides. And suitably for a tool watch the case back is solid.
A comparison shot with the Endurance shows the family resemblance and the differences reasonably well. It’s a good evolution on the theme offering sufficient differentiation to make both appealing in their own right. And if you want your watch to help you anticipate the tides, this is one of the very few mechanical options available on the market 🌊
Quite happy with this addition, making it the sixth Habring2 in our household (possibly not quite the last 😂).
Any other Aurora owners out there?
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My first tide complication watch - the Habring2 Aurora ⏱️🌊🇦🇹
Just in time for Christmas came my first NWA since April last year, the Habring2 Aurora. Like its predecessor, the Endurance, it is a collaboration with cronotempVs and is themed around Shackleton’s extreme polar expeditions. Both watches have been produc...
Congratulations, this is great looking Habring2 👍🥂
And one that I was not aware of !! But anyhow, you can't go wrong with any Habring2 watch !!! Best, Gerard
Huge congratulations on this 6th Habring2!
The grey and grey-blue color scheme is really very nice and the tide complication is such an original one (and useful when by the sea). I also like the design of the tide hand and the overall look on your wrist is just great! That's a wonderful Christmas ...
Thanks so much for the kind words 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
How much I will really benefit from the complication in real life remains to be seen but it is an unusual one for sure 😁
The simple fact of having such a complication is a joy,
even if one doesn't live by the sea!
Quite a challenge! “Don’t have photos for every topic like you…”
Swimming with penguins … From my photo library: ...
That’s a lot more than I can muster 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Although I did attempt to take penguins to the North Pole for a marketing shoot some years ago but was told they would probably freeze to death and that they do not appreciate being dressed up in branded vests to keep them warm 🤷🏻♂️😂 One lives and learns...
Yes, penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere, not Arctic / North Pole
I think they get dizzy and fall over when you spin them in the opposite direction "up north" (obviously guessing) but they seem quite happy to be living a few miles from me at Sea World AND the San Diego Zoo, where they are fed regularly and don't have to...
I have heard from a reliable source…
That Royal Navy sailors based on the Falklands used to pull unsuspecting land lubbers’ legs by claiming they flew with a helicopter over the penguins, who were following the flight path until they toppled over, at which point they could be picked up easil...
I was told mine was the last 🤷🏻♂️
But then again it didn’t have customs to clear… You are in for a treat 😁👍🏻👏🏻 And hopefully in time to make it under the tree 🤞🏻
Congratulations, a very cool watch with cool and uncommon features ! 😀👍
I'm sure you'll have fun with it !
So far so fun 👌🏻👍🏻
Need to keep it wound at least until I figure how a moon phase is set 😂😉👍🏻 Thanks a lot 🙏🏻
Nice and special addition! Congrats! Wish you much fun and joy in wearing it! 👌🏻🍀🤩
Regarding the interesting complication: how is it set / read / used?
Glad you like it 👍🏻🙏🏻
The moon phase is set by a pusher at 4 o’clock. The tide is set via the crown and read centrally - the paddle shaped hand indicates it, with the top (12 o’clock) position being high tide and low tide at 6.
You’re right 👍🏻
You need a dedicated table per location but then close locations would not differ markedly. Nowadays that’s also a click of a button away online to find it and setting it is easy. I guess if you were at sea you would on occasion update it. And if you are ...
Absolutely with you on all points 😊👍🏻👏🏻
A bit of fresh take on the complication (often subdials were used before) and a practical one in certain setting, too 😊👍🏻
Just discovering this watch now...
Very cool, huge congratulations, and as someone that is a tide-sensitive sailor (grounded 3x this summer?), I am very impressed by how thoughtfully this watch was designed/engineered. I am quite envious of the 33 owners, and will keep a lookout if any com...
A Habring A11 base…
With the requisite complications added on 😊👍🏻 Not many tide complication watches out there these days, so the choice is limited (Heuer doing one of the others). Will keep fingers crossed for you 😊🤞🏻