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4 December is a very important day for Austria, thus I thought I post Habring2's newest...

the Erwin:



Further to Habring2's milestone creation, the Felix, which propelled the tiny Austrian watchmaking landscape to completely new levels in terms of in-house manufactory capabilities and regionally sourced components, the Erwin now comes with Habring2's lauded jumping seconds mechanism, which jumps more precisely than any other I know.

Next to the additional complication, Erwin also introduces a new face design which will be available for the Felix as well. Deeply routed in the 1950s aesthetics, its comes with a flat brushed dial with golden applique indices. So far so good, but really outstanding are the hands - I could marvel for hours at the delicious rounded shpae, which comes to full play around the hands' eyes:



The movement is based on Felix' Cal. A11B enhanced with a newly calculated jumping seconds complication. Its now called A11S:



With a height of 5.7mm its still very flat. The jumping seconds mechanism is fully exposed to you see it in action. Its remarkably simple, too:



Lastly, a joy to strap on and a wonderful feeling of caring for a rare watch of comprehensive consistency - at all accounts (and one still wonders how iPhone shots (wrist) come out almost as good as those with a full-frame DSLR (watch)...)!





Cheers,
Magnus

P.S.: Today Austria elects a new president (or: one more try...). The choice is between core human values and something else...

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