Independents

First Magnus let me try his (Dead Seconds) at the infamous Vienna GTG and I was smitten by the combination of simplicity, elegance and a cool complication

Staying with the case and complication, I have seen a combination of the dead seconds and foudroyante at Vienna Time, which was simply spectacular. Definitely a watch to confuse novices, who could well mistake it for a quartz with an iffy battery  

The beauty of Habring is the modularity of most models, where you can add or change complications in a watch, as you see fit (within reason, and not for the Erwin and Felix lines). So you can have a hand wound or an automatic, can retroactively add or subtract dates, small seconds, etc. It certainly binds one to the brand, I guess. This model perhaps did not possess the stark elegance of Magnus' watch but the combination of complications is very cool and one can order it in any combination of dial colours one pleases, so I am sure that the right mix simply needs to be determined. Something tells me this could well be the winner.



I also had the opportunity to try the 38mm model, which surprisingly looked too small. I never have that feeling with the 37-38mm Grand Seikos but here it just did not look right on my wrist. Go figure. At the same time, it looked very good to my wife. A deal was struck - the journey to Carinthia will be done together and we are to get partner watches



Finally, I also managed to try the Erwin - the new, small case dead seconds model. It looks very nice but somehow neither captured the spirit of the Felix for me, nor did it fully compete with the big brother. 

In any case, it was wonderful seeing and trying on some more models of this really cool brand and while the next 'incoming' will empty the watch budget for a while, 2 Habrings (for my wife and me) are now definitely towards the top of the list of next acquisitions.

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