Independents

I went to the Christies auction preview in HK this past Saturday and there were many exciting watches.  Topic of this post, however, is restricted to a Habring with jumpilng seconds hand.

I liked the watch from seeing pictures and liked it even more in person, with one exception. The case is quite thick. Thick enough to take it out of my head as a potential watch to own.

Does the jumping second mechanism require additional width? Is the base caliber thick.

Still like the look of the dial and the jumping second and still a fan of Habring.  Just confused by the proportions of this case.

Any thoughts?

Jeff

My Habring² jump seconds contains their caliber A07M.  It's a manual-wind movement based on the ETA "Valgranges" that's been modified by Richard Habring to include his in-house developed jump seconds device.  The Valgranges is a large 16 1/2 lignes movement, which works well as a base for this 42mm watch IMO.  I think the watch is great, and I love that it's sporty, yet has an elegant dial.  I prize the robust construction of the movement and case.  On my wrist, the watch wears comfortably.

For your amusement, here's a post I wrote up about my own jumping seconds -- click here.  It includes some video of my watch in action.  The watch is substantial, but works for me.  Everyone has their own taste, of course!

Cheers,

Daos

Yes, I sure did.  How are your photo experiments coming along?

Cheers,

Daos