Swiss AP Watches Blog

It’s been a long time coming, but it is finally here. Well, almost – it will actually go on sale only next year. Just days ago, Apple finally lifted the veil off its new smart watch, which is simply called the Apple Watch. Now, and even before it was unveiled, many are calling it the […]

Habring2, the watch brand founded by the man behind the movement used in the IWC Doppelchronograph, has announced a very limited run of their Doppel 3 split-second monopusher chronograph. Made especially for the French language watch forum Horlogerie-Suisse, this limited edition run is comprised of just five pieces and bears a distinct dial design that […]

Austria-based Habring2 had a lot to celebrate in 2014. For one, this year marks the tenth anniversary of this little watch manufacture that was established by Maria and Richard Habring and, more importantly, the brand has debuted its first fully in-house designed movement and the first watch that comes equipped with it: the Habring2 Felix. We were among […]

I don’t know why it took me until now to cover Habring² here on aBlogtoRead.com. You’ve heard about German watch makers, but what about Austrian ones? Well now you have. These guys are pretty cool – and certainly unique. Imagine if Sinn and Tutima had a cousin across the border. Similar but different, that German […]

My time with Richard Habring has shown me that he is a man on a mission. An independent watchmaker and namesake behind the company Habring2, he stands alone among his peers as the only one making and selling watches for what in this industry is a low price. In-house movements in fine watches from as little […]

Independent watchmaking is often regarded as something that is out of the reach for most watch lovers, but for those willing to do more extensive research, there are some more interesting alternatives out there. One of them is Habring2. For the past decade, the brand has been committed to bringing innovative independent watchmaking to a more […]

Like an Oscar-winning indie film, there’s a stubborn, understated brilliance to Habring2 – an Austrian-based independent manufactory whose desire to break its reliance on ETA-based movements has already yielded not one, but two Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève winners. And if past successes are any indication, there’s a third podium contender with the Habring2 Erwin watch […]