* Following on from Habring2's first Foudroyante Date model released back in 2010 comes the Foudroyante-Felix Date, housing the company's fully fledged in-house A11MFD manually wound movement, offering a dead beat 'ticking' centre second, flashing 1/8 second sub-dial and pointer date displayed around the periphery of the dial with blued pointer hand. The slimmer and sleeker case measures 38.5mm in diameter at the barrel with 41mm bezel lip (12mm thickness) and features an attractive, frosted silver dial with black print, rose gold hands with flashing 1/8 second hand and pointer hand in a beautiful heated blue.
* The obvious stand out feature for Foudroyante-Felix Date is the rotation of the mesmerising sub-dial hand, which flashes at 1/8 second intervals, combined with the dead beat centre second hand, creating that unusual 'tick' movement as opposed to the usual 'sweep' of a standard mechanical watch. This is a watch which must be seen in full flow to truly appreciate!
Movement: Manual Wind with Dead Beat Seconds, 1/8 Flashing Second and Pointer Date
Case Dimensions: 38mm/41mm x 12mm x 46mm, Stainless Steel
Dial: Frosted Silver with Black Print and Rose Gold and Blued Hands
Glass: Sapphire Crystal Front and Back
Strap: 20mm, Leather on Pin Buckle
Water Resistance: 5 ATM
Reference: A11MFD
Habring² can quite possibly lay claim to being the smallest watch manufacturer in the world, certainly the only watch manufacturer in Austria!
Maria and Richard Habring, who are the driving force behind Habring² founded the company in 1997 Volkermarkt, Austria in a fourth and fifth floor studio surrounded by lakes and mountains and proceeded to develop and produce a range of fine mechanical watches for which Austria was once so famous back in the 19th century.
Habring² produce a range of technically inventive mechanical watches such as tourbillons, the previously world exclusive and now much copied jumping second and a range of chronographs, which all share a classic, timeless design and are characterised by reliability and suitability for everyday wear.
Richard Habring, who’s career started as a watchmaker under his mentor Günter Blümlein at IWC played a major role in the development of the double chronograph and is now, with his wife Maria reconnecting with the great Austrian history of watchmaking by producing their own range of excellent mechanical wristwatches.