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Welcome back - we missed you!

Season 2 begins with a deep dive into one of the best hidden stories in independent watchmaking.

Before Habring² existed, Richard Habring was already changing modern watchmaking from behind the scenes. As a young engineer at IWC Schaffhausen under legendary industry figure Günter Blümlein, he solved one of horology’s hardest problems: making the split-seconds chronograph affordable for ordinary enthusiasts.

His name wasn’t on the dial.

Then he and Maria Habring made a decision that changed everything. They walked away from the safe, prestigious, invisible path and founded Habring² in a small Austrian town few collectors had ever heard of — building watches slowly, honestly, and entirely on their own terms.

This episode explores:

• ​Richard Habring’s revolutionary affordable rattrapante mechanism
• ​The 20-year wait to legally use his own invention again
• ​The emotional magic of the deadbeat seconds “Erwin”
• ​Austria’s first series-produced manufacture movement, the A11
• ​Why Habring² may be the most quietly authentic independent watchmaker working today
• ​And why the little superscript “²” matters far more than you think

This isn’t just a story about watches. It’s a story about partnership, obscurity, craftsmanship, patience, and what happens when two people decide to put their own name on the line.

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