If you don’t know Habring, you’re doing yourself a disservice.

The brand, founded in 2004 by the husband-and-wife team of Richard and Maria Kristina Habring, has been building some of the finest contemporary timepieces of the past 20 years. Richard, who was previously a technical developer with IWC and A. Lange & Söhne, develops with his wife everything from gorgeous time-only pieces to stunningly complicated chronographs, several of which use in-house calibers. 

In 2018, Habring partnered with Massena LAB — founded by watch industry veteran William Massena — on a wildly cool aluminum-bronze timepiece called the Erwin LAB01 based on vintage designs from the 1930s. Well sized, handsome and limited to just 50 pieces, it sold out quickly, and it’s easy to see why. Thankfully, we have a great example available here!

This particular Erwin LAB01 features a 38.5mm aluminum-bronze case, a sapphire crystal, an unsigned crown, a polished bezel, and a beautiful, black sector dial with gold-plated Arabic numerals and a matching feuille handset. Powered by the in-house, hand-wound Habring A11MS movement, it features “dead beat” seconds, meaning that the seconds hand is made to jump in one-second intervals like that of a quartz watch. This allows for ultra-precise timekeeping, despite the presence of a mechanical movement. Paired to a signed, honey-colored leather strap with a bronze pin buckle, the watch is in excellent condition and includes much of its ephemera — including an additional crown and handset!

Don’t pass up this opportunity to own a highly limited piece from one of the best names in contemporary watchmaking.

Jump on this one now!