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Thats cool. Shame it's too big is it a one off though now? Must post it one Friday sounds like it'll stand out in a crowd of BB 58's
EDIT: just read this and they do sound like nice genuine people. I only knew a couple of watches he'd designed for IWC and that he'd gone out on his own but knew no more than that about him. https://quillandpad.com/2021/05/01/richard-habrings-personal-iwc-portugieser-split-seconds-chronograph-prototype/
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Re - Habring. Quite a few years ago I came across Richard Habring in another walk of life. When he left IWC and set up with his wife I bought a very early Time Only from them, they said I could choose a serial number from 1-12 so I chose 8, as I had just returned from HK where 8 is lucky. It was 42mm, too big for me, but that what was he made then. I then got a much smaller "time date" which I wear a lot. I asked them if they could do anything a bit wacky with the other one, and Maria said send it in we'll see. They then semi-skeletonised it. It is great. But still too big. They are nice, genuine people.