The Distinctive MONOCHROME x HABRING2 Salmon Doppel 38 to be Auctioned for Charity by Phillips

MONOCHROME and Austrian impartial watchmaker HABRING² are proud to announce the completion of a venture that’s expensive to our hearts. The result’s the creation of a singular, extremely collectable – and to all of the events concerned on this venture – extraordinarily engaging new watch. A singular version of the recently-introduced HABRING² Doppel 38, modified to create a follow-up to our Montre de Souscription 1, this one-of-a-kind watch shall be provided by Maria and Richard Habring and MONOCHROME, as a part of the upcoming Phillips Geneva Watch Public sale XVII, with all proceeds of the sale donated to the Save the Youngsters non-government organisation. 

The story behind the creation of this watch and the concept to public sale it for a charity is the results of a friendship between the Habring couple and the MONOCHROME staff. It began in 2021 when, to rejoice the fifteenth anniversary of our on-line journal, we requested Maria and Richard Habring to create our first collaboration timepiece: the Montre de Souscription 1. Bought by way of a subscription course of and restricted to 33 items, this MdS 1 was our personal imaginative and prescient of a traditional, retro-styled chronograph – and a watch that we created to our personal liking. This metal monopusher chronograph, with a wholly brushed case, was characterised by a beautiful salmon-coloured, two-tone sector dial, impressed by among the most wonderful watches of the Forties. Contained in the watch was Maria and Richard Habring’s personal monopusher, hand-wound chronograph motion, the calibre A11C-H1. This private tackle the Chrono-Felix bought out in minutes, undoubtedly propelled by its splendid salmon-sector dial.

The following step occurred in 2021, when HABRING² launched their newest model of the cam-operated split-seconds complication. Often known as DoppelChronograph, the A11R was a rattrapante model of the calibre A11 that HABRING² launched again in 2014. The next yr, the Austrian watchmaking couple launched the Doppel 38, a compact tackle their signature split-seconds chronograph watch, housed in a 38.5mm chrome steel case as an alternative of the same old 42mm case of the Doppel-Felix. This was when the concept of the distinctive piece took form.

The creation of this watch is all concerning the relationship between nice folks. The story is so simple as this; a cellphone name from Maria Habring, just a few weeks earlier than the official launch of the Doppel 38, saying that they had been in a position to match the in-house rattrapante motion, inside a case of the identical diameter as our Montre de Souscription 1. And understanding {that a} spare dial from the MdS 1 was nonetheless out there, the concept to create a singular model of the Doppel 38, in the identical fashion as our first collaboration watch, instantly emerged. However with one situation solely: it needed to be auctioned to profit a noble trigger. And each events agreed on the phrases, no questions requested. 

The distinctive MONOCHROME x HABRING² is the synergy between the beautiful two-tone salmon dial of the monopusher Montre de Souscription 1, with the newest rattrapante calibre A11R developed by Richard and Maria Habring and the smaller case of the Doppel 38. However this watch has extra distinctive options, together with a wholly brushed chrome steel case and a stepped bezel that differs from the traditional raised and polished bezel discovered on the common Doppel 38. Additionally, there isn’t a internal flange on this distinctive piece, leading to a watch that feels much more classic and compact. The 2-tone salmon sector dial used within the MdS1 is paired with blued metal fingers, and the watch is worn on a particular taupe-coloured Nubuck leather-based strap, with our signature light-blue leather-based lining. 

Below the sapphire case again, which is engraved with MONOCHROME x HABRING² and PIECE UNIQUE, is a formidable hand-wound motion conceived by Richard Habring and assembled in-house, utilizing self-made components or elements sourced from native suppliers. This cam-operated split-seconds motion, a rarity throughout the trade, is finely adorned with brushing, perlage and bevelling, and the components associated to the rattrapante mechanism are on full show on prime of the motion.

The distinctive MONOCHROME x HABRING² Salmon Doppel watch, to cite our accomplice Phillips in Affiliation with Bacs & Russo, who shall be accountable for auctioning the watch, “is an extremely uncommon and unrepeatable alternative to personal a singular timepiece that was by no means commercialised and whose magnificence, and appeal is certain to impress even probably the most discerning of collectors“. 

This distinctive piece shall be provided as a part of The Geneva Watch Public sale XVII, which can happen in Geneva on 13-14 Might 2023. Listed beneath Lot 30, and featured in the home’s catalogue, it carries an estimate of CHF 10,000 – 20,000 and is obtainable with no reserve. It’s delivered in mint situation, accompanied by a HABRING² certificates confirming it to be a singular piece, a further set of fingers and crown, a presentation field and outer packaging.

Most significantly, please notice that every one the proceeds from the sale of this distinctive MONOCHROME x HABRING² Salmon Doppel shall be donated by Maria and Richard Habring and MONOCHROME to the Save the Youngsters Charity. Save the Youngsters is an NGO that champions the rights and pursuits of kids worldwide and responds to main emergencies, delivers growth programmes and ensures youngsters’s voices are heard by their campaigning.

We’d wish to thank Maria and Richard Habring of HABRING² for making this complete venture a actuality, and Phillips in Affiliation with Bacs & Russo for including this distinctive piece to their public sale. And now, pleased bidding!