Introducing the Habring² Doppel 38

Best known for their solid and sound approach to movement engineering, Habring² has developed a variety of clever complications over the years that are built into its proprietary base caliber A11R, but the Doppel Chronograph remains its most outstanding, being the most striking attempt at making one of the most notoriously complex complications simultaneously more robust and less costly. With the Doppel 38, the brand now offers its signature rattrapante chronograph in a far more compact case, measuring 38.5mm wide (versus 42mm before) and just 11.5mm high, excluding crystal. Notably, the bezel extends slightly from the case band with a diameter of 41mm, giving the watch an authoritative presence despite its modest base diameter.

Priced at €9,250, the Doppel 38 is available in four iterations in steel, including a handsome salmon dial and an unusually frisky panda dial with beige luminous hands and numerals along with a pair of red and blue rattrapante hands. The flanks of the case are brushed while the top surfaces of the bezel and lugs are polished. It retains the bullhead pusher layout, with the split button at 10 o’clock used to split the chronograph hands and the button at two o’clock used to start, stop and reset the chronograph, making it a monopusher split seconds.