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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Völkermarkt, Austria · born 1964

Richard Habring

Partially verified

Independent watchmaking

Life & work

Co-founder of Habring²; developer of the Doppelchronograph (split-seconds).

Training, contributions & innovations

  • Simplified the split-seconds chronograph mechanism

Inventions & patents

  • Patents for chronograph modules

Signatures & markings on surviving work

  • Habring²

Collecting significance

Authenticity depends on signatures and movement quality. For 19th-century makers, serial numbers often allow for precise dating. For modern independents, documentation from the maker is key.

Related photographs

Large wristwatch column wheel chronograph with "Rattrapante" split ...
Large wristwatch column wheel chronograph with "Rattrapante" split ... — Invaluable auction archive, Auction archive photograph, rights review pending. Invaluable sold-lot record
Large Breitling Pocket Watch with Split-Seconds ...
Large Breitling Pocket Watch with Split-Seconds ... — Invaluable auction archive, Auction archive photograph, rights review pending. Invaluable sold-lot record

No confidently matched photograph of this subject has been found yet. These photographs show a closely related record, and are not examples of the type described on this page.

Sources & references

  1. Britten, F. J., Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers
  2. Loomes, B., The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain
  3. Ehrhardt, R., American Pocket Watch Identification and Price Guide
  4. Museum catalogue records

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.