Habring² Part 1: Richard Habring & The Josef - 20 Years of Quiet, Stubborn Independence

Disclaimer: this video/review was not sponsored by Habring, Infinity Watches CZ or any other entity. A huge thank you to Bhanu Chopra at Infinity Watches for introducing me to Habring and this Josef! If you’ve been collecting watches for long enough, you eventually run into a strange truth: some of the most influential watchmakers in modern horology are almost invisible to the wider audience. Their ideas get absorbed into the industry, their inventions get normalized, their problem-solving becomes part of the background... their names don’t trend, and their brands don’t get treated like the “hot” independents. Richard Habring is one such example of that phenomenon, but there are others too, like Andreas Strehler, Jean-François Mojon, just to name a few. Habring² is the kind of brand that, once you understand it properly, makes you wonder why it isn’t discussed in the same breath as a lot of louder independents. #habring #watchreview