Skip to content
Habring Montre de Souscription 1 Monochrome Monopusher, 2021 — view 1 of 6
View 1 of 6 · Image: S.Song Watches · original image source (opens another website in a new tab)

Wristwatches · Wristwatch

Habring Montre de Souscription 1 Monochrome Monopusher, 2021

DocumentedDocumented from a dealer's listing; attribution and date as stated by the dealer.
Maker / attribution
Habring² (maker)
Date
2021
Country of origin
Austria
Object type
Wristwatch
Dimensions
Case 38.5 mm
Stock no.
Product 6680962793559
Credit line
Dealer listing, S.Song Watches (product 6680962793559)
Catalogue title (original)
Habring Montre de Souscription 1 Monochrome Monopusher (English)

View the source record (dealer listing) ↗ (opens another website in a new tab)Suggest a correction

Record summary

Catalogued by S.Song Watches (dealer), Seattle (stock number Product 6680962793559), this is a wristwatch by Habring², made in Austria, dated 2021. The Atlas places it in the Contemporary Horology period (2010 – Present) of its Wristwatches collection. Recorded dimensions: Case 38.5 mm. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.

Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.

Catalogue description

Dealer description — S.Song Watches

The world of horology is undoubtedly filled with its fair share of independent watchmakers and watch publications, but what happens when two of the best come together to launch a watch? This happens, the Habring Monochrome Montre de Souscription 1 Monopusher. Launched in 2021 as Monochrome's first collaboration watch, the Montre de Souscription 1 is a stunning, vintage-inspired watch. With a gorgeous two-textured salmon pink dial, the Montre de Souscription clearly draws inspiration from the chronographs of the 1940s with its classic two subdial layout, subtle mixing of surface finishes, and pieces of heritage like a railroad-style minute track and a telemeter scale. Beyond its dial, the Montre de Souscription's construction is also somewhat unique given the position of its single chronograph pusher, hence "monopusher," at 2 o'clock. Combined with its entirely brushed 38.5mm stainless steel case, this Montre de Souscription's construction is easy on the eye and reminiscent of watches of old. Acting as its final link to horology's past, the Montre de Souscription Is powered by the manual-wind cal. A11C-H1 movement, which sits proudly behind a sapphire crystal exhibition caseback. This movement is the result of Habring's work modifying and improving the legendary workhorse Valjoux cal. 7750 ébauche and converting it into a mono-pusher.

Historical context

Contemporary Horology (2010 – Present)

Silicon components, connected watches, optical-lattice research clocks and a thriving independent scene.

Smartwatches became the world's best-selling watches, while mechanical watchmaking focuses on craft, innovation (silicon components, new escapements) and independent makers.

Read the period in the timelineMore wristwatches from this periodEarlier: Mechanical Renaissance

Atlas type guide

Wristwatches

Bracelet watches were worn by women from the early nineteenth century — Breguet made one for Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, in 1810–12 — but the wristwatch only became a man's instrument with military use and aviation in the early twentieth century. Between the World Wars it overtook the pocket watch; the 1920s and 1930s brought rectangular Art Deco cases, water-resistant cases and the first automatic winding systems.

After 1945 the wristwatch became a carrier of identity — dress watches, sports and dive watches, chronographs, calendars — produced by Swiss, American, Japanese, German, Soviet and Chinese industries. The quartz revolution after 1969 and the mechanical renaissance since the 1990s, including the rise of independent watchmakers, complete the story.

What to look for

  • The reference number (between the lugs or inside the case back) and serial number, the starting point for dating.
  • The calibre: its maker and number are often stamped under the dial or on the bridge.
  • Originality of dial, hands and crown — refinished ('redial') dials are common.
  • Case material marks: 18K/750, 14K/585, stainless steel, gold-filled, plated.

Dating clues

  • Wire-lug cases: before c. 1925.
  • Water-resistant screw-down cases: from 1926.
  • Quartz movements: from 1969; sapphire crystals widespread after c. 1980.

General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.

Read next:Detached lever escapementIdentification Centre

Related records