Habring² and SJX unveil the Chrono Felix Perpetual Star at $28,500

Habring² and SJX have unveiled the Chrono Felix Perpetual "Star," the final watch in a planned trilogy that began with the Erwin "Star" and continued through the Chrono-Felix "Medicus." The new piece combines the Austrian independent's monopusher chronograph with a perpetual calendar module.

Thirty pieces will be made, sold exclusively through SJX at $28,500 before taxes. A 40% down payment secures an order, with deliveries landing in January and February 2027 in the sequence the orders were placed. The Singapore-based magazine founded by journalist Su Jiaxian designed the watch.

This is the third collaboration between the two, and SJX has reached back to the look of its first release. The Erwin "Star" supplied the stellar motif; the Medicus donated the monopusher format. Now the whole package is built on Habring²'s QP chronograph base.

What the dial carries

The dial is glossy black lacquer with gold-plated accents on nearly every element. Markers, hands, tracks and even the moonphase disc are finished in gold, with a frosted moon face. The sub-dials are slightly recessed, matte with a concentric snailed finish for contrast and depth.

Its signature is eight applied gold stars used as hour markers, a direct nod to the vintage Rolex ref. 6088 Galaxy and its Stelline dials. The layout is dense: moonphase and a 30-minute chronograph counter at twelve, date at nine, day of the week at three, and month with leap year at six.

Central leaf-shaped hands run the hours and minutes, with chronograph seconds in the centre. Every calendar indication is printed in gold to match, and the watch carries no lume. It is a look that leans on vintage appeal rather than tool-watch legibility.

The movement inside

Driving it is the Habring² A11CP, a combination of the maker's A11 chronograph base and a perpetual calendar module from Dubois-Depraz. That module was customized to accept the monopusher configuration and to cut the number of separate calendar correctors; the crown handles the day of the week.

The A11 base is a substantial evolution of the Valjoux 7750, with most components upgraded and produced in-house or by independent suppliers. The goal was robustness and easy servicing, with mechanical and visual quality above the Valjoux it descended from.

The movement is manually wound, runs at 4Hz, which is 28,800 vph, and delivers 48 hours of power reserve. Its steel chronograph levers are finished by Pöhlmann-Bresan, an independent German watchmaker, with straight graining on top and polishing on the bevels. A display caseback shows the work.

The case is stainless steel at 38.5mm by 13mm, mixing brushed and polished surfaces. A triple-stepped bezel masks much of the height the calendar module adds and houses the recessed pushers that adjust the calendar indications. Water resistance is 30 metres, and the watch is not chronometer certified.

The recessed pushers are a compromise of working with a module, but the stepped bezel hides the arrangement cleanly. The watch comes on a patinated brown calfskin strap with a star-decorated pin buckle. Each piece is individually numbered, though one photographed caseback reads 20.

The price looks reasonable against the complications. Habring² first showed a QP chronograph in 2022, and demand was reportedly so heavy the brand declined to share a press release. That early model cost less, but the current figure remains one of the more affordable routes to this combination.

The trilogy's opening chapter set the pattern: a recognizable base model, a personal design touch from the SJX team, and a run measured in the dozens. The Medicus that followed, released earlier this year in two variations, was described as an overwhelming success.

The gold-on-black treatment is anything but subtle, but for collectors drawn to vintage Galaxy dials it is likely to land well. Orders go through watchesbysjx.com, with the down payment and the delivery window both confirmed in the announcement.

The gold moonphase disc is perhaps the boldest break from convention: where that disc is conventionally dark blue, here it is plated gold to match the star indices. It is a small change that ties the entire dial together.

Deliveries begin in January 2027. The trilogy now runs its full course, closing with the most complicated reference in the line.