Hanhart Brings Once more The 415 ES Chronograph (Incl. Video)

German watchmaking mannequin Hanhart has etched a commendable place in watchmaking historic previous for itself, primarily by the use of its glorious stopwatches and chronograph watches. Whereas most consideration goes to the 417 ES, the vintage-inspired pilot’s chronograph with its red-marked fluted bezel, purple pusher and bicompax dial format, there’s lots additional to the mannequin than merely that. Now a long-lost member of the household is added to the mannequin’s portfolio, in a comparatively reliable technique. Proper right here’s our rundown of the all-new Hanhart 415 ES Chronograph.

The mannequin’s historic previous goes once more to 1882 when Johann Adolf Hanhart based mostly his eponymous watchmaking agency. The mannequin is known for its stopwatches, which run by the use of the mannequin’s earlier and present like a thin purple line. With the 415 ES, Hanhart honours this rich heritage as quickly as additional inside the kind of a reliable revival of a chronograph from the mid-Sixties that bore the equivalent determine.

It begins with a stainless-steel case measuring 39mm in diameter and 13.50mm in prime. That makes it just a little little bit of a thick watch whole, nevertheless the transient lug-to-lug dimension of 46mm retains points in confirm on the wrist. The bidirectional rotating bezel is fitted with a scratch-proof matte black ceramic insert, and on the becoming, the knurled crown has a pair of fundamental pump-style pushers for neighbours.

Shifting to the face of the 415 ES is the place points get far more pleasant. The matte black base dial is accomplished with a mix of colours: yellow for the hour markers, white for the tachymeter and sub-dial scales, and purple for the 100-unit scale. This unit scale was a wise attribute in industrial factories, for instance, and will very effectively be used to calculate and deal with productiveness. The sword-shaped hour and minute arms have a surprising golden finish and Large-LumiNova inserts. A extremely good contact is the bent recommendations for every the central minutes hand and the chronograph seconds hand, together with character and depth to the 415 ES. The ultimate contact is the return of the winged Hanhart model.

Now, on to the movement. That’s the place Hanhart is dependent upon stylish mechanics. The place the distinctive 415 ES was fitted with a manually wound Lemania movement, the re-edition comes with a recent, reliable Sellita SW510. This, too, is wound by hand, makes use of 23 jewels and beats at a frequency of 28,800vph.

The place Sellita’s SW-200 assortment movement usually fails relating to vitality reserve, topping out at 38 or 41 hours, this one gives a generous working time of in any case 58 hours! It signifies the working time by the use of the central hours and minutes, the small seconds at 9’, and elapsed time inside the 30-minute chronograph counter at 3 o’clock and central chronograph hand. A secure caseback with the winged model retains the movement safe from prying eyes and ensures the 100m water-resistance.

Hanhart locations the 415 ES Chronograph on a collection of leather-based straps, numerous in measurement and colour. We had the sunshine brown out there, nevertheless there’s moreover a black or darkish brown numerous. The watch retails for EUR 2,390, along with VAT, which looks like pretty a very good deal for a historically associated, well-executed and handsome retro-styled chronograph!

For additional data, please go to Hanhart.com.