Hanhart

Hanhart Pioneer Collection MonoControl Watch

Watch brands use any number of terms to specific that they intend their watches to be retro homages. You see terms like "classic." or "vintage," or "original." For this "old watch inspired" collection Hanhart uses a more creative name with the "Pioneer Collection." Now that sounds friendly enough, right? The 2011 Hanhart Pioneer Collection will have three timepieces, my favorite being this MonoControl watch. The name refers to the fact that it has a mono-pusher chronograph - that uses a single pusher to cycle through the start, stop, and reset functions.

Other models in the Pioneer collection include two similarly designed (without the rotating coined edge bezel) bi-compax chronograph watches with two chronograph pushers (called the Pioneer TwinControl and TwinDicator). The MonoControl has a base Swiss ETA Valjoux 7750 movement that Hanhart themselves modifies for the layout and mono-pusher system. The steel case is 42mm wide with a rotating bezel and silver or black colored dial with SuperLumiNova on the hands and Arabic hour numerals. I love the vintage pilot watch theme. At first glance this watch could easily be a Tutima. Though that little red cap on the chronograph pusher tells you it is a Hanhart. Look for it soon.

Ariel Adams publishes the wrist watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

Tags: Hanhart, momocontrol, pioneer, watch, watches

Hanhart Primus Chronograph Pilot & Racer Watches

by Ariel Adams (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Timepieces / Watches

Hanhart Primus Chronograph Pilot & Racer Watches

Hanhart is a brand you'll hopefully be hearing more about soon. The Austrian (I believe) sports watch brand has evolved into something quite nice over the last few years and might finally get the attention it deserve in the US under new North American oversight by the man who made Chronoswiss popular in the States. One of Hanhart's newer models is this Primus Choronograph watch. I wonder if the rock band Primus has anything to say about this? Maybe Hanhart just gave them all watches.

The Primus Chronograph comes essentially in two forms - one with and one without a rotating diver's bezel. The models with the bezel are referred to as the Primus Chronograph Divers, while the bezel-less version are the Pilots or Racers. The watches are 44mm wide in steel cases that have been aDLC coated black. The aDLC coating is very hard and scratch resistant. Note the red chronograph start/stop pusher. The dials on both models are a bit different and come in orange or steel/white. My top pick is the Diver. It has a neat looking striped rubber strap and easy to read dial. The Primus Chronograph watches use modified Swiss Valjoux 7750 automatic chronograph movements Look for these nice lookers soon.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

Tags: chronograph, diver, Hanhart, pilot, primus, racer, watch