PRIMUS Desert Pilot – for the modern adventurer The
The models featured in the Primus collection offer a contemporary take on the legendary chronographs produced by Hanhart. In 2012, the Swiss-German watch brand is launching the Primus Desert Pilot pilot’s chronograph, which sports a trendy outdoor look with a sand-blasted case and a sand-colored dial and fabric strap.
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| Courtesy of Hanhart |
The Swiss-German watch
brand Hanhart, which is celebrating its 130th
anniversary in 2012, is known for its
precision-perfect and absolutely reliable instrument watches designed for use
in the air, on the land and on the sea. The pilot’s chronographs it started
producing in its manufactory in the southern German town of Gütenbach back in
1939 were instrumental in shaping the iconic design of this type of timepiece.
Hanhart has produced a contemporary version of these legendary chronographs in
the form of the Primus Pilot, which cleverly combines historical details with
progressive design.
The perfect outdoor look
Inspired by the
desire for freedom and adventure, Hanhart is now introducing the Primus Desert
Pilot, a watch with a cool outdoor look that highlights the independence of the
wearer. Its solid stainless steel case with flexible lugs has a matt
sand-blasted finish, giving it a technical and sporty appearance. Another new
feature is the sand-colored dial, which presents a striking contrast to the large
Arabic numeral 12, clearly readable index marks and distinctive hands – all of
which are finished with a black Super-LumiNova® coating. It is
encased by a convex, internally anti-reflective sapphire glass, while a
screwed-down sapphire glass case back allows the wearer to see the fascinating
interplay of the movement and the rotor. The Primus Desert Pilot is finished
off with a coarsely woven fabric strap – also sand-colored – along with a
practical, easily adjustable folding clasp made from sand-blasted stainless
steel with an inlaid red marking.
Committed to tradition
However, like all the
models in the Primus collection, the Desert Pilot also bears the recognizable
hallmarks which hark back to Hanhart’s watch manufacturing tradition: one of
the brand’s distinctive features, the red reset button, underlines the
relationship between Hanhart’s first pilot’s chronographs, its mechanical
stopwatches and the current collection. It has been a distinguishing
characteristic of Hanhart watches since 1939 and was previously intended to
prevent pilots from unintentionally resetting the stop time. For the models
featured in the Primus collection it has been finished with anodized aluminum.
The thin, distinctive fluted bezel with inlaid red marking is also reminiscent
of the design of the legendary chronographs from Gütenbach.
Top functionality, ease of use and maximum
readability
In order to ensure
safety and ease of use for the measurement of time intervals or for air and
water navigation, or when using a stopwatch to measure interval times and end
times or distances on dry land, the first priority was to ensure maximum
functionality, ease of use and outstanding reading precision. There was no need
for unnecessary gimmicks or design features on the case and dial, and Hanhart
continues, as always, to stand by this maxim. To ensure an accurate
time display and
precision chronometry, the models in the Primus collection are equipped with an
automatic calibre modified to a bicompax display, featuring a rotor with a
skeletonized Hanhart logo. This allows the small seconds to be clearly
positioned at 9 o’clock and the 30-minute counter to be arranged at 3 o’clock –
a configuration which Hanhart has customarily used from the very beginning.
Perfect readability is guaranteed not least by the clear design of the
dial and the black
Super-LumiNova® coated hands.
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| Courtesy of Hanhart |
Movement: HAN3809 modified automatic chronograph
movement (bicompax), based on the Valjoux 7750
calibre; 28,800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz; 28 jewels; rotor with a skeletonized
Hanhart logo; power reserve of min. 42 hours
Functions: Small seconds at 9 o’clock, 30-minute counter
at 3 o’clock, date display at 6 o’clock
Case: Sand-blasted stainless steel; anodised
aluminium red reset button; fluted bezel with inlaid red
marking; convex, internally anti-reflective sapphire glass; screwed-down, internally
anti-reflective sapphire glass case back; large screw-in crown; flexible lugs;
diameter 44 mm, height 15 mm; water-resistant to 10 bar/100 m
Dial: Sand-colored; with black Super-LumiNova®-coated,
luminous Arabic numeral, index marks and
hands
Strap: Fabric strap; folding clasp with inlaid red
marking (anodised aluminum) made from sand-blasted
stainless steel
Labels: Hanhart, Primus Desert Pilot, Valjoux
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