There is something undeniable about a blacked-out pilot?s watch. I don?t know exactly what makes the recipe work so well, but you don?t have to look far to see that it does. From that perspective, it?s no wonder that it?s a formula Hanhart, a brand well known for their pilot?s watches, would fall back on.
The Swiss-German brand?s latest model takes this recipe and runs with it, building off the existing Preventor9 from a few years ago and tweaking it to produce what is undeniably a very compelling option. The Preventor9 S ? the ?S? stands for ?schwarz,? the German word for black, not to be confused with ?Schwartz,? the mystical force from the film Spaceballs ? is about as simple a watch as you can find from Hanhart, and that?s a good thing. 
Hanhart is a brand best known for producing watches with a very specific look. They?re one of those brands you can typically spot across a room, with their distinctive fluted bezels and red pushers. The Preventor9 stood out when it was released precisely because it didn?t stand out. Gone was the heavily fluted bezel, the chronograph with its red pusher, and any sense of the extraneous. 

Of course, That?s not to say the Preventor9 is without any of Hanhart?s signature flair. The Preventor9 keeps Hanhart?s signature cathedral hands and features a small seconds display at the nine o?clock position. Historically, the small seconds display at nine o?clock was the result of one of two things: Either the watch was built around rot...