The reissue of the Hanhart 417 ES marks the return of a legend among wristwatches. More than 60 years ago, the original model served as the first pilot?s chronograph for the German armed forces. Today Hanhart combines the watch’s iconic historical design with the most modern production techniques to produce a robust chronograph suitable for both everyday life and adventure.

Robustness, reliability and readability: Hanhart built the first pilot’s chronograph for the German armed forces based on these three criteria from the mid-1950s. Engineering it for uncompromising use on pilots’ wrists. Hanhart supplied the 417 chronograph to the German armed forces for almost 10 years, until the brand started focusing on the manufacture of hand-held stopwatches in 1963. The few remaining pieces of the original 417 have become some of the most sought-after vintage chronographs from Germany.
With the Hanhart 417 ES, Hanhart is celebrating the return of this legendary chronograph. ES stands for the ?Edelstahl? ? German for “stainless steel.” You may not be able to travel back in time with it, but Hanhart has combined the most exciting details of the past with the most modern materials of our time. Its stainless-steel case measures a contemporary 42 mm in diameter, instead of the original 39 mm. Despite the heavily domed sapphire crystal, the thickness of the case does not exceed 13.3 mm. The goal was to design the 417 ES as slim as possible so th...