Hanhart 417 ES Tornado Limited Edition 148 Pieces

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A special limited edition for the 50th anniversary hand winding chronograph. August 2024 will mark the 50th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Tornado. To mark this occasion, Hanhart, in collaboration with PANAVIA Aircraft GmbH, is launching a special edition limited to 148 pieces. The number of pieces is based on the day and month of the maiden flight on 14 August.

August 14th 1974: On this day, a TORNADO took to the skies for the first time as part of the flight testing of a new multirole combat aircraft in Europeanvdefense cooperation. The two-tone aircraft, painted white and red-orange with registration number P.01 D-9591, was flown by a British-German crew under the radio call sign LUNA 23 for test purposes at “Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 61”. British pilot Paul Millett was in the front cockpit, with German test pilot Nils Meister in the rear. The maiden flight ended safely and successfully after 33 minutes in Ingolstadt/Manching.

As a milestone in European defence cooperation, the TORNADO went on to equip the air forces of the partner nations Germany, Great Britain and Italy, as well as the export customer Saudi Arabia,
in large numbers. As a supplier to the young German Air Force, Hanhart delivered one of the first service watches for aircrews to the Bundeswehr in 1955. The basic model for the special edition corresponds in appearance, dimensions and function to the 417 ES service watch of the time. Hanhart supplied the German Armed Forces with this timepiece for almost ten years until 1963, when the brand concentrated on the production of manual stopwatches. The few surviving examples of the historic 417 have since become coveted vintage chronographs for collectors.

CASE
Material
Stainless steel, satined/polished
Shockproof with Hanhart movement protection
Antimagnetic up to 16.000 A/m according to DIN 8309

Dimensions
Diameter 39 mm
Height with glass 13,3 mm (11,55 mm without glass)
Bezel Fluted rotating bezel, continuously rotatable, with red marking

Case Back
Screwed down case back
Engraving of Tornado Aircraft
Limitation Number XXX/148
PANAVIA TORNADO P.01 D-9591
Maiden Flight ETSI 14.08.1974
Flight Time 0:33h

Crown
Crown with historical Hanhart „h“ Glass
Anti-reflective convex sapphire glass
High-domed sapphire glass

Water Resistance
Water resistant to 10 bar/10 ATM according
to DIN 8310

DIAL & HANDS
Historical logo and design
TORNADO-Logo
Super-LumiNova® old Radium GL coated hands and numerals
Minute and Second hand bent at tip to prevent parallax errors
Cockade Germany, Italy and UK on small dial at 9

MOVEMENT
Column wheel flyback movement
Manual wound chronograph
Sellita AMT5100 M
Symmetrical button arrangement
28.800 A/h, 4 Hz, 23 jewels

Functions
Flyback
Small second
30-minute counter
Bicompax Chronograph with central stopsecond

Power Reserve
Min. 58 hours after full winding

STRAP
Black calfskin strap with white stitching and leather underlay
Alcantara on the inside
Lug width 20 mm
Pin-buckle with historical logo