Description
Hanhart #FliegerFriday Night Pilot: Light in darkness
From radium to tritium to Super-LumiNova®: luminescent elements in wristwatches have been used since the early 20th century to ensure good readability even under difficult light and visibility conditions. Hanhart’s latest #FliegerFriday Night Pilot, limited to 100 pieces, is guaranteed to bring light into the darkness with its fully luminescent dial.
Following the successful launch of the original #fliegerfriday (which sold out within days) Hanhart now presents another limited edition under the #FliegerFriday banner.
By way of background, the hashtag stands for starting the weekend with a pilot’s watch, to switch off and immerse yourself in passion.
The #FliegerFriday Night Pilot centres on a fully luminescent dial covered with Super-LumiNova® C3 to give the chronograph a unique look, especially in the dark. The soft white dial colour in daylight turns into a strongly luminous green at night, ensuring optimal legibility by day and night.
The skeletonized black hands provide an optimal contrast to the bright dial which further enhances readability.
The #FliegerFriday Night Pilot is manufactured with Hanahrt’s in-house, single-pusher chronograph conversion where in the stop function is operated exclusively by one pusher. This means that the start, stop and reset functions are performed with one pusher instead of the usual two. As a specialized manufacturer of chronographs, Hanhart can look back on a long history of timekeeping, with the monopusher chronograph playing a significant role. The black DLC-coated case with signature pusher completes the special design of the timepiece. Despite the bold look, many typical Hanhart features are also retained in this chronograph: bi-compax dial layout, large pilot’s crown, and red pusher.
The striking black, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating combines aesthetics with performance. The sophisticated black tone gives the watch an individual character with a nod to it performance in the dark. Another feature of the DLC coating, as the name suggests, is that it is almost as hard as a diamond. Moreover, DLC coatings have excellent abrasion protection and perfect corrosion protection making this an ideal case treatment for a chronograph that is meant to last for generations.
Behind the screwed stainless steel back, the robust automatic calibre HAN3911 (base SW 500 with Manufacture La Joux-Perret modifications for the bicompax dial and date display at 6 o’clock) ensures reliability and precision. It offers a power reserve of at least 42 hours when fully wound. Moreover, with a water-resistance of up to 10 bar/10 ATM (100m), the new chronograph is not only suitable for use in the cockpit, it can also take to the water. With a diameter of 42 mm and a height of 15 mm, the #FliegerFriday Night Pilot is present on the wrist, but not out of proportion.
A special treat on this watch is found in the band. The black cowhide strap features luminescent stitching that appears white during the day and glows in the dark.
Serious fund for serious collectors from a seriously brilliant watch brand!
Limited to 100 pieces worldwide. Limited numbers available in Australia.
Technical details
CASE
Stainless steel with black DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) coating
Red HyCeram pusher
Diameter 42 mm, height 15 mm
Crown with Hanhart „h“
Convex, one-sided, inside anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Screw-down case back with black DLC coating
Engraved limitation number XXX/100
Water resistant to 10 bar/10 ATM according to DIN 8310
DIAL AND HANDS
White with black numerals, hands and indexes
Modern Hanhart logo
Super-LumiNova® C3 coated dial
Skeletonized hour and minute hands
Minute hand and second hand with radius at the end to avoid parallax errors
STRAP
Black cowhide leather with white stitching that glows in the dark
Black DLC coated stainless steel pin buckle
Lug width 21 mm
MOVEMENT
Automatic chronograph movement HAN3911
Hanhart monopusher in-house modification
Basis: SW500 with modifications by Manufacture La Joux-Perret
28.800 A/h, 4 Hz, 28 jewels
Power reserve min. 42h after full winding
FUNCTIONS
Small second
30-minute counter
Bicompax chronograph with central stop second hand
Start, stop, reset via one pusher
