THE HISTORY OF HANHART
1882 - FOUNDATION OF HANHART

1902 - RELOCATION TO SCHWENNINGEN IN THE BLACK FOREST

1920 - WILHELM JULIUS JOINS THE COMPANY


1924 - INTRODUCTION OF THE FIRST LOW-COST STOPWATCH
1926 - EXPANSION OF THE PRODUCT RANGE TO INCLUDE WRISTWATCHES AND POCKET WATCHES


1932 - DEATH OF JOHANN ADOLF HANHART
1934 - EXPANSION OF THE COMPANY TO INCLUDE THE GÜTENBACH SITE IN THE BLACK FOREST


1935 - INTRODUCTION OF THE FIRST DOUBLE-HAND STOPWATCH
1938 - DEVELOPMENT OF THE ONE-IMPRESSION CHRONOGRAPH ``CALIBER 40``


1939 - PRESENTATION AND ISSUE OF THE ``TACHY TELE`` MODEL
1940 - LAUNCH OF THE TWO-PUSHER MODEL ``CALIBER 41``


1945 - THE SO-CALLED ``B-CLOCK`` OBSERVATION CLOCK
1948 - WILLY HANHART RETURNS AND PRODUCTION OF THE ``ADMIRAL`` CHRONOGRAPH BEGINS

1952 - FIRST PARTICIPATION IN THE SWISS WATCH FAIR IN BASEL

1957 - SUPPLYING THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES WITH CHRONOGRAPHS: THE FAMOUS ``KAL. 42``
Hanhart initially produced watches for the French Air Force and from 1957, with slight modifications, also for the re-established German Air Force and German Navy. At the time, Hanhart was the only watch supplier to the German armed forces. Other Western European air forces were also supplied with the stopwatches with which Hanhart had managed to become the market leader in Europe in the 1950s. Until 1962, pilot’s watches and chronographs were built for staff officers and doctors in the German armed forces. The Hanhart Cal. 42, a switching wheel caliber with speed switching (today known as flyback) and manual winding, was introduced in 1957 and was a further development of the cal. 40 and 41 The models 417 E in a matt chrome-plated brass case and the 417 ES Flyback in a stainless steel case were originally produced between 1953 and 1962 for the German Air Force, for which reason the watch is also known among connoisseurs as the “Bundeswehr Chronograph”.


1960 TO 1962 - EXPANSION AND MARKET LEADER IN STOPWATCHES
1963 - OPENING OF A FURTHER PRODUCTION FACILITY


1972 - DEVELOPMENT OF A QUARTZ MOVEMENT
1981 - DEVELOPMENT OF THE ``CALIBER 3305``


1985 - WINNER OF THE IF DESIGN AWARD
1997 - THE HANHART PILOT CHRONOGRAPH AS A FAITHFUL REPLICA


2004 - SPECIAL SERIES ``DORNIER BY HANHART``
2005 - INTRODUCTION OF ``M39``


2007 - 125 YEARS OF HANHART: ``OPUS41`` & ``SPIRIT OF RACING``
2008 - THE WORLD NOVELTY ``TACHYMASTER``


2009 - PRESENTATION OF THE ``PRIMUS`` MODEL SERIES AT BASELWORLD
2011 - PIONEER MODELS


2012 - 130 YEARS OF HANHART
2013 - PRESENTATION OF THE ``RACEMASTER`` MODELS


2015 - LIMITED EDITION FOR URBAN SURVIVORS
2018 - ``PIONEER ONE`` & ``BLACK FALCON PRIMUS RACE WINNER``


2019 - S-SERIES
2020 - 417 ES: THE RETURN OF A LEGEND
