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Hanhart Pioneer Tachy Tele, 2016

DocumentedDocumented from a dealer's listing; attribution and date as stated by the dealer.
Maker / attribution
Unrecorded in source
Date
2016
Country of origin
Unrecorded in source
Object type
Wristwatch
Dimensions
Case 40 mm
Stock no.
HHTT16
Credit line
Dealer listing, Craft & Tailored (HHTT16)
Catalogue title (original)
2016 Hanhart Pioneer Tachy Tele with Box and Papers (English)

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Record summary

Catalogued by Craft & Tailored (dealer), Los Angeles (stock number HHTT16), this is a wristwatch, dated 2016. The Atlas places it in the Contemporary Horology period (2010 – Present) of its Wristwatches collection. Recorded dimensions: Case 40 mm. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.

Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.

Catalogue description

Dealer description — Craft & Tailored

Hanhart has a long-standing military and aviation history, but it was also the other choice of a watch worn by the famous actor Steve McQueen, Steve wore a German military issued Hanhart 417 and wore this watch more frequently than the Heuer and Rolex submariner that he is more infamously associated with. The Hanhart Tachy Tele was originally released in the mid 2000’s, and is based on the WWII chronographs that Hanhart is famously known for. The chronograph reset button at 4 o’clock is a direct decedent from Hanhart’s original Caliber 41 flyback chronographs which was also red for pusher differentiation at a glance. The watch has a very strong vintage look and very strong vintage feel including the dial of the Hanhart Tachy Tele which features both a tachymeter scale as well as a telemeter scale that are both in red. The Hanhart Pioneer Tachy Tele contains a manual wind, Hanhart modified, Valjoux 7760. The watch is currently being worn on its heavy duty leather strap, but the watch is not only complete with its box and papers but also comes with its beautiful satin finished stainless steel bracelet. SPECS Stock # HTCBP Brand Hanhart Style Chronograph Model TachyTele Serial HHTT16 Size Men's Material SS Dial Matte Black, Red and White Millimeters 40mm Bracelet Original Hanhart Leather Strap, Original Unworn Hanhart Stainless Steel Bracelet CASE & BRACELET The 40mm case is stainless steel and is in like new condition and retains its factory bead blasted finish. The watch comes with its original aviation style leather strap as well as a new and unworn Hanhart stainless steel bracelet with the original factory protective stickers still in place. DIAL & HANDS The stunning black dial with red tachymeter scale and telemeter scale is in factory condition, the cathedral style hands are also in like new condition showing no lume loss or degradation. ACCESSORIES

Historical context

Contemporary Horology (2010 – Present)

Silicon components, connected watches, optical-lattice research clocks and a thriving independent scene.

Smartwatches became the world's best-selling watches, while mechanical watchmaking focuses on craft, innovation (silicon components, new escapements) and independent makers.

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Atlas type guide

Wristwatches

Bracelet watches were worn by women from the early nineteenth century — Breguet made one for Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, in 1810–12 — but the wristwatch only became a man's instrument with military use and aviation in the early twentieth century. Between the World Wars it overtook the pocket watch; the 1920s and 1930s brought rectangular Art Deco cases, water-resistant cases and the first automatic winding systems.

After 1945 the wristwatch became a carrier of identity — dress watches, sports and dive watches, chronographs, calendars — produced by Swiss, American, Japanese, German, Soviet and Chinese industries. The quartz revolution after 1969 and the mechanical renaissance since the 1990s, including the rise of independent watchmakers, complete the story.

What to look for

  • The reference number (between the lugs or inside the case back) and serial number, the starting point for dating.
  • The calibre: its maker and number are often stamped under the dial or on the bridge.
  • Originality of dial, hands and crown — refinished ('redial') dials are common.
  • Case material marks: 18K/750, 14K/585, stainless steel, gold-filled, plated.

Dating clues

  • Wire-lug cases: before c. 1925.
  • Water-resistant screw-down cases: from 1926.
  • Quartz movements: from 1969; sapphire crystals widespread after c. 1980.

General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.

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