Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. The New Hanhart Fly Navy Aerosphere Special Edition
A resilient, well-designed, highly legible watch with navy blue and yellow accents inspired by Germany’s Naval Aviation Squadrons.
German brand Hanhart began manufacturing stopwatches in Switzerland before relocating to Germany in 1902, where it gained renown as a producer of Flieger (pilot’s) chronographs for pilots and naval officers during World War II. With a solid repertoire of vintage-inspired models, the new Fly Navy Aerosphere is a more contemporary watch and flies the insignia of Germany’s Naval Aviation Command – Marinefliegergeschwader. Taking into account the extreme vibrations, temperature fluctuations and changes in altitude that pilots encounter when flying over the sea, the watch is a robust, highly legible three-hand-and-date and forms part of the brand’s Special Editions.
Flying at low altitudes over open water and landing a helicopter on a swaying deck on a stormy night requires immense skill. To match the challenging conditions a pilot might encounter, Hanhart has produced a robust 42mm stainless steel case with a thickness of 12.95mm. Water-resistant to depths of 300 metres, protective guards flank the screw-down crown, the caseback is screwed down, and there is a helium escape valve on the left case flank.
The 60-minute fluted bezel with its navy blue ceramic insert can be rotated in one direction with 60 clicks. At noon, it has an inverted yellow luminous triangle matching the yellow aluminium marker on the bezel, and the numerals and markers emit a powerful green glow in the dark. The case flanks are hollowed out for a more aerodynamic profile and brushed. The polished crown, matching the bezel, is decorated with the German naval aviator command logo in yellow.
Paying tribute to the fixed-wing and helicopter fleets of the German Navy, the casebacks feature embossed representations of their respective coats of arms. The German Navy’s fixed-wing aircraft, known as the Marinefliegergeschwader 3 “Graf Zeppelin” (MFG3), oversees maritime surveillance, and its coat of arms represents two crossed tridents, wings and an anchor surrounded by five stars. The Marinefliegergeschwader 5 (MFG5), which relies on a fleet of helicopters and performs search and rescue missions and anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, is represented by a sea eagle, an anchor and wings and a wave. Each coat of arms is available in a special edition of 150 pieces.
The matte navy blue dial has a sloping minutes flange with indentations for the bold luminescent rectangular hour markers and triangle with two dots at noon. Like the hands used in the Primus collection, the hour and minute hands are large, openworked, and have a syringe-style profile treated with Super-LumiNova. Poseidon’s trident, which appears in the MFG3 coat of arms, also appears as the counterweight of the central seconds hand and is picked out in yellow with a white luminescent openworked triangular tip. Another allusion to the German Navy is the yellow symbol of a sea eagle and anchor represented on the dial at 6 o’clock. There is a date window at 3 o’clock.
The Fly Navy Aerosphere is available with a blue textile strap or a stainless steel bracelet with a folding clasp and diving extension with a fine adjustment option. Beneath the screw-down caseback is an automatic Sellita SW200 with a 4Hz frequency, a power reserve of 38 hours, quick date correction, and stop seconds.
Availability & Price
Limited to 150 pieces with MFG3 caseback and 150 with MFG5 caseback, the Fly Navy Aerosphere retails for EUR 1,490 on a textile strap and EUR 1,690 on a steel bracelet (both prices incl. 19% VAT). For more information, please consult hanhart.com.
