The 417 TI Desert Pilot, 39 mm

From Hanhart -

Courtesy of Hanhart

This is the latest offering from the folks in Guetenbach. The 417 TI Desert Pilot is a bicompax, hand-winding column wheel chronograph bearing the TI designation (titanium) as opposed to the more familiar ES designation (stainless steel). As advertised, it is available in 39mm, and also a slightly larger 42 mm option. 

Courtesy of Hanhart

Under the hood its Sellita's AMT 5100, a hand wound column wheel chronograph, viewable through a sapphire crystal display back.

Courtesy of Hanhart

Here are the pertinents, straight from Hanhart -

CASE:

DIMENSIONS
Diameter 39 mm
Height: 13.60 mm (11.55 mm without crystal)
Lug-to-Lug: 46 mm

MATERIAL
Titanium Grade 5, matte

BEZEL
Fluted stainless steel bezel, bi-directional, continuously rotating
Red Marking

GLASS
Convex, internally anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Highly domed sapphire crystal (as on the historic model).

CASE BACK
Screw-down titanium case back with sapphire crystal.
Limited edition number

WATER RESISTANCE
Water-resistant up to 10 bar/10 ATM in accordance with DIN 8310


MOVEMENT:

CALIBER
Manual winding
Sellita AMT 5100 M
Symmetrical pusher spacing
28,800 A/h, 4 Hz, 23 stones

POWER RESERVE
58 hours after full winding

FUNCTIONS
Small second
30-minute counter
Chronograph with central stop second
Hacking seconds
Flyback

DIAL:

DIAL
Sand colors
Historical logo

NUMBERS
Historical Font
Black numerals with Super-LumiNova® coating (only very weakly luminous due to the black color).

HANDS
Hands with Super-LumiNova® coating (only weakly luminous due to the sand-colored base).

STRAP:

STRAP
FKM Rubber
Lug width 20 mm

COLORS
Sand colors
Black

BUCKLE
Pin buckle made of Grade 5 titanium with historic logo.

Running with the Bulls and Stuckx!

For once Kickstarter is serving up some interesting design ideas and clever offerings.

Courtesy of Stuckx

These are the Bulls!  Available in bi-compax and tri-compax configurations.  Stuckx is a new, proudly micro-brand based in the Netherlands.  The blue bi-compax model pictured above is my personal favorite.

It's case measures 42 mm in diameter and is of stainless steel.  The name Bull comes from the "bull-head" style configuration of the case with the chronograph pushers positioned at the top of the case.

Stuckx made some interesting choices beyond just the visually obvious.  There are so called "Mecha-Quartz" pieces for the lower priced models, but what has caught my eye are the self-winding bi-compax versions like the Blue Bull pictured above.  And for the movement on these, Stuckx went for something completely different - Seiko's NE88 automatic.  Column wheel, sexy as hell for a small cash outlay.

Most of the "perks" available via Kickstarter "early birds" are done and gone, but you can still secure one of these beauties for a few more days until the Kickstarter runs its course.  

And it seems that the people have spoken - the funding goal was $55,013.  That figure is safely in the rear view mirror!  The new Bulls have raised $102,905!!!

So if you've been looking for something cool and fresh with just that little bit of AWESOME - 
RUN, don't walk, RUN to your computer, log in, and join the Kickstarter drive.


You can participate here:

STUCKX KICKSTARTER

GIRARD-PERREGAUX 1966 BLUE CHRONOGRAPH

Courtesy of Girard-Perregaux

220 years in the making!

This is GP's 1966 Chronograph reinterpreted in blue.  40 mm of white gold
encompass this beautifully executed column wheel chronograph.

Here are the specs from Girard-Perregaux -


White gold case
Diameter: 40 mm
Crystal: antireflective sapphire
Case-back: sapphire
Water resistance: 30 metres

Girard-Perregaux GP030C0
Mechanical, automatic winding
Calibre: 10 ½ ’’’
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations/hour (4 Hz)
Jewels: 38
Power reserve: 36 hours minimum
Functions: hours, minutes, small second, column
wheel chronograph, tachymeter scale

Black alligator strap
Buckle: white gold ardillon

www.girard-perregaux.com