By Brent Robillard When History Learns a New Trick Every Hanhart chronograph tells a story, but some feel as though they’re in conversation with their own past. The new Red Lion Mk II—a 200-piece collaboration with TGV of The Urban Gentry and his design studio, Gentry Labs—is exactly that kind of watch. It isn’t a remake or a reissue; it’s a thought experiment made metal: … Continue reading Hanhart x Gentry Labs Red Lion Mk II
by Brent Robillard First in Flight When I saw Longines’ 2025 novelties earlier this year in New York, two pieces stood out immediately—the new Spirit Pilot and the Spirit Pilot Flyback. That’s no small statement in a year that also gave us a white-dial Legend Diver and the evocative Spirit Zulu Time 1925 (which I now own). But if the Zulu Time carried forward Longines’ … Continue reading Hands-On with the New Longines Spirit Pilot and Spirit Pilot Flyback
by Brent Robillard Mechanical Memory with a Modern Edge At The Calibrated Wrist, we’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: tool watches are nothing without a story—and Hanhart is a brand overflowing with them. From its early 20th-century stopwatch production to its pivotal role in equipping German Luftwaffe pilots with reliable chronographs, Hanhart has long understood the symbiotic relationship between mechanical precision and … Continue reading Hands-On with the Hanhart 417 ES Heritage Flyback
