Hanhart 417 ES × 0260 & BAIT

Hanhart's 417 ES × 0260 & BAIT costs $3,300 plus taxes, the same for either colorway. It launched exclusively on Chrono24 for 24 hours on October 23, 2026, before orders moved to Hanhart's own site. Each colorway is capped at 88 pieces, numbered on the case back alongside the logos of all three names behind it: Hanhart, the Miami collective 0260, and streetwear store BAIT.

The base is the 417 ES, the chronograph Hanhart supplied to the German Bundeswehr from 1955 and the model that built the brand's reputation beyond flying watches. This version is not a reissue. The numerals are slimmer, Art Deco in style, a departure from the blunt, high-legibility figures of the original military dial. The coin-edge bidirectional bezel with its red accent and the pump pushers carry over, as does the 39mm steel case.

Two dials are offered: black with off-white sub-dials and a red running-seconds hand, or beige with caramel sub-dials and a yellow one. At 13.5mm thick and 45.9mm lug to lug, the case sits closer to vintage proportions than to the oversized tool-watch norm. Inside is the Sellita SW510 M, a hand-wound chronograph movement running at 28,800vph with 23 jewels and a 58 to 63-hour power reserve. Water resistance is rated to 100 meters, and the sapphire crystal sits over a screw-in steel case back.

A three-way collaboration between a Swiss chronograph maker, a car-and-watch collective, and a streetwear brand is an unusual combination to ask a buyer to trust. The shared ground is straightforward enough: motorsport, mechanics, and a certain nostalgia for both. Whether the Art Deco dial honours that heritage or dilutes it is the question dividing people who already own the standard 417 ES.