Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. The New Hanhart Preventor HD12 Silk Purple
This faithful everyday companion from Hanhart combines serious toughness with an eye-catching colourway.
The everyday watch, the one-watch collection… A timepiece that blends ruggedness with refinement, capable of moving seamlessly from the office desk to the mountain trail. This is what Hanhart set out to achieve with the Preventor HD12, introduced in 2024 as the brand’s vision of a modern, go-anywhere, do-anything timepiece. Compact, scratch-resistant and deliberately simple, it quickly became one of the brand’s bestsellers. Now, Hanhart introduces a new special edition, the Preventor HD12 Silk Purple, which carries the technical strength of the original, but with a matte purple dial that adds individuality to an already robust tool watch.
Like core HD12 models, the Silk Purple edition comes in a 39mm case with a 10.5mm thickness and a 46mm lug-to-lug distance, crafted from Hanhart’s proprietary HD12 steel, which is hardened through a multi-stage carbon diffusion process. With a surface hardness of 1,200 Vickers, five times tougher than standard 316L stainless steel, and a transparent PVD coating, it’s designed to resist scratches. A convex sapphire crystal (2,000 Vickers hardness) adds additional resilience. The screw-down crown and caseback ensure water-resistance to 150m.
The matte silk-purple dial is paired with crisp white Arabic numerals and cathedral-style hands, treated with Super-LumiNova C1 that glows green in the dark. Even the slim central seconds hand, with its bent, red-lacquered tip, is lumed, reducing parallax and enhancing readability. The dial looks bold and legible, staying true to Hanhart’s military-inspired DNA while adding a fresh, modern accent.
The watch is powered by the Sellita SW200-1 or Soprod P024, both reliable automatic workhorses intended as alternatives to the ETA 2824. In keeping with the functional, stripped-down character of the HD12, the movement is modified to omit the date indication, a date window, and a ghost position on the crown. Running at 28,800 vibrations/hour, it offers hacking seconds for precise time-setting and a 38-hour power reserve, with regulation by Hanhart to 0/+8 seconds per day.
The Preventor HD12 Silk Purple comes on a stainless steel bracelet, finished with the same transparent PVD coating as the case for added scratch resistance. The folding clasp conceals a diver-style extension, enabling adjustment by approximately a centimetre.
Limited to 200 pieces, with 150 reserved for the German market, the Hanhart Preventor HD12 Silk Purple is priced at EUR 1,295. For more details, please consult www.hanhart.com.
3 responses
I like it but there was an earlier Preventor with the railway track, which I like much more. This one has 4 sub-second marks instead of 3 but it’s not 36600 Hz.
Did somebody say Murph?
I like small watches but this LOOKS too small – out of proportion. Maybe it’s the bezel/dial ratio or maybe it’s the hands, that look like they’re made for a larger watch.