{"product_id":"hanhart-swing-stopwatch-asm0575","title":"Hanhart 'Swing' Stopwatch","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before the stopwatch became another function buried inside a smartphone, Hanhart had turned precision timing into something of a specialty. The company produced its first affordable mechanical stopwatch in 1924 and by the 1950s had become a market leader in the category, supplying purpose-built timers for sport, industry, laboratories, and other situations where fractions of a second actually mattered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis vintage Hanhart Swing is a particularly handsome example of that tradition. Made in Germany, its white dial is densely but beautifully organized, with alternating black and red numerals surrounding a central seconds hand and a 15-minute register. The hand-wound mechanical movement uses seven jewels and is shock-protected, while the 1\/10-second scale gives the whole thing the purposeful character of a proper piece of timing equipment. Hanhart's period specifications for comparable 7-jewel, 1\/10-second stopwatches list a 55mm case, making these substantial objects in the hand rather than dainty pocket watches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat really makes this example, however, is the wonderfully period-correct kit that comes with it: the original white braided neck cord and matching soft vinyl pouch boldly printed HANHART SWING Germany. Together, they give the stopwatch an appealing vintage sports-meet-industrial-design quality. It’s the kind of object that was once simply a tool and, decades later, has become something much more fun: a beautifully engineered little artifact from the pre-digital age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hanhart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44181164851287,"sku":"39131846","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/ASM0575_39131846_HANHART_STOPWATCH-7.jpg?v=1787861654","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/hanhart-swing-stopwatch-asm0575","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}