First impressions of the Hentschel H1 Chronometer WPS 20th Anniversary

Jul 09, 2022,05:54 AM
 

Now that the beautiful result of Mike and Nico‘s collaboration with Andreas Hentschel to celebrate WatchProSite‘s 20th Anniversary is getting shipped to the lucky 20 owners, I took full advantage of Andreas‘s workshop being only a 30 minute drive away, and collected my specimen just an hour after our dear Penfriend yesterday.




Let me share some first detail shots to hopefully further increase (if that’s possible) anticipation for all fellow purists who should receive their timepiece very soon.

Let’s start with the face of the watch, characterized by enamel like lacquered dial, the blue and red numerals and of course the heat blued hands. Special attention should be also paid to the most beautiful small seconds subdial.








The H1 case and the beautiful lugs deserve some dedicated shots, too.








Now let’s turn the watch and take a view at caliber 1130P and the case back engraving to commemorate the special occasion.








I learned from Andreas that the WPS 20th Anniversary H1 is the first timepiece to feature the brand new and utterly beautiful Hentschel tang buckle, corresponding nicely with the grained blue Jean Rousseau strap.






Here we see the Hentschel Hamburg logo coq on both the crown and the tang buckle.




I hope you enjoyed these first impressions! I hope everyone receiving their WPS Anniversary H1 soon will be just as amazed as I am with this beautiful timepiece.




The watch comes with a very nice photo documentation and a small individualized booklet. I will however not share a photo of this to not spoil the surprise for the other lucky purists.

Thanks again to Mike, Nico and Andreas for making this happen!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Henrik

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wow...mindblowing !

 
 By: mahesh : July 9th, 2022-07:59
I'm looking forward to receiving mine....your pics make me long for them Henrik ! Best, mahesh.,

Exquisite!

 
 By: lm6 : July 9th, 2022-09:03

Merci to you my friend for these superb photos ! 🙏🙏

 
 By: Mike H : July 9th, 2022-09:37
It is always difficult to have photos giving full justice to a watch but yours are really cool and you capture the light the right way to show the exceptional beauty of this dial and the other pics are also awesome. Many thanks for your kind words and in ... 

Superb photography!

 
 By: penfriend : July 9th, 2022-10:08
It was nice meeting you

Thanks for sharing Henrik! Your second picture is really telling to showcase the small second portion of the dial for which I had not realized it’s full beauty being this type of dial….

 
 By: Chronometer (aka yacomino) : July 9th, 2022-11:51
Reminds me of an emanel dial from one Breguet I used to own…can’t wait to receive mine. I would love to see some wrist shot when you can!

A few wrist shots…

 
 By: shortys home : July 9th, 2022-12:44
… showing the watch‘s response to different daylight angles. Here your attention should be focused on the hand bent minute hand, almost touching the dial. Cheers Henrik ...  

Very sharp!

 
 By: TeutonicCarFan : July 9th, 2022-13:07
I like how big the seconds subdial is. Keep me in mind foe the 25th anniversary piece 😂😁

As much as I love the dial…

 
 By: myles721 : July 9th, 2022-13:08
It’s the movement that really makes this piece…congratulations!

Henrik, thanks for your thoughts..

 
 By: Ronald Held : July 9th, 2022-13:55
And all of those photos. Hopefully the wait for all PuristS will be short!

Very good news. Thanks! (nt)

 
 By: Ronald Held : July 10th, 2022-19:06
NT

It looks fantastic, Henrik!

 
 By: Champthekid : July 9th, 2022-15:44
Thanks so much for the fantastic pictures.

I enjoyed the first impressions very very much!

 
 By: nacelle : July 9th, 2022-19:55
Most ably aided by the amazing photographs Henrik! So excited to receive mine in the not very distant future....

I did not. (nt)

 
 By: Ronald Held : July 11th, 2022-16:14
NT

I have not either.

 
 By: HKDaytona : July 11th, 2022-16:25

I have not either

 
 By: A-Web : July 11th, 2022-18:27
🤷

I actually received an email from them this morning

 
 By: A-Web : July 12th, 2022-12:25
I’m excited and can’t wait to receive it

While my shots are nowhere near Henrik’s quality…

 
 By: KMII : July 15th, 2022-04:00
The watch and my appreciation for it is 😁 Well done Mike and Nico 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 ...  

÷1!!! (nt)

 
 By: Ronald Held : July 15th, 2022-16:10
NT

Glad to see that you are happy with the result

 
 By: Mike H : July 15th, 2022-09:40
Indeed it looks awesome on your wrist my friend 👍👌👌