Nomos is one among these tiny 'artisanal' brands I stick to with interest as they offer you a mixture of items that most others do not: exclusive and functional aesthetics, in-house movements and great value for money. Around the middle of 2010, I keep in mind studying about their new worldtimer, and how they will be conducting a public beta test to decide the last design and assessment of reliability. If only all watch businesses worked this way!
The decision was not made any easier as Nomos were testing two instances (their new Zurich case and the classic Bauhaus Tangente case) having a total of six distinct variations; soon after numerous days of indecision, I went with all the Tangomat GMT-12 variation according to the logic that a) it was less complicated to read than the Zurich, with its continuous city ring, and b) I can read all of the indications by shooting my cuffs halfway (it is a fairly huge watch).
Thankfully, a friendly lady named Isabella from Wempe in Munich Maxstrasse managed to help out - not only did they handle to locate the correct dial, they got it delivered inside 3 days. Having a quick strap to match my tiny wrists, no much less. Best notch service!
I ripped the package open with anticipation to seek out a entire wodge of documentation, a Nomos 'newspaper', and also the watch itself, packed into a great plain black wooden box having a tool for altering the residence time offset by implies of a flush pusher in the side with the caseband.
Very first impressions: really nicely completed for the funds - around EUR2,500 if I keep in mind proper - and wearing significantly bigger than its ~40mm diameter would recommend, because of the complete absence of a bezel. The case felt like a mirror-polished biscuit, reliable and clean with no extraneous style flamboyancies, just the way I like it. Antireflective coating on both front and back crystals was a nice touch, too.
Three thin blued hands floated above the dial, beautifully contrasting against the white-silver background. At 12, a tiny window to indicate the city's timezone using its three letter airport code; just a little segment at 3 to display the property time, as well as a subseconds dial at 6. Regardless of the lack of adornment of the dial, a complete set of indices was present, and thanks to the sharp hands, it had been doable to set the minute hand to line up specifically around the index.
Flip the watch more than, and you're rewarded with another show back. Powering the Tangomat GMT is Nomos' new inhouse automatic Xi movement. It has 26 jewels and surprisingly nice decoration offered the price tag point - perlage on recessed surfaces, Glashutte stripes, as well as a nicely snail-grained barrel wheel. Actually, I would not even count on an inhouse motion at this price - the truth that it is really properly completed (most likely Omega requirements, close to but not very JLC) is really a large bonus. Aside from the GMT function and hacking, the movement also attributes bidirectional winding thanks to a little pair of switching gears, visible close to the balance.
Functionally, it had been pretty much flawless. No concerns with any element from the complication; the watch held its advertised electrical power reserve, and kept time well - to inside a couple of seconds every day. It had been straightforward to study below practically all lighting conditions, using the sole exception in the home time segment - the markings were just too darn little to create out accurately, and it did not support that the only the even hours of a 24 hour scale have been shown.
I loved the way it looked, as well as the watch paired effectively with the two formal and casual wear. But at the finish in the check period, I sent it back and determined not to help keep it. Why? Merely, it was just a hair also huge to become comfy on my wrists - I feel the flat back didn't do it any favors - and I identified it sliding close to a little and inevitably landing up resting on the outside portion of my wrist exactly where I'd be petrified of it bumping into one thing and finding scratched up. You land up babying and being quite conscious of a piece that isn't that comfy to put on, and sooner or later it lands up relegated to a drawer someplace. If it'd been a 38 or 39mm watch, I'd have kept it (and it may possibly well have turned into my primary every day wearer). I'd even be capable of overlook the 'HKG' around the GMT+8 timezone - as an alternative to 'KUL', in which I truly reside - but eventually, comfort was crucial.
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