Hi to all,

I assume that I really like the simplicity behind Nomos watches. Plain, simple, faithful to the Bauhaus school. But for those who know a lot more of watches than me, are they worth the money? (Not they can be considered expensive watches).

Regarding their to be released limited edition, what are your thoughts about it?

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/nomos-glashutte-tangente-century-of-bauhaus-limited-editions-introducing

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

João

 

Generally nice dials, good quality in house movements, and a even stronger fanbase community. Can't go wrong with it.

But I do have my own opinions and reservations about Nomos.

 

Thanks for your reply. May i know your opinion and reservations?

 

I will give you a clue, my name says it all. Haha

Anyway, I am a traditional person. Prefer 30s-70s styles. Give me sector dials, funky markers, pie pans, classic logo scripts, tonneau art deco any day. At least to me, Nomos represents the new wave of design: very minimalistic, very Scandinavian. It is dressy, crisp and white. Very skeletal designs.

They are not mutually exclusive values of course, vintage electric watches were very "modern" and avant garde for their era, and vintage Seikomatics/Longines/Zenith produced some very minimalistic dials (that you might even draw a clue where Junghans and Nomos got their inspirations from). I just happen to like things from that era. I also like modern watches: modern Tudors, Glycine, Tissots. But I just cannot relate to Nomos.

Not a perfect analogy but perhaps this might illustrate...




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Nomos and Junghans both have great reputations and I’ve never seen a complaint about 1. Style is polarizing for some people. I prefer Junghans style personally but while I like both, neither fits my style.

 

Nomos is the poster boy for value. However, they've gone upscale lately with some of their releases which sort of move them out of that niche.

 

They make great dress watches. I used to have a Tangomat Datum which I sold because it wasn't getting enough wrist time, primarily because I didn't have many "dress" opportunities.

 

I was considering a NOMOS if i do see a nice price to pick it up at...

But I was having a coffee with a watch friend and he mentioned to me he had a Club before. Apparently every time he worked/placed his wrist/watch near the laptop, it would get magnetized. The watch started running fast and he had to bring it to his watch maker to get it sorted out at least 3-5 times. He sold it and hasn't had a good impression of NOMOS ever since.

His reasoning was, he has spent about 1200-1500 USD on a nice Swiss made watch but it can't even handle day to day work (without getting magnetized) or even if his was a lemon, then perhaps the QC of Nomos isn't quite up there.

 

It's true isn't it? Once you go vintage, its hard to go modern.

 

Ahh, laptops, the nemesis of watches. To be fair, my Macbook keyboard is giving my oyster bracelet a tough time. Bloody 904L steel (I know, I know, resistance vs scratching the surface yada yada).

For 1200 USD you could do your friend a favour by sending him this:



https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/tissot-heritage-1948-chronograph-introducing

(Nomos fans don't send me hatemail).

Also...the vintage vs modern argument. Not true. I used to believe that way, I used to think having a vintage collection would shut me off to any of those gaudy modern stuff in the world today. But I am changing my mind with all the new stuff that Glycine, Mido, Tudor and Tissot are offering.

 

That looks so good but the date and new font kills it for me.

He too said the date shouldn't be placed there.

Ya same. I thought the black bay 58 would be a killer modern piece and it is. But I can't help going back to my polerouter sub or super.

 

Yep. I have exactly one watch that's younger than I am. The rest are 40+

 

Now it's cristal clear. I understand exactly what you mean, but what I like about Nomos is that "modern vintage" look of their watches. For me a modern watch (in terms of design) is something like a Tissot T Race (I had to Google it first), and not a Nomos Tangent, that has that Bauhaus classic style. Note that I'm also a lover of vintage watches, owning only three at the moment (a c case Connie, a Speedmaster mark II and a Seiko from the '70), but loving them!

Regards,

João

 

nomos metro datum power reserve & nomos zürich world time midnight blue
The two watches i love from nomos.
What holds me back is the size of the first one ( it would be great at 39mm) and the price of the second one ( a lot of other options an that price point). but most important is that the do have a dressier feel and i know they wouldn't get much wrist time.

 

Thanks Andreas,

I really like the Zurich. It's a fantastic watch, we'll balanced in terms of design and simplicity. I also like the Club,n the Ahoi and the minimalist Tangent.

 

Hi!
I have one NOMOS and really like it. Good value for money imho. Nice with a small brand that use real inhouse movements. I am not a fan of that particular dial however, but that is just my preferences...
A pic of mine:

 

I saw this too late - I have a LE rose gold Tangente with a brown dial, and I really like new Tangente 35 with the red accents. However, it looks like they're mostly sold out online. I blame hodinkee!

 

That’s an interesting take because Nomos’ entire design aesthetic is based on German bauhaus which was popular in the 1920sand 1930s.

 

Scandinavian design was informed by the bauhaus movement so it’s not unusual that people would find them to be similar.

 

Noticed this today in Watchtime magazine and thought it was an elegant (and maybe unique) way to display the date.





https://nomos-glashuette.com/en/tangente/tangente-neomatik-41-update-180