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The great Bill Frisell, wearing a Nomos?

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Calling all guitar and watch aficionados: is Bill Frisell wearing a Nomos here? Can you tell which model it might be? Note, it's on a NATO!
Screenshot is from the YouTube video, Bill Frisell, "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" Fretboard Journal.

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Can't tell, but I like a lot of his stuff. Guitar in the Space Age is my favorite album of his.
 
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I would guess Tangente or Tangomat from what I can make out. If it isn't the lighting, it might be the Hodinkee Tangente Sport with grey dial and dark hour markers, subseconds dial. My best guess.
 
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Good capture! Looks very much like a Tangente there (or maybe its near twin, the Tangomat). . . . Go Expos/Nats!

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Looks like a Tangente
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I know nothing about jazz, but I just learned about Frisell, and I can't stop listening! And now I want to buy a Nomos!

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Can't tell, but I like a lot of his stuff. Guitar in the Space Age is my favorite album of his.
 
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Good eye! Thanks!

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I would guess Tangente or Tangomat from what I can make out. If it isn't the lighting, it might be the Hodinkee Tangente Sport with grey dial and dark hour markers, subseconds dial. My best guess.
 
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Hi again: In your photo, the watch wears quite small on his wrist. I wonder if it's even a Tangente 35?

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Looks like a Tangente
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A big part of the look here is the red nato strap. You don't necessarily need a Nomos...
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lol! good point, and cool watch!

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A big part of the look here is the red nato strap. You don't necessarily need a Nomos...
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Calling all guitar and watch aficionados: is Bill Frisell wearing a Nomos here? Can you tell which model it might be? Note, it's on a NATO!
Screenshot is from the YouTube video, Bill Frisell, "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" Fretboard Journal.

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OHH...my favorite musican..or top 5 in my list...and sucha good taste on watches too...
 
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Well, you learn all sorts of things here. I was aware of, but never listened to, Bill Frisell. Great stuff; glad I read this thread. Guitar jazz is so rare.
 
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I know hardly anything about jazz, but I've come to love Bill Frisell. . . . I like your avatar--awesome pie pan!

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Well, you learn all sorts of things here. I was aware of, but never listened to, Bill Frisell. Great stuff; glad I read this thread. Guitar jazz is so rare.
 
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Well, you learn all sorts of things here. I was aware of, but never listened to, Bill Frisell. Great stuff; glad I read this thread. Guitar jazz is so rare.
there is so much to listen from him...maybe these ones short the road...(also Nashville is terrific)...good luck!

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Darn, he's not wearing his watch in this video--could've gotten a good view of it when he puts the record on the turntable.
 
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Hi friends: If anyone is still following this thread, I found a good pic of Bill Frisell's watch. It's clearly a Nomos, and it has to be a Tangente, though I swear there's something weird at the very bottom of the subdial--it just looks like something is there other than a tiny stick marker.
At any rate, you can see the watch well starting at 5:11 in the video for his great song, Keep Your Eyes Open.

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I love Frisell and own a Tangente, and I'm sad to report this is not a NOMOS. I'm pretty sure they would never ever ever put a date window on the small seconds dial.

This should be a GT&FQ RIDER Bauhaus watch, clearly inspired by Tangente. Check this
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/528398968759866462/
and my own zoom of MustWatch's super-useful photo; the date window is a dead giveaway.

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