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Old 30 August 2018, 11:59 PM   #1
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Thoughts on Nomos?

I'm thinking of picking up a Tangente 38 Date in the next week.

Love the design and how thin it is.

Date setting is a pain, but not a deal breaker.

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Old 31 August 2018, 12:28 AM   #2
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I like my Nomos. Cannot say I wear it often due to heavy collection. When I saw the date change process, I went no date.


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Old 31 August 2018, 12:41 AM   #3
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Nomos is an in house company and vastly underrated IMO
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Old 31 August 2018, 12:44 AM   #4
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I was a bit surprised when I learned Nomos watches with dates don't have quickset, but regardless, Nomos is one of the best values in the game this side of Seiko! Their Neomatik movement adds a ton of price, but their Alpha movements are still a great deal
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Old 31 August 2018, 01:19 AM   #5
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They're very cool, love the clean design. But as with many watches I found them underwhelming IRL, didn't do it for me.
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Old 31 August 2018, 01:35 AM   #6
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Like them. A lot. Had a few thruout the years. This is the one in my collection now. I think it is the coolest watch they make. The club campus at $1600 is a steal.



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Old 31 August 2018, 01:47 AM   #7
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I’ve always thought they were good looking watches.. and have only heard good things about them
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Old 31 August 2018, 01:59 AM   #8
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I almost bought a special edition Nomos made by Ace jewelers. The dial had tweaked the hour markers in the De Stijl style...

I just didn’t think I’d wear the watch enough I would feel like wanted to be wearing something else...if that makes sense.
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Old 31 August 2018, 02:25 AM   #9
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My thoughts on Nomos are: fantastic design across the board save for their toothpick lugs. On all of their watches I've been interested in, lugs remind me of bodybuilder types who constantly skip leg day. Can't get past that unfortunately... or I would have had a ton in my watch box now.
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Old 31 August 2018, 02:45 AM   #10
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You could not find a more comfortable strap than the Nomos cordovan. Remarkable.
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Old 31 August 2018, 02:54 AM   #11
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Like them. A lot. Had a few thruout the years. This is the one in my collection now. I think it is the coolest watch they make. The club campus at $1600 is a steal.



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Old 31 August 2018, 03:59 AM   #12
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The Club Campus and Club Date are nice, thin manual winds. Especially if you go for display back. You are also getting 100m water resistance with these.

I also really like their new autobahn sport watch.

The tangente model is the brand's original bread-and-butter dress watch. Not to my taste but I do like that it's manual and therefore a lot thinner than other dress watches in the price range, such as Seiko Presage (6R15 should stay in the divers IMO)
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Old 31 August 2018, 04:27 AM   #13
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I probably like the Metro datum gangreserve above the best and the Lux model (which is this one):


But it's a little feminine and not exactly the best value proposition. I'm not a super big fan of Bauhaus design in watches anyways so I'll always have a reservation against buying a Nomos.
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Old 31 August 2018, 09:09 AM   #14
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I would love to get my mitts on a Ludwig with Roman numerals.
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Old 31 August 2018, 11:57 AM   #15
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There is a lot to like about Nomos- the simple design, thin cases and movements (and in-house), nice comfortable Cordovan strap, and nice price .... I used to have a Tangente date and ended up selling it as it didn’t get much wrist time probably for a few reasons - it became too “plain” for my taste, the hands didn’t seem substantial, and the lugs started to bother me... but most of all changing the date was a PIA. As an only watch not a big deal but as one in a collection it really was a turn-off.

If you end up getting one, I would def go for the no-date version.


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Old 31 August 2018, 01:15 PM   #16
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Thanks everyone.

The more I think about the date, the more it's bothering me.

I might end up going with the base Metro with no date. Has this alpha movement which seems decent, but side by side the Metro seemed much nicer than the Tangente. Plus that domed crystal is great.

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Old 31 August 2018, 01:37 PM   #17
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Three of my favorite watches.
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Old 31 August 2018, 03:07 PM   #18
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Three of my favorite watches.


What's the ref of the watch on the right? I love it!
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Old 31 August 2018, 04:06 PM   #19
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I bought the date version for a balance dial. I can not get pass the blank space at the six o’clock
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Old 31 August 2018, 08:46 PM   #20
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One of my favorite brands. Picked up a Weltzeit a few weeks ago.




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Old 1 September 2018, 02:48 AM   #21
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What's the ref of the watch on the right? I love it!
Club Ref# 701. 36mm hand winder. Great litte watch.

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Old 1 September 2018, 03:00 AM   #22
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Club Ref# 701. 36mm hand winder. Great litte watch.



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Old 1 September 2018, 05:23 AM   #23
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I really wish they did the 41mm Club Atlantic blue dial in a manual wind.


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Old 1 September 2018, 10:37 AM   #24
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I have Lambda 39 samtschwarz, awesome piece. I get why Nomos includes a loupe with it, wow that movement. They did a good job technically with that swing at haute horology.
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Old 1 September 2018, 08:21 PM   #25
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I have a Nomos Metro datum. Setting the date is a pleasure, it reminds me the watch in in-house. Rolling the time to 1:00am, then back to 8:30pm, then back to 1:00am will move the date (no need to spin through a 24h cycle)... doesn’t take long to get through a few days, and the snap of the date wheel feels impressive and reliable.
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Old 1 September 2018, 09:23 PM   #26
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Don’t you find that more annoying than a quick set change by turning the crown?
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Old 1 September 2018, 09:40 PM   #27
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I like the design of the watch but it is too small for my wrist and my taste.
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I have a Nomos Metro datum. Setting the date is a pleasure, it reminds me the watch in in-house. Rolling the time to 1:00am, then back to 8:30pm, then back to 1:00am will move the date (no need to spin through a 24h cycle)... doesn’t take long to get through a few days, and the snap of the date wheel feels impressive and reliable.


I can understand how one may enjoy this task , but I would guess that most detest it. Also, not sure why you associate this lack of quickset date with “in-house”. There are plenty of in-house movements amongst various brands that make changing the date infinitely easier.


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Old 3 September 2018, 07:01 AM   #29
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Thoughts on Nomos?

It doesn’t take that much effort to wind the watch everyday or every other day regardless you wear it or not. The date balance the dial.
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Old 3 September 2018, 07:08 AM   #30
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Have a 38 Datum myself. The date winding is a PITA I find. Still love the watch. As above; If you’re not going for a date, get the 35 because the 38’s subdial looks off without it.
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