Here's the Nomos Tangente Norma.
Sorry, not a particularly good photo. It's a mechanical watch which I have to remember winding every morning. It's a fairly discreet watch, not flashy in anyway but I guess people who know their watches would be interested in the fact that Nomos make their movements in-house.
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| Back with glass |
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| Side profile |
Having worn it for almost a year now, I can reflect on how it is to live with the watch. I did get some initial hiccups. It started gaining time quite significantly when I was on holiday in Seoul, I think by almost +2 mins every 12 hours (or something ridiculous like that). This all came about because it was placed too close to the iPad, which had really strong magnets on the cover...
After sending it off to a qualified watchmaker to sort the issue out, it was restored back to an acceptable working condition. As with the nature of these mechanical watches, they do gain some time but almost at a rate that is not noticeable.
A month later, it started gaining time again! It so happen that at this point in time, I was on a trip to Sydney (where my authorised dealer was based) and decided to bring the watch to him. After a week with him, he sent it back all fixed. He mentioned a magnetism issue (probably the iPad again!). Happy to say though, the watch has since performed perfectly. I have been careful though to keep it away from the iPad (which has since been gifted to someone) and any general magnetic sources etc.
Only other drawback is the need to wind! Had to make it a habit to wind each morning. It has become a very therapeutic routine. There's something nice about the action of winding a watch at the start of the day.
-k
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