NOMOS Glashütte, a modern and independent German watchmaker, continues to grow their collections driven by the automatic and ultra-thin Movement DUW 3001 with the Tetra Neomatik. The number one square timepiece for NOMOS is now equipped with their in-house movement featuring a proprietary escapement named the NOMOS Swing System.
GERMAN INNOVATION
DUW stands for NOMOS Glashütte Deutsche Uhrenwerke, encompassing the range of watchmaking expertise found at NOMOS. The masterminds at NOMOS created their first self-winding calibre for NOMOS, DUW 3001, continuing the extraordinary German engineering and precision started in 1990.
The three year project resulted in innovations and an optimized gear train by adjusting the order, angle and number of teeth in DUW 3001 and increasing the effectiveness by as much as 94 percent. While remaining extremely thin at 3.2 millimeters, this movement achieves chronometer-standards and is complete with the NOMOS swing system including a tempered blue balance spring that was introduced last year and a classic German three-quarter plate with Glashütte ribbing.
When fully wound, the movement has a 42 hour power reserve and uses a bi-directional winding rotor to assist in keeping the balance spring tightly coiled. The DUW 3001 has also received a small update this year with the addition of the new DUW regulatory system, allowing the length of the balance spring to be adjusted and further ensure precision.
TETRA NEOMATIK
The Tetra neomatik arrives in a stylish square case with all sides measuring 33 millimeters, increased by 4.5 millimeters and it sits 7.2 millimeters off the wrist, a 0.9 millimeter increase from its manually-wound counterpart in the Tetra collection.
The refreshed dial upholds the minimalistic style NOMOS Glashütte is known for, and will be adorned with the ‘neomatik’ logo in gold, rather than colored, to represent the first edition. Offered in two versions, one is pure and clean with a galvanized white dial having cyan blue accents with and a playful red hand for the small seconds. While the Tetra neomatik tiefblau has a deep blue lacquered dial with green accents and a small seconds with a neon orange hand both giving the watch a splash of character. Both arrive on Horween Cordovan black straps and are good reminders that it is hip to be square.
The Tetra neomatik will retail for $3,860 with a white dial and $3,980 for the tiefblau model.