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Today we bring you the Nomos Metro, the first watch to exclusively utilize the new Swing System escapement made right in Glashütte. This is big news, people.
As the supply chain tightens up, cutting off access to components and ebauche movements, it's getting harder and harder for small, independent brands to compete in the marketplace. Prices are high, quantities are limited, and the customer ends up paying a lot of money for relatively modest base components to get a creative end product. Nomos wanted to free itself from these shackles and invested 12 million Euro in the development of the Swing System, its own house-made escapement, over the course of a seven-year collaboration with a technical university.
The escapement is arguably the most difficult part of a mechanical watch to create. The apparatus includes the balance wheel, balance spring, escape wheel, and pallet, all of which are high-precision components that ultimately determine the accuracy and longevity of a watch. Everything else can be perfect, but if you don't have a great escapement, you won't end up with a great watch.
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Stoked. Have half a dozen cheap straps on the way to try out while I wait for a good deal on a proper Oyster.
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Love a GMT Master.
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Today we bring you the Nomos Metro, the first watch to exclusively utilize the new Swing System escapement made right in Glashütte. This is big news, people.
You'd have thought, with all the Germanic brains behind this, they would have come out with a name something better than "Swing System".
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It's a 1988 16700. Originally came with the black bezel, but the PO got a coke service bezel insert. He included the black insert in the sale and I'm quite keen to try it out with an olive/khaki nato for more of a tool watch look.
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This?
Or either of these?
I will be moving into diamonds if anyone's interested.
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You need a mock tudor gaff to go with this.
Speaking of moody...I also saw a moody rolex today that was hard to tell apart from the real deal. It just made me thing spending £££ on a second hand one feels like a mug's game..