Review
The new, colorful Club Campus options
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The Best Everyday Watches in 2022
Oris Pro Pilot X Caliber 400
10 of the Best New Watches from Watches & Wonders 2022
Hands-On with the New Nomos Orion Silver and Gold
Comparing the Nomos Tangente and Club Campus
In-Depth
Comparing the Nomos Tangente and Nomos Club Campus, two of the brand’s best — and most affordable — offerings. Sport v. dress. Youth v. experience. Tradition v. experimentation. But always Bauhaus.
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Letter to the Editor: Meticulist on the Nomos Tangente Sport for Hodinkee
Letter to the Editor
A letter from Meticulist on our recent article about the Nomos Tangente Sport for Hodinkee.
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Nomos Tangente Sport for Hodinkee: Hype or horology?
Guides
When the Nomos Tangente Sport Limited Edition for Hodinkee dropped in December 2019, I was naturally thrilled.
Read MoreBest mechanical dive watches under $5,000
Guides
Our recent picks of the best dive watches for small wrists got us thinking about something else: What are the best accessibly priced dive watches, full stop?
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A watch's value: Broken down by components
News
Back in October, I wrote about my buying experience with Chronext. It’s an online secondary market platform that connects authorized dealers from around the world with customers, often allowing for prices much lower than MSRP. Chronext sources and inspects all the watches it sells before shipping them to buyers around the world.
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In-Depth: Buying from Chronext
Business News
Note: This is not a paid placement in any way; it’s simply a writeup about my buying experience with Chronext.
Towards the beginning of 2019, I set out to buy a new — or gently worn, pre-owned — watch. I had my eyes on a Nomos Club Campus, but knowing new watches like this tend to lose at least 25% of their retail value once you take them home from the authorized dealer, I was reticent to buy at full retail price.
Like any decent enthusiast, I set up my alerts and scoured the forums to find one at a pre-owned discount. I also checked the grey market and pre-owned websites that the watch community loves to hate: Watchbox, Crown and Caliber, Watchfinder, and so on.
But one kept popping up that I’d never heard of before: Chronext. As I tried to dig into the company, it turns out not many others had heard of it either. They raised $34 million at the beginning of 2018 and the company was seeking another $25 million at the beginning of 2019, but I couldn’t find much on the actual customer experience. Most of all, one thing stood out about Chronext: The low prices.
Read MoreNOMOS Watch Club: An Interview with a Nomos Product Designer
Recommended
This is our first partnership post, from our friends over at NOMOS Watch Club. We’re always looking for fun and interesting partnerships, so if you’re interested, please reach out.
Our friend Christopher over at NOMOS Watch Club recently paid a visit to Berlinerblau, the Berlin-based in-house design and marketing firm of Nomos Glashutte. Berlinerblau is home to about 40 Nomos employees, all of whom are singularly focused on created the “Nomos look”, perhaps the finest modern execution of the Bauhaus aesthetic, in watches or elsewhere.
Christopher sat down for an interview with Nomos product designer Thomas Höhnel, who provided some insights on the watch design process, working at Nomos, and the future of the Glashutte watchmaker.
Read MoreThe Best Everyday Watches in 2019
One Watch
It’s that time of year. Far and away, our most popular article of 2018 was The Best Everyday Watches of 2018. Turns out a lot of people are searching for the best everyday watch, the best go-anywhere-do-anything (GADA) watch, or the watch to make the perfect one-watch collection (yes, you can have a one-watch collection. That’s a hill I’ll die on).
With the 2019 trade shows (meh as they were) in the rearview mirror, it’s time to update the list for 2019. In 2018, I looked at the best watches that you could still buy new. For 2019, we’re changing the rules. I’m going to look at the best vintage, pre-owned, and new everyday watches out there.
A reminder: there are no real requirements for an everyday watch besides general durability and comfort. We’re talking about watches that can be dressed up or dressed down. Watches that look as good with a suit as they do alongside a t-shirt and jeans. Lume and water resistance are nice, but not necessary. An everyday wearer can come on a bracelet or strap, as long as it sits comfortably on the wrist. And while we’re willing to pay good money for a watch we’re going to be wearing every day, we can’t spend so much that we feel we have to baby it through every door jamb.
First, up, the best everyday watches you can buy new. I’ve broken them down into three categories: (1) the Under $2,000 Club, (2) the Microbrands, and (3) the Classics.
Read MoreThe Best Everyday Watches from Baselworld 2019
One Watch
And just as quickly as the blog boys descended upon Baselworld a week ago, they were gone. Now all were left with are a few great watches, a bunch of press releases, and a few more names on the local Rolex AD’s waitlist. Admittedly, it’s difficult to tell when all we have are a few photos and a spec sheet, but these are the watches I’m most excited to see in the metal. These are our 10 favorite everyday watches from Baselworld 2019.
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