From a little town in Glashutte, comes my WWR no. 12. which is the Nomos Glashutte Tangomat GMT. Now one of the things that prompted me to choose this brand is that now in our world of complexities and somewhat chaos, a site of simplicity for me is beauty. And that characteristic is visibly clear in all Nomos watches. I chose the Tangomat GMT is that i breaks a way from the normal three handed watch and comes away with the GMT function through a window calendar and its one of the bigger models that Nomos has which is at 40mm. The white dial face is also a sure damn killer. You can pair it with Jeans, or casual long sleeve shirts and jackets, or a tie, fits everywhere. Those blue hands complement the dial so much adding to it the small seconds that really makes everything fit and clear.
The backdrop of this model though is since the GMT function is done through similar to a calendar day ring, the date function is sacrificed. Well whatever works for you, there is a Tangomat Datum that has no GMT function but a large date display on the dial.
This clean minimalist watch is not screaming for attention but gains a lot of respect to where it is due. Just look at the back. Seldom do you see in-house manufactured watches these days.
I saw a prototype of this model months back from another dive watch website and it instantly captured my WIS senses. It's design that is perfectly simple and yet unique is what attracted me to it. It kinda reminds me of a BMW M3, sedan on the outside, outstanding sports car in the inside. The Halios Laguna looks like an ordinary 3 handed watch from the front, but surprise you, this thick and big watch under that simple dial can go 500M.
What i love about it? - Big and thick casind, 43mm and 14.5mm respectively - 4mm thick sapphire crystal - Simple dial design with inner rotating reflector, doing away with the usual divers external bezel - Excellent lume - Screw down crown design (watch it from the video review) - Case design is unique - WR500M, and doesn't look like one - And the price at $670
Specifications from Halios Website:
Comfortable, modern size: 43mm width, 49mm lug-to-lug, 14.5mm thickness
Highly scratch-resistant 4mm sapphire crystal
Swiss ETA 2824-2 automatic movement
Internal rotating bezel operated by non-screwdown, bi-directional crown at 2 o’clock
500M water-resistance
C3 Superluminova-coated hands, dial and bezel markers for optimal low-light visibility
All in all, this is really a value for your money. And you are sure this ain't any next door Rolex or Timex that you would see from your neighbor's wrist. Something you can uniquely call your own Laguna.
Here's an excellent review by James Stacey from WatchReport.com.
That's all for this week. Hail to Halios for this impressive watch!
They said that How to Make it in America will replace Entourage in the HBO tv offerings to bring about another version of bromance or a show for guys and their adventures in this world. Well, seeing season 1 of HTMIIA, I instantly loved it. But it wasn't the next Entourage. It was entirely different on it's own. Entourage brought about the dream life of guys, you know, girls, girls girls, hollywood, living with your bros, cars, suits, bucks minimum of 5 digits, not to mention lots of cameos, and Sasha Grey, Alice Eve, Emmanuelle Chriqui and countles hot women. HTMIIA was about the real world, the struggles, adventures and success in views of two friends who dream to make it big in New York. Yup, what place but New York, the center of all life on earth! And now, Season 2 starts airing tonight, and they promise a bigger load from season 1, sex, drugs and money. Surely got my juices pumped up, right in time after the finale of my well loved Entourage. Keep it coming HBO!
