And an ENORMOUS thank you goes out to the guys at Nodus for sending along a watch to review and then give away. Miller who won the drawing for the Nodus Sector Field. The Sector Field has a practical inner 24 hour scale on the outside of the dial’s innermost sector, and polished a step-bezel in place of a rotating dive bezel.
Enormous thanks to the guys at Nodus for sending along one of these new Sector models for review and subsequent giveaway. Deadline for entry is 11:59 pm ET 4/2/20. Nodus is based out of California, and their watches are assembled and regulated here in the United States but manufactured in Asia. The Sector from Nodus epitomizes that trend in… not being as trendy… all at a super-reasonable price, while also being assembled here in the USA.Įnter here to win the Nodus Sector Field in “shale” shown in the post above. The Sector Field collection is offered in four very interesting dial colors, and costs 425, which includes the metal bracelet. And man does it look good.Ī lot of us are simplifying and appreciating well-made basics more than we used to these days. The vast majority of the surfaces are “blasted”. 24 month warranty is standard here with Nodus. Crystal is a double-dome tapered sapphire. Hacks and hand winds of course, and that screw down crown locks out moisture to the tune of 150m water resistance. Movement is a regulated in four positions (+/- 10 secs/day) Seiko (SII) NH38 Japanese automatic. Nothing “more” thank goodness, which would have made the whole thing a lot less. And intricate, jangly, jewelery looking bracelet. Avalon II + Avalon II Bronze Avalon II Steel.
That’s one of the quickest ways to ruin an otherwise good looking watch. Nodus is passionate about producing purpose-built wristwatches, designed and assembled in America. Brushed through and through (no shined up bits) with sections that taper from 20mm to 18mm, and look nothing like delicate jewelery. Nodus have taken the time to regulate the movement in four positions, which makes the watch accurate to +/- 10 secs/day. An oversized crown helps with winding the reliable Seiko NH35 movement, providing 41 hours of power reserve. The sandwich construction dial has great layers to it, the font they went with is perfect, and the whole thing is really well balanced.Īnti-reflective coating on the underside of the crystal. The Sector Field watch uses a mixture of sandblasted and high-polished surfaces. (every day carry) that you’ll look forward to wearing. This thing is a THING! Not wee, not twee, but a wearable, effective piece of E.D.C. All that, while being designed AND assembled in Los Angeles.ģ8mm diameter with 20mm drilled through lugs.Īt 38mm, it’s more classically sized, but the 12.9mm thickness, decent but not cumbersome weight, and thicker textured crown, reminds you that this thing is not just some forgotten… thing. And the Nodus Sector excels at both of these tasks, while encased in terrific materials and wrapped in slick & simple design choices. They’ve taken a style both humble and effective (hatchback/field watch), and designed the helllll outta it, with great parts, great style, and the end result is something that blows the base idea of what the style “should” be out of the water.įield watches are supposed to do a couple of things: 1. This thing reminds me of a Volkswagen GTI.
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