In our recent Q&A podcast, a listener asked about trends that we?ve been happy to see take hold. A more adventurous use of color among watch brands was cited as a new development we?d like to see continue, and Blake Malin referenced Nodus specifically. Nodus, in the short time that they?ve existed as a brand, has done a great job of mixing the classic and contemporary into a look that is uniquely theirs, and the way they use color has a lot to do with that. They just released two new watches as part of their great Sector series, the Pilot and the Sport, and both show that they continue to lean in to color in a way that we wish more brands would adopt. Let?s take a closer look. 

We?ll examine the Sector Pilot first. This is the brand?s first watch that prominently uses pilot watch design characteristics, but like other watches Nodus has produced it?s not strictly a pilot?s watch, but more a riff on a theme. We have three variants, each with a countdown bezel, a sector layout that?s common to watches in this series, and big Arabic numerals counting off the hours. What sets this watch apart a bit, and is immediately my favorite feature, is the extremely well executed day-date display at 6:00. This is a position we don?t commonly see for this complication – a Seiko style day-date window at 3:00 is much more common, as is the 12:00 arrangement we see in watches from Hamilton – but it?s surprisingly well balanced, legible, and gives this watch a streak ...