In this feature from the WatchTime archives, we examine the 2016 released Neomatik version of Nomos Glashütte?s familiar Tangente watch, now with an automatic in-house movement.
We?ve known Nomos Glashütte?s Tangente watch since its introduction in 1992, so the last thing we expected was a profound change. But 2016 Nomos gave the watch a new automatic in-house movement and added it to its Neomatik collection.

This version of the Nomos Tangente is striking for several reasons. The Glashütte-based manufacture worked for many years to gain independence from Swiss movement suppliers: first with individual components, then with its own escapement subassembly (which it calls the ?swing system?), and 2016 with the automatic Caliber DUW 3001, a newly developed automatic movement that ticks inside the Tangente Neomatik and other Nomos models. ?DUW? stands for ?Deutsche Uhrenwerke? (German watch movements) and refers to Nomos?s distinction as the maker of its own movements. All About the Caliber DUW 3001
With an overall height of just 3.2 mm, Nomos?s 10th movement is only 0.3 mm thicker than its hand-wound counterpart, so it can fit inside the case of the original Tangente. Although the latest Tangente is equipped with the new automatic in-house movement, it remains within the brand?s price range of $1,500 to $6,000* for stainless-steel models: the familiar hand-wound version costs $1,900* with a steel caseback and $2,180* with a sapphire back; the automatic Tangomat sells for ...