When I think of Nomos, elegant, minimal watches in the 35 to 39mm range come to mind. Watches that are rich in detail, yet modest in attitude and timeless in style. Watches meant for people – well, like me. People with an affinity for design, an appreciation of mechanical watches, and needs that don?t really go beyond the modern urban experience. To qualify this last statement, I mean watches that are meant to be worn to the office, but aren?t too fussy to be worn to a beer garden. Watches that look great with jeans, and with formal attire too. Watches that aren?t rugged like a dive or tool watch, but don?t need special care either. With watches being sorted into more and more sub-categories, it?s easy to forget that the everyday watch was once a simple thing. Nomos watches are the modern version of that idea. So in 2019 when, at Basel World, Nomos released a series of 42mm ?sports? versions of their Tangente and Club watches with 1000ft water resistances that built on already ever-increasing diameters, I was a bit perplexed, and frankly disappointed (something I didn’t hide in our podcast.) To be fair, the watches themselves were attractive, as all Nomoses are, but I didn?t get the why. Why is this brand I associate with subtle, sophisticated, design-driven watches playing the diameter and depth game" If it?s because they are trying to satisfy customer demand, which is entirely plausible, then why not develop a new line, rather than inflate the Tangente...