A few weeks back, Nomos announced a total of 14 new watches which form the new ?At Work? series. Rather than a stand-alone line of brand new models, the watches unveiled are updates to four of Nomos? more prominent collections. This is a series that Nomos anticipates being seen as formal enough for the average office environment, yet still stylish and modern enough for dinner and drinks straight after work?something Nomos refers to being ?for 5 to 9? as well as ?9 to 5.?

 The ?At Work? additions are given to the Tangente, Orion, Metro and Tetra lines, and the first of the commonalities across them is the movement. All feature the slim DUW 3001 in-house automatic caliber first seen at the introduction of the Neomatik line two years ago. The DUW 3001 measures 3.2mm in height and features Nomos? Swing System escapement, as well as a “rotor brake” system which locks the rotor in place, stopping its swing when the mainspring is fully wound.
The second common theme across the new models is the size. All of the watches actually measure 38.5mm in diameter, except for the Tetra which comes in at 33mm by 33mm. This increase in case diameter may be imperceptible from the existing 38mm cases of the Tangente, Orion or Metro, but the Neomatik movements had only previously been seen in 35mm to 36mm case variants of those models. Nomos fans need no longer choose between a Neomatik version of their favorite model, or one with a larger case.
On the face of it,...