Seen from the outside, mechanical watches have not changed a lot in the past 200 years—at their heart lies a perfect arrangement of gears, screws, springs, pinions, and levers. Yet we keep researching and perfecting our craft, always looking for the next breakthrough.

Because of course there is always something to be explored: new materials, surfaces, finishing techniques, count variations. This is how today’s watch calibers can be a great deal better than 200 years ago.

More inventions, more patents

In 2014 NOMOS Glashütte celebrated its independence day with the NOMOS swing system—our in-house built escapement that sent shockwaves through the industry. This tiny system of parts is lighter than a feather, and yet it made for a huge technical sensation.

The long process behind a sensation

» Nothing less than a declaration of independence« Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

DUW 3001 and DUW 6101

neomatik: Motors of the next generation

Launched shortly after the arrival of the NOMOS swing system, it was the next in-house sensation: the first neomatik caliber, DUW 3001. Thinner, finer, more elegant than everything that had come before, it represents a new class of automatic movements. With the second caliber in the series, DUW 6101, NOMOS Glashütte is taking things a step further—with a date that can be quickly and easily set forwards or backwards.

DUW 3001: Incredibly thin, incredibly innovative. With a watch powered by this caliber, your expertise is clear—since this neomatik movement is significantly thinner than everything else in the world of watchmaking with automatic winding and produced at scale.

Let's get down to details: DUW 3001

DUW 6101: neomatik date, a high-end mechanism from Glashütte. This neomatik caliber is not only very large but, at only 3.6 millimeters in height, also exeptionally slender. The date is located exactly where it should be—at the edge of the dial. The fact that it can be set forwards or backwards quickly and easily? Just one of many user-friendly features.

Get down to detail with DUW 6101

DUW 4601

Hand-wound caliber with a quick-set date function—the new standard

DUW 4601: With this caliber, which ticks inside Tangente 2date, the sun really does rise in the world of hand-wound watches. The rays of sunbeam ribbing also reach the date ring plate, and the technology underneath is no less brilliant. The innovative date mechanism has a convenient quick-set mechanism, and the mainspring barrel can store energy for more than two days' power reserve when fully wound— 52 hours. And all this with a movement height of just 2.8 millimeters. A particularly attractive extra is the skeletonisation of the balance cock, which reveals the NOMOS swing system.

Understanding DUW 4601

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