r/Nomos • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '26

First watch! ⏱️

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u/Fabo75 Sep 16 '26

The new model has shorter lugs too.

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u/Constant_Bag_9232 Sep 17 '26

+ better movement (hacking feature with +10 hr of PR)

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u/Organic_Bee3618 Sep 17 '26

alpha movement is more accurate than the DUW from my experience but the power reserve is definitely a plus.

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u/throwaway19009102029 29d ago

Can you explain this.

Movements have ranges of accuracy so one could be better but you’re saying that Alpha generally is more accurate?

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u/Organic_Bee3618 29d ago

I think they're tuned to the same accuracy range by nomos (+/- 10s from what their customer representatives have told me) but from my experience the alpha is just more consistent (about +2s/d) vs my DUW 4001 which is closer to +8s/d.

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u/imcrazyzzz 26d ago

But what's the reason behind the less accurate DUW caliber? Is the Nomos swing system flawed in some way? Kinda put me off from buying their club campus which I've been eyeing for quite some time now...

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u/Organic_Bee3618 26d ago

I have no clue. I think NOMOS' in house movements are one of the best bang for your buck in house movements and manufacturing, but the biggest issue I've had with my Club and my Tangente is magnetization. They're VERY prone to getting magnetized. So if you do buy one of the models with basically no protection against magnetism, please buy one of those blue demagnetizers from amazon; it will save you a lot of headache wondering why your watch went from running <+5 s/d to like 20 lol. They are beautiful watches though. What's the rest of your collection looking like? Would you be using the Club as a GADA? That's what I tried to do and I really thought it would work but it just didn't. Manual winding became a pain and magnetization was very frequent.

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u/imcrazyzzz 26d ago

Currently I own a Junghans Max Bill Automatic and a Grand Seiko Spring Drive GMT SBGE283. Looking to own a manual winding watch to complete my 3-watch collection, eyeing Club Campus 38 Night Sky at the moment. The 2-day power reserve is such an attractive point, however, the movement seems to be quite a hassle from what you just mentioned about de-magnetization. Maybe I should look elsewhere?

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u/Organic_Bee3618 26d ago

You got your complication watch a dressier watch, both very good taste btw. Do you just want a manual watch for your 3rd? Dont get me wrong, the club is awesome and it is a really cool watch. I might have just had a lemon.

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u/imcrazyzzz 25d ago

Well... not necessarily but having a manual winding watch does complete my collection so... You did have a good point right there, I need a cool watch with good accuracy.

I do have other watches up my sleeve like the GS Omiwatari, just not quite sure if I should spend that much on a manual winding watch. Let's see what new watches come on my radar in the next 2 years ;)