Described as “conspicuously large, conspicuously beautiful”, the Tangente Datum is an award-winning German timepiece (it won a Good Design Award in 2012) made by Glashütte’s Nomos. Nomos is famous for using 100% in-house movements in its watches, and the Tangente Datum uses caliber β (Beta). As all good designs, this one starts from the inside out: the beta caliber actually helps keep the watch profile slim, while still offering a large, easy to read date ring.
Its details are extremely well executed, the watch molding itself around your wrist as if it belonged there. And it does. A combination of Bauhaus and Art Deco, the Tangente Datum has rich blue hands, a pearlescent white dial and sapphire back case. If we had to use two words to describe this watch, they would be crisp and modern.
