I’m not sure that T-C1 is, but it looks a lot like BGW9. According to the Nodus website, all the lumed elements are Grade X1 T-C1 Super LumiNova. The lume on this watch is well executed, both in terms of design and the quantity of lume used. Overall, even with the minor finishing anomalies, this dial is a total win. The seconds hand reaches all the way to the seconds track, and the entire watch is very easy to read, as you would want from a field watch. The seconds hand is a bit more bold, and is painted light blue with a lumed arrow head tip. No complaints here, and I think the design works well with the rest of the watch. The hour and minute hands are very well proportioned, painted white and generously filled with lume. The date window doesn’t ask for much attention, but I would’ve preferred if they didn’t have one there to begin with. Nodus tried to make up for the awkward position with a color matched date wheel background, and… I think it worked. There is a circular date window at the 4:30 position. But again, this isn’t visible to the naked eye, and can only be seen under a macro lens or loupe. The finishing here is a little disappointing, and has an area of missing paint, a strand of fiber and a stray paint particle. You then have the brand’s name and logo at the 12 o’clock. ![]() There are recessed sections to this disk, and give you a look at the well matched light blue base. Moving inward to the inner circular disk, you have a 24 hour marker set, that are printed very well. This combination of colors is very easy to read, and just looks incredible in person. You then have 3D printed indices that are entirely made of lume, and are surrounded by printed black borders. I did notice some micro-particles here, but none visible to the naked eye. There is a raised dark blue minute track or chapter ring, that has thin white ticks for every minute, thick white ticks for each increment of five, and thicker light blue rectangles at the four axes. I love the blue gradient, and all the different surfaces and elements just come together very nicely. ![]() This dial design and color are enough of a reason to buy this watch at $425. This watch is rated for up-to 150m of water resistance. Really well executed crown here!įlipping it over, you have a solid screw-down case-back with a geometric engraving. The grip is excellent, and there isn’t any crown or stem wobble. You have an over-sized and signed screw-down crown at the 3 o’clock position that I absolutely love. The crystal has a domed an AR coated inner surface, and a flat top. This design is less of a dirt and finger print magnet, compared to the Baltic.Ī sapphire crystal sits above this, which has a very unique design, with an angular edge that has lots of distortion and aliasing. This is a stepped case design, similar to the Baltic HMS 002 that I recently reviewed, which is pretty much a bezel equipped watch without a bezel and a polished surface to replace it. The lugs are drilled through, but the holes are a bit awkwardly located, both in terms of design and in terms of functionality as we’ll see a bit later. The lugs are quite long, curve down slightly towards the wrist, and have chamfered inner surfaces and polished outer bevels. The case is mostly bead blasted, and has some polished accents along the sides, and on the step case surface. The dimensions are a bit peculiar on paper, but they don’t look awkward on the wrist. The case measures 38mm in diameter, 47mm from lug-to-lug and 12.75mm in height. Nodus is based out of California, and their watches are assembled and regulated here in the United States but manufactured in Asia. The Sector Field collection is offered in four very interesting dial colors, and costs $425, which includes the metal bracelet. I love field watches, and I love the color blue, and more importantly I love not having to spend enormous amounts of my own money to review a watch that I’m interested in. But when I saw the Marina dial option of their latest Sector Field collection, I had to check this out. But each time they released a new watch, I either didn’t have the money to spare, or didn’t really connect with the design. ![]() Nodus have been on my radar from the very beginning of my watch review journey.
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