Fashion - 27 November - By C. Mauer

"Director's Cut"

A 3, A 7 and A 9

Watch designs by Werner Aisslinger for Nomos

27 November 2021

NOMOS Autobahn neo-m Directors Cut

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You can't see it right away, but the watches are a motorway triangle: the German motorways A9, A3 and A7 (from left) meet here. Because: This is the "Director's Cut" of the NOMOS Autobahn watch. In favourite colours of its designer Werner Aisslinger, each is limited to 175 pieces.

The Nomos Autobahn watch came onto the market in 2018 designed by the German industrial designer Werner Aisslinger. The designer worked with the manufacture for over 4 years to develop the watch, as technical innovations kept coming. When the Autobahn watch was finally completed, it was a sporty watch at the request of the designer. Werner Aisslinger wanted to design a fast watch because speed fascinates him. Thus, the Autobahn watch has a partial luminous ring. The illuminated ring is reminiscent of the illuminated dashboard of a car speeding along a German motorway in the dark.

The Manufacture's new "Director's Cut" watch comes in the colours A3 (white-orange-red), A7 (blue-yellow) and A9 (black-grey). The watches are reminiscent of the cars sleds that enriched the street scene in the 60s and 70s.

The watch seems masculine because of the size, but is also popular with women.

NOMOS Autobahn neo-s Cut A3 Detail

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NOMOS Autobahn neo-s Cut A3 Glas bottom

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The watches have a neomatik calibre (neomatik stands for new automatic). DUW 6101 winds itself when moved with a winding mechanism. Despite the date, the movement is slim, measuring only 3.6 millimetres. The flat construction of the manufacture movement allows the watch an extra round or two on the dial side: the dial is double domed, once at the rehaut, the dial raised at the edge, and a second time in the small seconds. Cut into the curvature of the dial under the six: the panorama window of the patented date.

All three special models are easy to read at night thanks to the luminous ring. The metal bracelet with the distinctive openings and the safety folding clasp is, like the watch, a design by Werner Aisslinger and is only available for this edition.

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