The DDR

Now many of you are too young, or were too drunk to remember, but at one time there was a country called EAST Germany.  And things there were, well… let's just say that Not every day was a holiday, and Not every day was a feast.  And as far as the Stasi goes, I don't think anyone really misses them ; )

Courtesy of NOMOS

That was 25 years ago.  To commemorate the events that helped joy kill sadness, NOMOS is releasing a special version of its Orion watch.  So lace up your vintage dead-stock 78 Romanian made Adidas, gas up your Trabant, and revel in some NOMOS goodness.

Ladies and Gentlemen -

The Orion 1989  
The watch

Case: stainless steel, tripartite; diameter 33 or 38 mm; curved sapphire crystal glass; curved sapphire crystal glass back, height 8.54 (size 33) or 8.86 mm (size 38)

Dial: galvanized, November gray; stamped indexes, diamond-polished

Hands: steel, gold-plated Water-resistant: to 3 atm 

Strap: velour leather anthracite

Reference numbers:
326 (size 33) 385 (size 38) 

The movement
α (Alpha)—NOMOS caliber with manual winding

Diameter: 23.3 mm


Movement height: 2.6 mm Power reserve: approx. 43 hours

Characteristics: Glashütte three-quarter plate, 17 jewels, Glashütte stopwork, Incabloc shock protection, balance spring from Nivarox 1A, adjusted in six positions, tempered blue screws, rhodium-plated movement surfaces with Glashütte ribbing and NOMOS perlage, ratchet and crown wheel with Glashütte sunburst decoration