Beide heren Marco Lang en Mirko Heyne hebben inmiddels Lang & Heyne verlaten. Mirko Heyne werkt al vele jaren voor Nomos, zie onder…
Under Heyne’s direction, NOMOS Glashütte has introduced the new neomatik calibers, exceptionally slender automatic movements-as well as the watchmaking company’s first self-winding caliber, world time mechanism, power reserve mechanism, the NOMOS ring date, the proprietary escapement called the NOMOS swing system. He created-in cooperation with the Dresden University of Technology and the Fraunhofer Society-a proprietary gear wheel train, and with that he fell “deep into the world of gear cutting theory.” And of course, the first watchmaker at NOMOS was also involved in the creation of the model with which NOMOS Glashütte is celebrating 175 years of watchmaking history: the new Lambda, fine watchmaking in steel.
Hier nog een kleine samenvatting van het verhaal over de Nomos Tangomat Testuhren, ontworpen door Mirko Heyne…
The newest edition to the Glashütte range of watches brings automatic winding to the company for the first time. Complete with the transparent glass back, the watches are sold under the NOMOS label.
Within just 12 months the 29-year old designer, Mirko Heyne, has produced a milestone in the company’s history. The watch is now ready to enter its ‘test phase’. 250 examples are produced (125 with date, 125 without) are submitted for daily testing by prospective customers to the everyday strains of daily life. Only after this period, and the watch has passed all the tests, will it being ready for the market.
The automated winding is achieved by the movement of the wearer’s arm and wrist. Not a new concept but in the NOMOS this achieved with just the gentlest movement - literally rocking a child to sleep will be enough to sustain the watches power reserve.
The automatic-caliber developed by NOMOS is a large diameter clockwork movement: 34.65 mm. The balance-wheel is substantially larger than many comparable calibers, however the thickness nevertheless remains realtively modest, just 4.3 mm. The (running) accuracy of the prototype was under one minute of deviation per week.
En Marco Lang is solo voor zichzelf begonnen…
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