A worldtimer with a button I love
By Rafael Ortiz, Mexico City ยท
Nomos makes the DUW 5201 itself, and it's a slim engine: the whole watch is 42 mm wide and only 10.9 mm thick. That alone would make me pay attention. What sells it, though, is the pusher at two o'clock.
Every press jumps the hour hand forward one hour and moves the city ring to the next city, so you set local time in seconds after landing. It's the most intuitive travel complication I know. Home time lives in the small 24-hour subdial at the bottom, and the date follows local time.
With a steel bracelet, an open caseback and 100 m of water resistance, it's a proper travel watch that also goes to dinner. The blue dial is gorgeous, a deep, almost electric blue with orange accents that reads clearly.
Two gripes. The bracelet is fine but not as nice as the watch, and the reserve is 42 hours. Also, the pusher only goes forward, so flying west means a lot of clicking (no drama, but I'd notice it after every Madrid to Mexico City leg).
At 5,300 to 5,800 dollars, if I were starting a travel collection again, this would be near the top.