Finishing is also about as top-notch as it gets for $700, with detailed polishing and bevelling along the crisp corners of the watch. The 316L surgical-grade stainless steel case provides 300m of water resistance and we get a nice double-dome box sapphire crystal with blue anti-reflective coating on the underside. Here are some of the neckbeard-y specs… The case is 40mm in diameter, 48mm lug-to-lug, 13mm thick, and has a lug width of 20mm. It’s a cool design move like this that helps me keep my faith in Nodus at a time when watch brands are popping up left and right across the Kickstarter and micro-brand world. The cherry on top luminous signatures on each crown that display the Nodus logo, and the Duality logo.

They’ve got a nice, grippy pattern, protrude significantly from the side of the case, and offer an excellent degree of positive control over the movement and internal bezel mechanism. Let’s get into it.įolks will notice the dual screw-down crowns above all else. Interestingly, this might be the one watch that leads me to break some of my own watch purchasing rules that I’ve set for myself in 2020. Not long after the release, I got the chance to spend some time with the ‘chasm black’ dial variant with an internal rotating dive bezel.Īs the proud owner of a Nodus Contrail, I can tell you that Nodus took things to a whole new level with this watch and I actually think it offers the greatest value and feature set for individuals seeking their very first Nodus.

Based on the concept of duality, the watch was made available with two bezel options, two dial colors, and two prominent crowns that riff off the old-school super compressor design. Last year we covered the release of the Nodus Duality, a sleek, sexy sports watch with all of the typical design cues we’ve been enjoying from the LA-based brand.

Nodus duality