Nomos Tangente 38 – 50 Ans de Médecins sans Frontières

Nomos Tangente 38 – 50 Ans de Médecins sans Frontières

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With world hunger increasing by the day, a situation that is being aggravated by the war in Ukraine, a watch from NOMOS Glashütte is here to lend a helping hand by making a generous contribution—while inspiring others to do the same: Nomos Tangente 38 – 50 Ans de Médecins sans Frontières

Adversity is growing. Already 800 million people worldwide are starving. A combination of various crises have exacerbated an already difficult situation in many regions of the world: local conflicts, the pandemic, droughts and crop failures, the death of livestock, and now the war in Ukraine.

Nomos Tangente 38 – 50 Ans de Médecins sans Frontières
The iconic NOMOS twelve in striking red: the mark of watches that lend a hand. And, red has been the color of Doctors Without Borders for half a century.

The latter is also causing food prices for countries in the global south to soar to almost incalculable levels. “In one week alone, we admitted almost 1,000 children to our outpatient therapeutic feeding program. Thirty per cent of them were suffering from severe acute malnutrition,” reports Bakri Abubakr, Doctors Without Borders’ program manager in Somalia.

Nomos Tangente 38 – 50 Ans de Médecins sans Frontières
Combating adversity together: For ten years NOMOS Glashütte has been collaborating with Doctors Without Borders, making classic watches for the benefit of people who are in need. Watches that also remind us hourly how lucky we are.

You can support by getting directly involved—for example, as a doctor, nurse or logistician with Doctors Without Borders. With a donation. Or with a truly unique emergency aid model: Tangente 38 – 50 ans de Médecins Sans Frontières from NOMOS Glashütte. A wristwatch based on the brand’s most popular model, Tangente. It has the classic and very harmonious diameter of 38 millimeters.

Nomos Tangente 38 – 50 Ans de Médecins sans Frontières
With this classic yet strikingly distinct Tangente from NOMOS Glashütte, now everyone can provide emergency aid—with 100 euros from the sale of each watch going directly to people in need. And the watch shows it, too: The red twelve, the symbol of emergency aid, to inspire others.

It is limited. 100 euros per unit sold goes directly and without deductions to the Nobel Prize winning organization, Doctors Without Borders, and yet the watch costs no more than the standard model. The dial bears the red twelve, which indicates emergency aid: red has also been the colour of Doctors Without Borders for half a century. 

Nomos Tangente 38 – 50 Ans de Médecins sans Frontières
The classic from NOMOS Glashütte, and number one: the handcrafted and manually wound Alpha caliber, which keeps on running—highly precise and highly praised, you only need to wind it once every two days.

With this timepiece from NOMOS Glashütte, everyone can provide emergency aid for a better future, and model it too: The red twelve is also intended to raise aid awareness, encouraging even more people to provide support. Helping has quite possibly never been more important than now and with this watch: The limited model is a classic for life and provides for better times ahead. For the wearer, but going beyond that for others—for people in need. 

Nomos Tangente 38 – 50 Ans de Médecins sans Frontières

Nomos Tangente 38 – 50 Ans de Médecins sans Frontières Technical Specifications

Ref. 165.S50 – 1,620 EUR, Limited Edition Tangente – 50 ans de Médecins Sans Frontières 1/2021

Movement

  • Calibre alpha (adjusted according to chronometer standards), manual
  • Movement height: 2.6 mm
  • Diameter: 10 ½ lines (23.3 mm)
  • Power reserve: up to 43 hours
  • Jewels: 17

Case

  • Stainless steel, bipartite
  • Stainless steel back
  • Sapphire crystal glass
  • Diameter 37.5 mm
  • Height: 6.7 mm
  • Lug-to-lug: 47.7 mm
  • 3 atm (splash-proof) water resistance

Dial & Hands

  • Galvanized, white silver-plated
  • 50 ans de Médecins Sans Frontières inscription at six o’clock, red 12
  • Hands: oxidized black

Strap & Clasp

  • Textile strap dark gray, woven, waterproof
  • Lug width 19 mm
  • Winged clasp, square, stainless steel

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