I’m no stranger to Nomos, the Nomos Orion Neomatik Silvercut is the fourth one I’ve owned. It came up for sale from a fellow watch collector, barely used, so I just went for it.

I’ve been looking for my next Nomos, but wanted something different from my Club and Lambda. The fact that the Nomos Orion Neomatik Silvercut is automatic and has a unique dial made it a good bit different from the others.

Speaking of the dial, it has fine lines brushed into it. These are not very deep and require a lupe to see, but it gives off a nice light play. The hands are nicely finish and the pop of red from the small seconds is a nice touch. However, the readability sufferers with the polished hands over the silver dial.

Now I’ve had the Nomos Orion Neomatik Silvercut for a week and unlike me I haven’t worn another watch. I didn’t feel like I needed to; am I settling? Probably not, but it’s a nice experiment. I feel like this is partly due to its perfect size (for me). It’s rather thin for an automatic and hugs the wrist nicely.

The strap that it comes on is a very nice black, shell cordovan leather, but I want a more casual and have been wearing it on a canvas strap from Delugs. Luckily I had this 19mm laying around. The odd lug width limit the strap options somewhat, but if you hunt around they can be found. Another note on the lugs is that they’re wider at the case than at the springbars. This makes it look like there is some space between the strap and lugs. I would rather avoid this, but it’s a minor complaint.

Unfortunately, the hands are slightly misaligned so this one will go back to Glashutte. Also, I don’t have experience with this movement, but the rotor is rather loud, and this also might need adjustment. These are hopefully only isolated events.

Furthermore, the movement have been running around 10 seconds fast this week. This could be improved, but I see it as fair.

A note on value, at retail it might be a bit steep, but as I got it on the secondary market, the value is terrific for the level of finishing and in-houseness.

Finally, the week with the Nomos Orion Neomatik Silvercut has been really enjoyable and I think it’s going to be a mainstay in my collection.