36.5mm of Amazing Unique Watch Goodness! Nodus Unity Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ส.ค. 2024
- Nodus Unity: www.noduswatches.com/unity
A year ago I was at a watch show and a small blue watch sitting on the edge of a table caught my eye. No matter where I went, or who I was talking to, I kept looking back at it. I'd never seen anything quite like it, and I thought about it for months until I eventually bought it.
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00:00 I get it!
00:44 Who?
01:16 Couldn't Stop Looking At It
03:10 Equally Unique Dial
05:47 LUME
06:08 Specs & On The Wrist
09:00 The Issues
11:48 Bottom Line - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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That honey yellow is very tempting to me. Very unique color. Great job Nodus!
It’s a great watch. They have some of the best designs around. I especially love their Sector Pilot Line. Thanks!
I can see why you kept coming back to this one, Shane. In this time of similarities, this Nodus stands out from the crowd. I like it!
Definitely unique! I respect your interest in watches that aren’t the same old same old
Ironically my wife and I are both wearing our Unity's today. We love ours. The 150m WR really puts it over the top as a GADA watch
It's a very nice watch Shane and it's a good buy. Great colour for the summer ! That dial finishing is very cool. 37mm normally wouldn't suit me but that dial and matching bezel gives it a bigger look than a standard 37mm. I do like that Nodus actually relegate the movement themselves.
Relegate = regulate?
Great video as usual. Ended up returning mine. As for the dial, it does look great on larger wrists. Mine is around 8 inches and I like smaller watches. The rough crown was unusual at least for me because I own three other Nodus models with no such issue. I found the clasp to be too big. It compromised the sleekness of the watch.
I had a CW 36mm Sealander, and for me 36x20 was perfect. Didn't look overly out of proportion and the 20 mm bracelet allowed a small watch to still have some wrist-presence. 😀Had a similarly sized clasp too, which I always thought felt fine, and added to the wrist -presence.
20mm is a better choice for a 36mm watch. _Usually_ lug width is half of diameter but I think slightly wider with a 4mm drop to the clasp is the right move.
As much as I despite the Swiss Watch Mafia, have to give praise to Rolex for sussing out the “correct” proportions for a 36mm watch a thousand years ago.
There's something refreshing about watching a review where the reviewer actually believes in the praise he's giving to the watch and not just because it's a paid promotion. Not saying that the paid reviews are disingenuous, but in some of the review channels it's all they do and I've found myself losing some trust in those. Glad to see a review with actual money spent on the watch.
Hard to take anything Random Rob says seriously as all his stuff is catch and release, things sent in to him to show off, review samples, etc. etc. Whatever he says is his favorite watch today will be sold in several weeks.
Hopefully, people don't see this as hypocritical as I still cover many that are also sent in. Although I try to treat everything the same.
Now for me, I think the bigger issue with most channels is more from them not taking their time with anything. They aren't spending enough time to catch any of the issues/flaws. Sometimes you need to wear it a bit and definitely take it outside.
Sometimes it's completely obvious they just flipped the camera on as soon as they got something. It drives me nuts when I see a bracelet that isn't even sized. Although in general, I don't fully trust any channel that's doing more than 3 videos a week. Not that they are necessarily doing something shady, it's just there is no way you can do a full assessment of anything in that amount of time. Which winds up doing your viewers a great disservice, as they are going to spend a lot of money based on what you're saying.
I have had owned several Nodus watches, and have always been blown away by their quality. Unfortunately I have never been able to bond with their designs. I'm still hoping this will change, but I'm sure the watch you have reviewed will be it. Great review as usual
I like their sector style but not enough to purchase.
The watch really looks bigger than 36.5 on your wrist. Your correct about the wrist presence. Maybe because the bright blue bezel gives the effect of a larger dial.
It's also a pretty big dial for it's size.
I am a fan of Nodus. My first Nodus was also a Duality. When I first saw this watch I was not impressed though. I thought the ceramic bezel was a cool idea, but the texture dial seemed a bit odd. So I wasn't really interested. And then I saw it in person for the first time at an Intersect event, and very quickly in person it changed my mind. I was like wow this is much nicer in person than I expected. The texture dial which I didn't like much in pictures, works very well in person, and adds great lightplay to the dial. I ended up getting the black version and I really love it as GADA sports watch that's different but both dressy/casual much better than you would expect. The yellow is also very nice. I think should do more colors to be honest.
And I agree the only thing I think I would say that is missing is a hardness coating. I think hardness coatings are the next "adjustable clasp." A feature generally not found on more affordable watches that micro brands should consider adding as a perk. I used to think it was gimmicky but Traska has changed my mind and now I wish more watches offered hardness coatings.
Saw this at District Times and it is gorgeous in person. Even the "Cotton Candy" is cool 😎
I bought the pink one and its absolutely stunning. I’m so tempted to get the blue one :-)
never saw the pink one in person, but this blue just drew me in.
Great company. They have a great background story and are true watch lovers. I have my 1st generation Nodus Avalon and will never sell that watch. Have a great weekend!!
Couldn't agree more!
Excellent review again. It is a bit strange, 36.5 mm but it doesn't seem that small on your wrist. My wrist is 18 cm and I always considered 38, 39 mm small
Like it. But on the "less subtle options"😋Looks like the continuance or the younger flamboyant brother of the legendary Retrospect.
Kudos to Nodus for another great watch. You too for getting this, enjoy Shane. Cheers mate.
I appreciate the brand for doing some different designs. Won't be for everyone, but good to look at and variety is nice.
I absolutely love small Watches and this seems great. I actually really like a 20 mm bracelet on a 36 mm watch. My Smiths Everest is like that and I just think it looks great. The only thing about this watch is I don’t like the colors they have chosen. The only one I would consider is the black one but other than that it really is a good looking watch.
For whatever reason they decided to make this one really vibrant. Which to be fair, is what first caught my attention.
Shane, I have two Nodus watches. The Sector Sport and the Sector Pilot. Love them both, but like you mentioned, the crown on the Pilot is super rough on the knurling itself and the crown is quite wobbly after being unscrewed. These are easy QC fixes which hopefully they have rectified since. For some reason the crown on the Sport is perfect, so it’s more a matter of will here - these are not hard issues to fix. They need to clean this up as it can make or break a sale given the competition. Cheers!
Good to know I'm not alone in that. The Sectors look awsome too. Almost bought a white Sport.
Indeed. I got the glacial blue. Stunning. Cheers mate!
Yes sir, a scratch resistant coating on the case and Bracelet, and if the crown were resesed in the case it would have it all for a woman s watch or very small wrist
Thanks, Nodus is a good brand.
Luv’n the blue…!!! 👍😊💥
*The Row Lecks OP 36mm also has a 20mm lug width; it looks fine and so does this Nodus timepiece. For decades the DJ in 36mm had a 19mm lug width. Wanting this to be 18mm is subjective style, not a niggle or nit worth picking.*
Mostly pointing it out as I don't think you would expect it., and because it will make it wear a little larger.. For me, I actually prefer it with the 20.
Of all the American microbrands I think Nodus is my favourite however I still haven't pulled the trigger and it's probably down to the additional import taxes I'd have to pay living in Europe which kind of makes this less appealing and right at the top end of mid range microbrand (400-800€ incl. taxes). There are a few UK/European dealers that sometimes have 'nearly new' Nodus watches but sadly neither the Unity nor Sector Sport have popped up on sale yet.
For the price you'd kind of want all the niggles fixed but sometimes they add a little character and if the overall package is great I'd generally forget about those on a day to day basis. But thanks for another great honest review.
I have started to look for my retirement watch - I have a Rolex and Omega but those are dress watches and I want a GADA. I'm a small guy with small wrist and have been looking at watches that have a on-the-fly clasp. The ones I see are like the one reviewed, large. All I need is 7-10mm.
I don’t normally get excited about micro brands but I’m seriously considering a Signum with the extra vat and charge to the uk for me it’s got to be something special only other brand is Draken that is doing it differently
Ya that watch is beautiful
i love the noodles brand! One of the best micro brand!
I like it. And people will nodus this watch! 🙂
The colours great
Hi Shane, is that a turquoise color dial and bezel or just light blue, I don't know if it's just the camera or that's how it looks in real life?
More of a lighter blue. I think they call it Topaz Blue.
Great review - what is the knife at 1:30?
They blue one? Leatherman free t4
Beautiful Watch and made in the USA!
Here in Britain we have nothing like this ,shame ):
If you ever want to sell that Duality, I'd be happy to purchase it. 😉👍🏼
Nodus make amazing watches.
Yes indeed. I see a lot of Halios in Nodus, or vice versa.
The price and range of watches from Nodus look very good but most are a little small for my 8 inch (20cm) gorilla wrist.
What size do you normally wear?
that colour is poppping, i like it, despite its flaws, it's beautiful, kinda outta my price range ..
but woulda i coulda
First thing that comes to mind when seeing it and even before watching your review is that it looks like as if it emulates 1960s home gadgets in terms of colour and unifying features of dial and bezel, them being of the same glossy colour, not dissimilar to those tin toys kids used to have back in the day. Or your toaster or coffee maker for that matter. Which is rather charming.
Although with its 36.5mm diameter it would simply disappear on my 7.5" wrist.
Well mine is 7.25", so not too different.
@@RelativeTime I'm judging by my Citizen BM8180-03E field watch, which is 37.2mm. It just feels tiny. Maybe it's because of its 9.5mm thickness and 18mm strap which in this case are not helping? 🤔
@@Organic_apeThat could be. I think the 20mm strap here helps it a lot for me. I recently covered the 36.5mm Citizen Eco-Drive Promaster. That felt and looked way too small. Yet this, I like.
@@RelativeTime Yes, I saw that video. Made me chuckle as anything that looks similar in my collection is my Citizen EcoZilla which has nothing shy about it when it comes to sizes.
Smooth bezel w/ a textured dial looks odd. The ceramic will take the beating instead of the steel that’s typically there. So that’s a good thing but it just looks odd to me.
That is one big benefit of it. I was thinking that after recently looking at my white Alpinist. Bezel's got more than I would like there. Although in general, that thing seems to be a scratch magnet.
I always enjoy the reviews. This is a good looking watch, but compared to other micro-brands at the top of the game the price seems on the high side if I compare apples to apples. I've seen the proprietary clasp and was not impressed. It feels flimsy and looks rough when extended.
Nodus has always been a little on the high side. I think a lot of that is due to some of the complexity of their designs and the US Assembly with further regulation.
I mean with this one especially, with 3 different layers to the dial, can't be cheap to make.
That and CA isn't a cheap state to be in. Business taxes/fees bleed you dry there, but that's not necessarily the consumer's problem.
This watch is not Small by any means. It's the Perfect size for "Gentlemen"
Any plans of reviewing Baltic mr01? It's clean, no-nonsense, automatic, with some (very thin) French and Italian veneer and very affordable.
And I think rather of your style, thinking of timepieces you've been praising as of lately.
I'm curious about it, but no immediate plans. The Hangzhou micro-rotor is pretty cool, I have another watch with it as well. At some point I really need to take a look at something from Baltic. I think they are one of the better microbrands out there. If not the Mr01, then maybe the HERMÉTIQUE.
@@RelativeTime Yes, Hermetique is an attractive watch as well. What I love about Baltic movement is its ornamental finish. Maybe it does need a bit more detailing work on it but it's miles ahead of all boring, plain, grey looking even Swiss movements that for unknown reasons been put under display glass. Looking at my 1916 Hampden rolled gold pocket watch beautiful movement I always wondered why this level of craftsmanship was abandoned in favour of generic, uninspiring looking movements - unless it's some mouthful French named watches that cost more than a car or even house. And then comes Baltic and dispells this myth for not much money at all.
I love it. ⌚ 🤔
Nice but why the organic looking texture radiating from the centre? Not sure where I heard it, someone on TH-cam……it’s a Butt hole dial. Literally any other dial texture would be great.
Ok, now you ruined it for me. LOL... not really but I won't forget that phrase now.
I believe The Time Teller or Jory stated that lol.
Much as i want to watch your videos, i shy away when i see the first shot of the featured watch. I think you should invest in a good camera 😊
Well I have a good camera... Actually 3 at this point. With some decent lenses, and I'm shooting in 4k.
So might be something on your end. Make sure the resolution settings are set to the max when you watch it. Depending on connection sometimes TH-cam starts you off at something lower.
I feel certain that one day you’ll commence a video with: “I live in the American Gardens Building on W. 81st Street on the 11th floor. My name is Patrick Bateman. I'm 27 years old.”
I really should at some point. Heck should of done that for April 1st.
That date wheel is a good example of when NOT to match colors. White would have balanced the design.
Well they do have the lume framing around it, but it's pretty thin.
Agreed.
Disagree. It’s more refined and elegant to match or compliment the dial color. Luxury watches charging multiple thousands of dollars and not color matching is a pet peeve and also an example of the Swiss spitting in the face of consoomers.
I agree, I think a white date wheel would’t have looked better
@@Mister_Phafanapolis it only makes sense if there is balance in the design. That is not the case here…. Looks bad.
I personally don't nodus the particular allure of this nodus.
I don't really like it. 🙂
None-the-less, thanks for your review.
😂. That's ok... Still made me smile. Hopefully others will nodus how funny it is as well.
I legitimately feel like I have stolen my Noduses. I paid full price. But they feel so much better than they cost that it seems unfair to them almost.
Yiu know me, I love an unusuak watch. But this one is a little too playful for me. The ceramic bezel in the same color as the dial is just too much shiny-shiney for me. If Im going that casual, I'd look at an interesting flieger or chrono. Or hell, maybe I'd pull out my vintage Mickey Mouse watch from the very esrly 70s.
The NodeX clasp, while demonstrating some ingenuity, looks terrible when extended, as there is a flat piece of metal that appears.
I've seen that, although looks better than a Seiko clasp I recently bought. Can't remember the part but it's an official Seiko on the fly clasp that's usually on their real expensive divers. Got it to try on my Glacier MMR. Like having the flexibility, but it's thick and looks all funky with a flat pressed metal bar coming out of it.
At some point I should do a video on it.
@@RelativeTime As on-the-fly adjustment is slowly becoming the norm, I'd hope that the design/engineering will evolve--it's a great feature, but not if it sacrifices wearibility and/or balanced aesthetics.
Damn Shane you couldn't get Nodus to send it to you? Jk
Overall nice watch but the ceramic dial is pointless, I would have rather had a larger face. Erebus selling watches for hundreds less using the same movement will shake up the micro brand market
You mean the ceramic bezel. Well, for its size, the dial is quite big as it is, and in some ways, it does increase the scratch resistance on that area. Which is actually something I thought about when I was looking at my old white Alpinist recently. Man, that thing is a scratch magnet.
As for Joday... yeah I noticed the new one has a 9015. That's amazing for the price. I think Marc might have a few Islanders with it around that, but great to see more options.
Just 2 more millimeters and I could wear it.
Each watch has at least one big problem. I like everything about this watch but the price. 600 EUR is a bit too much. I thought its 200-250 EUR watch.
Movement alone keeps it well above that price range.
*$5,800 to 6,000 for a Big Crown OP isn't too much, huh? Ten of these for one of those?*
That's a children's watch size
There are a few too many qualifications on your part for me to feel confident investing. This seems to be an "I can fix her" watch -
I'm not sure I'd say that... at least not for me. I've had this one since late November and no plans to sell it. For me, it's just the two minor issues that are more confusing than annoying. But ultimately I always say follow your gut after a first impression. If there is something you immediately don't like, usually it's best not even think about it again.
As Jory Goodman would say, "it's a butthole dial!!!! " 😂
So that's who came up with that.. LOl someone else mentioned it. Although I think you typed it wrong. If Jory is saying it, probably should be in all caps.
@@RelativeTime other than that, I love the brand. Unparalleled quality. 👌
the watch market is well and truly saturated at every level
It is, although that might be changing. At least with micros... interset seems to be waning a little bit. See what happens over the next few years.
Good design, but not the best QC nor great in value. Try harder Nodus. If Aragon and Zelos can make better watches yet cheaper, you should at least make sure your watch and bracelet is in great ergonomics.
I've almost stopped the video a few times because you don't mention the bracelet length. That as much as everything you mentioned matters to me on wrist. Most reviewers don't talk about that. I won't consider a watch when I don't know those specs too
You know I've never actually thought about that. Partially because I think It also relates to how long the watch head is to in terms of it'll fit. I do usually try to mention if the bracelet is somewhat short. Like if there aren't many links to take off after I adjusted to mine.
You're also the first to ever ask.
But next time I'll try to include that. I'm assuming it's as simple as taking the bracelet off and measuring across. Hopefully my calipers can open that wide.
What's wrong with these youtubers obsession for tiny watches but it's very annoying 😮💨
Is it really a market for sub 38mm ? I received the Traska newsletter and John Mack said that the Commuter 34mm was a sales failure. I don't know but it's obvious that it's a niche of a niche...
Well if you look at the rest of the channel, you'll see this size is a rarity for me. In fact it's why I didn't buy it when I first saw it. I usually stick to 40 +- a mm or so.
Now that said, the last few times I've looked at some smaller watches views so pretty well, so for better or worse there is interest out there.
Ladies watch...i have man wrist
So what's your ideal size?
@@RelativeTime nothing under 42mm
@@RelativeTime that's my problem is most watches are 40mm..that looks small on my wrist..
@@paulanthony7268 there has been a shift towards smaller, but I think in a year or two it will start shifting back.
@@RelativeTime I hope so ..they are so many good looking 40mm but I won't touch them.
This watch is just a ludicrous joke
What's the punchline?
I wasted my time watching this none sense
*Sorry for your loss.*
Well... it is a review. Meaning it's going to be filled with personal opinouns you may not agree with. So yeah.... but thanks for leaving a couple comments.