NOMOS Glashütte Tangente 38 – 50 ans de Médecins Sans Frontières

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.

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. 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.

The red 12 references the emergency aid organization, which has fought for 50 years against the consequences of epidemics, natural disasters, and forced migration. Red is the color of Doctors Without Borders—and of emergency aid. With this special edition model, limited to 2,021 pieces, NOMOS Glashütte is paying tribute to the organization and is helping them to help.

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. 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 color of Doctors Without Borders for half a century. 

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. 

Technical specifications

NOMOS Glashütte Tangente 38 - 50 ans de Médecins Sans Frontières

Reference: 165.S50

Limited edition of 2,021 pieces

Case

• Material: Stainless steel
• Diameter: 37.5 mm
• Thickness: 6.7 mm
• Lug-to-lug: 47.7 mm
• Glass: Sapphire crystal
• Bipartite stainless steel back with engraving: Limited Edition Tangente – 50 ans de Médecins Sans Frontières 1/2021
• Water-resistant to 30 meters (3 ATM) 

Dial and hands

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

Movement

• Caliber: Alpha (adjusted according to chronometer standards)
• Hand-wound movement
• Diameter: 10 ½ lines (23.3 mm)
• Thickness: 2.6 mm
• Number of jewels: 17
• Power reserve of up to 43 hours

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes, seconds

Strap and buckle

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

MSRP: EUR 1'620

For more information, please visit nomos-glashuette.com