I think I want a little dunkel...

[JGJG]

I'm like the princess and the pea with watches, and I have a quest currently to find a nice semi-dress watch addressing two almost irreconcilable factors:

1. I have average wrists and conservative tastes, so 36-37mm is my sweet spot
2. I find anything with <45mm lug to lug rotates uncomfortably on my wrist.

I don't know why I haven't realised it sooner, but I've just realized that the Nomos Club Dunkel ref. 704 seems to tick these two boxes. It also looks smashing and is a nice sub 9mm in height.

It appears to be discontinued though, so I would like to tap into the TZ hive mind for knowledge about these watches please: what's good, what's bad, what should I be looking out for in a purchase, and what if anything the availability is like.

Many thanks :)

[Onelasttime]

I owned one for a couple of years, which in itself tells you something because I'm a serial flipper.

It's a lovely watch, with tasteful finishing, excellent movement and solid timekeeping. For me, it also worked on a variety of straps, including NATO for a more rugged look, then it would dress right back up on a cordovan leather.

I also owned the white dial Club and i think I preferred that to the dunkel - it just had a little bit extra interest with the dial colours.

The 36mm case works well and the only thing that I don't miss is the lugs. They're ever so slightly too long so the gap between the case and the strap is more apparent than on most watches.

Photobucket took all my dunkel pics but here's the Club to show you the gap



And a couple on perlon and NATO to show the gap filled

[Onelasttime]

I should have added, they often appear on eBay and I'll always watch them, just in case.

This is the problem with watch forums because I'm now thinking about Nomos.

[Bondurant]

^+1. Bugger.

[JGJG]

^ double bugger - looks like I’ve just inflated the price of a purchase for myself... 😬


Great pics of the white one, useful to see the versatility...

[lughugger]

I think that Timeless regularly do a limited Dunkel run. Might be worth dropping them a line. Last time I checked - about 2 months ago - worked out about £1600-1700 including shipping and VAT


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[JGJG]

That’s certainly good to know, thanks

[robt]

And a couple on perlon and NATO to show the gap filled

Slight OT tangent, but what make is that Perlon Nato? The photo could be deceiving, but it looks decent quality, which is a hard thing to find for some reason.

[JGJG]

Long overdue, some pics of the Nomos Club Dunkel 704 that I picked up...

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[lughugger]

Long overdue, some pics of the Nomos Club Dunkel 704 that I picked up...

Ah, what a beauty! This model
Is definitely my favourite Nomos. Pity that they didn’t continue these.


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