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 Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch by advertiser Since the brand’s founding in 1992, NOMOS Glashütte has been revered among collectors for its devotion to clean, minimalist German Bauhaus design and exceptional quality. Although each NOMOS Glashütte timepiece begins with the same design principles, the marque has created a wide variety of styles and personalities each with their own distinctive charm. There are perhaps no better examples of this than the Tangente Midnight Blue, Orion Olive Gold, and the Ludwig Reference 201. This diverse trio perfectly illustrates the classical, modernist, and eclectic sides of the brand, all while remaining unmistakably NOMOS Glashütte. While the Tangente, Orion, and Ludwig all begin with a stainless steel case, the similarities end there. For the Orion Olive...

Ernest Hemingway was a Rolex man. For many years, it was famously an Oyster Perpetual, to be precise. But it’s not hard to picture the golden dial of the Historiador Tradición from Cuervo y Sobrinos strapped to his wrist, as the bullfighter, Nazi ass-kicker, and Nobel prize-winning novelist hunches over his old typewriter, pounding out Old Man and the Sea, a fresh mojito undoubtedly within fingertips’ reach while the horn section from a Benny Moré album echoes its brassy chorus from the other room. See, the legendary author was, after all, once a client of Cuervo y Sobrinos (“Cuervo and nephews”) — a retailer that got its start in the late 19th century as the premier jeweler in Havana, Cuba. It was there...