Obscura II
The Obscura II is a photographer's tool watch from Nodus: its bezel turns only between 12 and 4 and carries an exposure gauge built on the Sunny 16 rule, which sets shutter speed from film speed and the light. Around it, a 38 mm steel case rated to 100 m and the TMI NH38 no-date automatic.
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Specifications
Also runs on the Seiko NH38A
32 watches in the catalogue run on it, priced from $388 to $725.
- KUOEOld Smith 90-002 38mm Version Bronze Case Brown Dial · Ref. OS90002BZ-ND-BR-LARGE$599
- KUOEOld Smith 90-002 38mm Version Bronze Case Ivory Dial · Ref. OS90002BZ-ND-IV-LARGE$599
- NodusSector II Field Titanium Canopy · Ref. SEC-F-CAN$600
- NodusSector II Field Titanium Dusk · Ref. SEC-F-DUS$600
- NodusSector II Field Titanium FDE · Ref. SEC-F-FDE$600
- NodusSector II Sport Onyx · Ref. SEC-S-ONYX$600
- NodusSector II Field Titanium Marina · Ref. SEC-F-MAR$625
- NodusSector II Field Titanium Sequoia · Ref. SEC-F-SEQ$625
- NodusSector II Field Titanium Shale · Ref. SEC-F-SHA$625
- NodusObscura II · Ref. OBS-SSTHIS WATCH$650
- NodusSector II Dive Holme & Hadfield Edition · Ref. SEC-D-HH$650
- NodusObscura II DLC · Ref. OBS-DLC$725
Collector photographs
Taken by people who own this reference: their light, their wear, their patina. Not the maker’s photography. Where the maker hasn’t given us a photograph, one of these is shown as the main image above, always credited. A few are the Atlas’s own, and say so.
If this watch is in your collection, yours would be the first. A photograph on the wrist shows what a studio image cannot: scale, wear, and how the piece has actually aged.
How to get one
The maker's page for this exact reference, the same page this catalogue's specifications are sourced from.
Nodus publishes its current collection and its retailer or service network on its own site. Start there for what is actually in production; this catalogue records references whether or not they are still sold.
Check the reference number against the maker's own page before buying anywhere else. It is the one detail that is hard to fake and easy to verify, and it is what the specifications on this page are keyed to.
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