Press release Time for life: NOMOS Glashütte for Doctors Without /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) With six limited edition timepieces, NOMOS Glashütte is combining fine watchmaking with fundraising to support the Nobel Peace Prize winning organization s humanitarian aid efforts Glashütte/Berlin, October 2014. Charity wherever possible is a duty, the German Enlightenment philosopher Kant once stated. We take helping the victims of drought, war, and famine as a duty too. This is why NOMOS Glashütte has been supporting Doctors Without /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) by raising funds through the sale of limited edition timepieces since 2012. This charitable initiative started in Germany, but has since extended to the USA and UK; each country has two limited edition models, although all six have some features in common. These include an eye-catching red twelve which is a subtle allusion to Doctors Without and a special engraving on the sapphire crystal glass back. But the most attractive feature of all is the fact that each one raises a significant sum (100 euros, dollars or pounds respectively) for emergency humanitarian aid. Doctors Without is responding to emergencies across a wide swath of regions and countries, including in the Central African Republic, Gaza, Iraq, and South Sudan, as well as the Ebola epidemic affecting West Africa. The organization currently has over 3,200 staff members involved in the Ebola outbreak response in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
NOMOS has taken a lead in the watchmaking industry and I wholeheartedly applaud their initiative. This is needed more than ever with the seemingly endless global phenomena of conflict and natural disasters, says Matthew Girling, Joint Group CEO and Group Jewellery Director of Bonhams. PR department NOMOS Glashütte: Andrea Brandis Head of Public Relations Telephone +49 30 6950848-118 pr@glashuette.com nomos-glashuette.com Patricia Hellmuth International Public Relations Telephone +49 30 6950848-118 facebook.com/nomoswatches twitter.com/nomosglashuette Pamela Willson NOMOS UK Press Representative Pamela Willson & Partners Telephone +44 1243 783227 pamela@pamelawillson.co.uk
The red twelve, the small Doctors Without inscription under the six and the black oxidized hands: These features make the limited edition Tangente and Tangente 33 from NOMOS Glashütte for Doctors Without /Médecins Sans Frontières UK extra special. Whether classically proportioned, or just a little more dainty they are watches for life. Image: Holger Wens nomos-glashuette.com
Fact sheet Tangente for Doctors Without United Kingdom Tangente 33 for Doctors Without United Kingdom diameter 35 mm; sapphire crystal glass; height 6.6 mm Strap: Horween Genuine Shell Cordovan Reference number: 139.S8 diameter 32.8 mm; sapphire crystal glass; height 6.55 mm Strap: velour leather Reference number: 123.S4 Status as of October 2014. We reserve the right to make technical changes.
Helping to help: with two limited editions from NOMOS Glashütte in support of Doctors Without USA. The classic Tangente now comes in two sizes, with a diameter of either 33 or 38 mm. Both watches are lovely and perfectly proportioned for delicate wrists, or more masculine ones. Image: Holger Wens nomos-glashuette.com
Fact sheet Tangente 33 for Doctors Without United States of America Tangente 38 for Doctors Without United States of America diameter 32.8 mm; sapphire crystal glass; height 6.55 mm Strap: velour leather Reference number: 123.S3 diameter 37.5 mm; sapphire crystal glass; height 6.75 mm Strap: Horween Genuine Shell Cordovan Reference number: 164.S2 Status as of October 2014. We reserve the right to make technical changes.