Editorial
The Metro Date Power Reserve (ref. 1101) is designer Mark Braun's contribution to the Nomos catalog, a 37mm city-watch with the brand's DUW 4401 in-house automatic caliber, a hair-thin minute track, a small-seconds register at six with an integrated date aperture, and a graphic power-reserve indicator at twelve. Among Nomos's core lines it is the most-decorated; among the brand's automatic references it carries the strongest in-house movement.
Nomos introduced the Metro in 2014 with the original time-only design by Mark Braun; the Date Power Reserve generation followed shortly after with the DUW 4401, the brand's first automatic caliber to integrate a date module on the same plane as the going train (in place of a stacked module). The result is a 7.5mm-thick movement carrying complications that would normally drive a 9mm+ profile in a Sellita-based reference. The 'Tiefblau' (deep-blue) and 'Champagne' dial variants are the most-traded; the original time-only Metro (without the date and power-reserve) remains available as a smaller-format alternative.
Common things to check: papers (a Metro at this price tier is fine without papers but the Nomos card adds modest value); date alignment (the integrated date sits inside the small-seconds register at six, alignment between the date wheel and the printed date frame is a service-quality check); power-reserve calibration (the indicator at twelve should read full at end-of-wind and empty after 42-44 hours, a miscalibrated indicator is a real-world annoyance but a straightforward service item); caliber DUW 4401 (verify the integrated date module through the case-back); dial originality (the printed-and-painted graphic style does not refinish well, verify printing under loupe).
