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Why is the new NOMOS caliber, which operates in GMT and world-time, called Xi?

April 26, 2017Caliber called GMT nomos operates Xi

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Why is the new NOMOS caliber, which operates in GMT and world-time, called Xi?

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The world timer is based on NOMOS’ self-winding movement. But it has been so greatly expanded and modified that it has its own caliber code: Xi (pronounced “ksi”), the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. NOMOS Glashütte names all its in-house calibers for letters of the Greek alphabet.