The $650 Nodus Watch With A Floating Sapphire Dial

The new Nodus Sector II Dive - Holme & Hadfield Edition has a simple hook: the dial looks like it is floating.

That sounds like marketing copy until you look at how the watch is built. Holme & Hadfield's official collaboration page says the watch uses a sapphire dial layer that suspends the luminous indices, markers, and both brand logos above a black base, creating a floating effect inspired by the brand's glass-top display cases (Holme & Hadfield official collaboration page).

That makes the collaboration feel unusually coherent. Holme & Hadfield is not just adding a logo to a dial. Its core product idea - displaying objects under glass - becomes the dial architecture.

The watch underneath is the Nodus Sector II Dive. The official specs list a 316L stainless steel case body, CuAl5 bronze bezel, CuAl5 bronze screw-down crown, 40mm bezel width, 38mm case width, 11.9mm thickness, 47mm lug-to-lug, 20mm lug width, box sapphire crystal with blue anti-reflective coating underneath, a 60-click unidirectional bezel with a matte DLC-coated steel insert, Swiss Super-LumiNova BGW9 Grade A, and 100 meters of water resistance (Holme & Hadfield official collaboration page).

The movement is a TMI NH38 no-date automatic with 24 jewels, 41 hours of power reserve, >=4800 A/m magnetic resistance, and regulation by Nodus to +/-10 seconds per day. The bracelet tapers from 20mm to 16mm and uses the proprietary Nodus Extension Module clasp with quick-release spring bars (Holme & Hadfield official collaboration page).

The release is small. Holme & Hadfield lists the edition at 75 pieces and US $650, with VIP list access opening August 27 at 12PM EST and public access opening August 28 at 12PM EST if stock remains (Holme & Hadfield official collaboration page). Gear Patrol and Oracle Time both published dated August 21, 2026 coverage confirming the same basic release story, including the 75-piece limit and US $650 price (Gear Patrol, Oracle Time).

The caveat is water resistance. This should not be pitched as a professional dive-watch story. The official spec is 100 meters, and the source material does not establish an ISO dive-watch certification. The cleaner angle is visual: an affordable automatic tool watch with one memorable dial-construction idea.

That is enough.

The best collaborations do not just swap colors or add a second logo. They make the partner's identity visible in the object.

This one does that.

It is a display case turned into a dial.