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The Nodus Sector II Sport gets a Tiger’s Eye dial for US$575

A 38mm steel case, a no-date automatic calibre and a dial cut from natural quartz give this Los Angeles-built sports watch its own grain.

Hen & Mills Editorial · 3 min read · 25 August 2026

• A single piece of natural Tiger’s Eye quartz forms each dial, so its gold and brown banding varies from watch to watch.
• The brushed 38mm steel case is 11.7mm thick, water resistant to 100 metres and paired with a Nodus Extension Module clasp.
• It costs US$575, with transactions processed in US dollars and shipping scheduled to begin on 2 September 2026.

The Nodus Sector II Sport Tiger’s Eye puts a dial cut from natural stone inside the Los Angeles company’s compact steel sports-watch case. Its appeal is easy to grasp before getting anywhere near the movement: the dial carries bands of gold and brown that change character with the light, while the rest of the watch stays deliberately practical.

Nodus lists the watch at US$575, with shipping due to begin on 2 September. That price buys the same 38mm proportions, no-date automatic movement and 100-metre water resistance that define the Sector II Sport, but with a dial that cannot be reproduced exactly from one watch to the next.

A Tiger’s Eye dial with its own grain

Tiger’s Eye is a variety of quartz with naturally occurring horizontal bands. Nodus cuts and polishes each dial from a single piece of the stone, so the grain, colour and reflections will vary between examples. The supplied photographs show tones moving from deep brown to honeyed gold, depending on the angle and lighting.

That natural variation is the point, yet the dial is not allowed to overwhelm the watch’s legibility. Applied baton markers occupy most of the hours, with Arabic numerals at three, six and nine and a double marker at 12. Broad hands and a fine central seconds hand complete a clean, no-date display. The hands, numerals and markers carry Grade A BGW9 Super-LumiNova, which glows blue in low light.

There is a useful contrast between the stone and the surrounding hardware. Warm dial tones sit against a cool brushed case and bracelet, while polished borders around the markers provide small flashes of light. The result is more textural than ornamental. It still reads as a Sector II Sport rather than a dress watch wearing a stone dial.

The 38mm Sector II Sport case

The case is made from 316L stainless steel and measures 38mm across, 11.7mm thick and 47mm from lug to lug. Those dimensions keep the watch compact without making the dial feel crowded. The lug width is 20mm, giving owners a wide choice of alternative straps if they want to change the look.

A fixed steel bezel frames the dial, and a knurled screw-down crown helps deliver 100 metres of water resistance. Above the dial is a sapphire crystal with a flat top, a domed underside and blue anti-reflective coating on the underside. That construction gives the crystal some of the visual depth of a domed profile while keeping the outer surface comparatively restrained.

Nodus says the watch is designed and assembled in Los Angeles. That local assembly extends to the regulation of its movement, rather than the watch arriving as a finished unit from an overseas supplier.

The company was established in 2017 and operates its own Los Angeles workshop. Nodus says its watches are assembled, regulated and tested there, which makes the NH38’s stated accuracy part of the finished watch rather than only the movement maker’s baseline specification.

A regulated, no-date NH38

Inside is the Japanese-made TMI NH38, an automatic calibre chosen here in its no-date form. That means there is no date mechanism interrupting the stone dial. The movement uses 24 jewels and has a stated power reserve of 41 hours.

Nodus regulates the calibre to a stated accuracy of plus or minus 10 seconds per day. The brand also quotes magnetic resistance of at least 4,800 amperes per metre. Neither figure turns the Sector II Sport into a laboratory instrument, but both are meaningful everyday specifications for an automatic watch at this price.

Bracelet and NEM clasp

The stainless-steel bracelet begins at 20mm and tapers to 16mm. Quick-release spring bars make it possible to remove the bracelet without reaching for a dedicated spring-bar tool. At the wrist, Nodus fits its Nodus Extension Module, or NEM, clasp.

The bracelet matters because it keeps the watch’s practical brief intact. A natural-stone dial can easily pull a watch towards jewellery, but the broad links, brushed surfaces and extension clasp make this one feel intended for regular wear.

Nodus Sector II Sport Tiger’s Eye price and availability

The Nodus Sector II Sport Tiger’s Eye is priced at US$575. Nodus processes transactions in US dollars; any other currency displayed on its site is approximate, so there is no separate Australian list price to report. Shipping is scheduled to begin on 2 September 2026.

Each watch carries the individual pattern of its stone dial. For buyers, that makes the product photography a guide to the material and colour rather than a promise that every dial will show the same bands in the same places.