Nomos Wristwatches

Nomos Epsilon Automatic Wristwatch

Nomos – A Watch that Younger People Can Afford

Nomos’s owner and creative head Roland Schwertner was interested in making a watch that younger people could afford and enjoy without it having to be battery driven or plastic. So he thought up the Club. These are post-puberty, really adult-looking watches that will last one’s whole life through. They can continue to be worn long after the wearer is out of college; Nomos’s spokesperson Claudia Hoffmann explains. But they aren’t as staid or old-fashioned as some other timepieces available out there on the mechanical market. These are not watches for people concerned with status symbols, but they are for people concerned with their appearance. And—not to be forgotten—they Contain a manufacture caliber, something no other watch under $1,500 can boast. Additionally, try finding another wristwatch outfitted with a Shell Cordovan strap, a domed sapphire crystal, and such a timeless design somewhere else at this price category.

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Nomos Glashutte Automatic Wristwatch

The Club from Nomos Comes in Eight Different Versions

No one can say that Nomos doesn’t move with the times, however, and the Club is proof positive, now available in eight different versions: Club in 36, Club Date in 38.5, Club Automatic 40, and Club Automatic Date in 41.5 mm case sizes featuring a choice of ivory- or ruthenium-colored dials with SuperLumiNova elements for great legibility. The Club and Club Date are outfitted with manually wound Caliber Alpha and Beta respectively, while the Club Automatic and Club Automatic Date are each powered by automatic Caliber Epsilon and Zeta—all manufacture movements produced in Nomos’s GlashLitte workshops.

The Nomos Base Model is Uncomplicated and Contemporary

The base model, designed by Hamburg-based product designer Karin Sieber, differs from Nomos’ four other base models in its stainless steel case, which is somewhat easier to manufacture thanks to its uncomplicated and contemporary shape. On a watch made in Glashütte for college students and young professionals, the simplified case also brings the price down a touch from the other four base models.

A surprising twist in the story of this somewhat different Glashutte manufacture is its posthumous connection with Swiss industrial designer Hannes Wettstein, known to most watch fans for his work with the futuristic quartz timepieces by Ventura, a company that was sold to the American SWI Group in late 2007, Wettstein created a case and dial for a whole new appearance to encase the Nomos automatic movement, which was introduced to the market three years ago. The case is larger, more masculine, and perhaps even a bit bolder than the standard Nomos cases, which are worn equally by men and women, up to now. Thus, the ErlkOnig takes a definitive stand. The name of this watch alludes not only to the king of elves from an epic poem by Goethe, but also to a restaurant in Basel that Nomos’s employees enjoyed frequenting during Baseiworld before it was closed in 2008.