Watches and Wonders and Colors
Diversity! In Geneva, NOMOS Glashütte presents the iconic Tangente model in 31 different color compositions at once.GLASHÜTTE, APRIL 9, 2024. An icon is an icon is an icon. What is there left to say? NOMOS Glashütte has long been known for its color expertise. But now, at Watches and Wonders in Geneva, the watchmaking company is presenting its bestseller Tangente, which has remained unchanged for more than three decades, in color. Or rather—in colors. The special edition Tangente 38 date – 175 Years Watchmaking Glashütte is a collection of 31 different colorful versions of the classic watch,
Time to send a clear signal: Club Campus, the entry-level model into the world of fine mechanical watches, comes in two sizes and two bold new colors. It stands for courage and calm—and offers plenty of space for personal engravings.GLASHÜTTE, FEBRUARY 29, 2024. The colorful Club Campus series from NOMOS Glashütte has become renowned as an ideal gift—for recent graduates and all those celebrating milestone moments in life. Now the straightforward, sporty, and robust watch is available in two particularly dynamic colors: nonstop red and endless blue. The stainless steel back has been kept
Gala for the wrist: With Orion neomatik new black, the watch manufacturer NOMOS Glashütte presents an automatic dress watch in three sizes and designs.GLASHÜTTE, JANUARY 25, 2024. James Joyce, the Irish stylist, dandy, and a major modernist novelist, wore wristwatches at a time when others were still pulling out their pocket watches. Joyce owned several watches—and had it been available, would certainly have chosen Orion neomatik new black. Why? Because this model, with which NOMOS Glashütte is starting the watch year 2024, is a masterful version of its most essential watch: Orion. The dial
The limited anniversary editions that NOMOS Glashütte produces in honor of Glashütte's watchmaking tradition are legendary—and usually sell out quickly. This fall, the watchmaking company is continuing the series with the timepiece that has been considered an icon for decades: 175 Tangente are now available in 18 kt rose gold.GLASHÜTTE, NOVEMBER 2, 2023. How best to describe Tangente rose gold neomatik - 175 Years Watchmaking Glashütte? The words dapper and sophisticated immediately come to mind—as well as chic, elegant, and stylish. With this new limited edition in rose gold, NOMOS
Compact timekeeping: the new Ahoi neomatik 38 date from NOMOS Glashütte is powered by the automatic caliber DUW 6101, which was previously only used in cases over 40 mm in diameter.GLASHÜTTE, OCTOBER 25, 2023. The NOMOS caliber DUW 6101 is something special: a slim, very efficient automatic movement developed and manufactured in-house. Until now, it was only found in watch cases with a diameter of more than 40 millimeters, but now it also fits into a smaller NOMOS watch: the new Ahoi neomatik 38 date.
How? For the new ideal dimensions, the date ring of the slim movement was adjusted,
In the run-up to the tenth anniversary of the famous NOMOS Metro, designer Mark Braun has recast his original design in all-new feminine versions: three times Metro 33.GLASHÜTTE, OCTOBER 19, 2023. Metro 33 in all silver, sage, and muted red are the newest additions to the watch family designed by Mark Braun; watches from NOMOS Glashütte that truly capture the zeitgeist. The colors of all three represent images of the big city: gleaming facades (all silver), red brick buildings such as those found in Brooklyn (muted red), and the luscious green of the parks or the Statue of Liberty (sage).
With dials in deep, warm colors, NOMOS Glashütte continues to expand its popular sports watch range—while also filling a size gap.GLASHÜTTE, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023. NOMOS Glashütte is now delighting its customers with three new watches, all in the radiant colors of late summer: Club Sport neomatik 39 in tabac (brown), ember (bronze), and smoke (gray-brown) will be on the wrists of trend-conscious watch lovers before the leaves fall.And will remain there. Because these colors convey stability, structure, and sensuality. The special polishing on the dials makes the watches shine wonderfully.
Summertime, always: Wristwatches with the feeling of freedom, in the form of blue skies or endless beaches, are now available from NOMOS Glashütte. The two latest Ahoi versions in sky and sand have a new size, new colors, and a neomatik caliber.GLASHÜTTE, JULY 27, 2023. As blue as the wide-open sky or with the shimmer of golden sands: the two new releases from NOMOS Glashütte, Ahoi neomatik 38 date sky and Ahoi neomatik 38 date sand, are watches that encapsulate summer. Highly precise and made in Glashütte, Germany, they are the perfect companion on the wrist also after vacations, all-year
Summer is peak season for sports watches. Thanks to high-quality materials and movements, timepieces from NOMOS Glashütte are not only robust all-rounders, but also slender and elegant to wear.GLASHÜTTE, JUNE 2023. Waterproof and robust, easily legible and strikingly designed—sports watches are very popular, especially in summer. These watches are robustly built, usually have a wider bezel, high-contrast luminescent numerals, and almost always have an automatic caliber at work inside. Sports watches often have a larger
What to give Dad for Father’s Day? To celebrate the occasion, NOMOS Glashütte has some great watches for every kind of father—made in Glashütte with protected designation of origin.GLASHÜTTE, JUNE 18, 2023. Be it a birth father or a father figure in children’s lives, Father’s Day is a day to honor them because they are all important, and small or large, gifts are part of it. NOMOS Glashütte has made preparations for this day. The manufacture, found in the most famous watchmaking town in Germany, has watches to suit fathers of all kinds and offers suggestions for the perfect Father’s Day
NOMOS Glashütte now has the ideal watches to celebrate a wedding. Our new Tetras are square, in all shades of pink—and made with love. Their names: Die Kapriziöse, Die Wildentschlossene, Die Fuchsteufelswilde and Die Unerreichbare. There you have it!GLASHÜTTE IN MAY 2023. What makes the perfect gift for bride or groom? It should, of course, be like the love of their life: dependable, beautiful, smart and for ever—a perfect companion. It should remind them of their big day and only grow in value over the years.
NOMOS Glashütte, located in the famous watchmaking town of Glashütte, has
The part that transforms energy into seconds in a mechanical wristwatch: the balance wheel. Only a few manufacturers worldwide are able to produce it. NOMOS, a manufactory in Glashütte, is one of them.GLASHÜTTE, MAY 2023. Watch manufactures who produce their own pinions and wheels are an exception. But what is very unusual and one of the supreme disciplines, even in the world of fine mechanical watches, is when they manufacture their own balance wheels as well—an exceedingly complex procedure. At NOMOS Glashütte, this component is produced in series; one for each watch.
The balance (
Silver-plated, polished, domed, with golden indices, tempered blue hands and a small seconds dial: deliciously elegant. The new special edition Orion neomatik – 175 Years Watchmaking Glashütte has launched and is available in three sizes.GLASHÜTTE, MAY 17, 2023. These watches are beautiful. Polished to a gleam, silver-plated, elegantly domed, with faceted golden indices and tempered blue hands: Perfection is possible, as evinced by the dials of three new watches from watchmaker NOMOS Glashütte, each limited to 175 pieces: Orion neomatik, Orion neomatik 39 and Orion neomatik 41 date. All
Slender and elegant, even with its automatic caliber—and now award-winning: Tangente neomatik 39 platinum gray. The sleek and beautiful stainless steel case of the Glashütte watch takes the shape of a coin.GLASHÜTTE, MAY 2023. It is one of the biggest award events and the oldest design prize in Germany: the prestigious iF Design Award has been presented once a year since 1954 by the world’s oldest independent design institution, iF International Forum Design GmbH. This year, the jury crowned Tangente neomatik platinum gray by NOMOS Glashütte: an elegant automatic watch full of technical
Sons, daughters, nephews and nieces, grandchildren and friends will soon be graduating and will then be on their way—an occasion that calls for lasting values. Club Campus by NOMOS Glashütte also offers gift-givers the opportunity to send their congratulations or a sigh of relief.GLASHÜTTE, APRIL 2023. Springtime, graduation season: It will soon be time to celebrate happy graduates. A milestone worth honoring. At this time, young people are delighted with a gift that is both traditional and ultra-modern, a memento and companion for life: a good watch for graduation.
With the Club Campus
Quadratic NOMOS watches in artful colors are as much a part of spring as blossoms on a tree. Here come four new, exceptionally beautiful versions of TetraGLASHÜTTE, 20. APRIL 2023. Four new mechanical watches, all featuring shades of pink, all with edges and corners, all named after quirks: “Die Unerreichbare”, “Die Wildentschlossene”, “Die Fuchsteufelswilde” and “Die Kapriziöse”. This spring, these four NOMOS watches form a well-coordinated team.
This new series is now the eighth edition of Tetra from the NOMOS Glashütte manufactory. Besides the assertive colors and names and their fine
Mechanical watches with automatic winding have plenty of advantages. Especially those of the latest generation, the neomatik models from NOMOS Glashütte. Everything you need to know is explained briefly here.GLASHÜTTE, MARCH 2023. Watching mechanical movements at work through a glass back is a delight. And while we wear these watches, they appreciate in value, year after year. But what are the other benefits in having an automatic watch from NOMOS Glashütte? Five benefits.
1. Convenient: When worn regularly, automatic watches work without having to turn the crown, as is necessary with
Once again this spring, NOMOS Glashütte adds new watch faces to the successful Club Campus watch series. Their message: Don’t wait, be bold, don’t think twice!GLASHÜTTE, MARCH 23, 2023. In a creamy muted orange and a pretty, sharp green, the NOMOS Glashütte manufactory is expanding its Club Campus model series for young people. The names of the new models are Club Campus cream coral and Club Campus electric green, each available in two sizes. The two colors are not only youthful, but also ultramodern—and can be worn by all people of all genders. As Andy Warhol once said: “Don’t think about
Made in Glashütte: NOMOS Glashütte has some colorful surprises for Easter—in keeping with the finest tradition.GLASHÜTTE, EASTER 2023. Decorated eggs and three kisses have long been the Easter gift of choice in orthodox churches. Depending on the materials available, instead of a chicken’s egg, these eggs are sometimes made of glass and precious stones and metals. Goldsmith, engraver, guillochéur or enameller—highly specialized professions that are barely known today—were the ones who once engaged in this art over the centuries. Famous to this day—some containing precious watches—are
Equal Pay Day marks the day up to which women statistically work without pay—the gender pay gap is narrowing very slowly.GLASHÜTTE, MARCH, 2023. The formula is as follows: 365 days multiplied by the current statistical pay difference as a percentage. The result is the date of Equal Pay Day (EPD). While men are paid for their work starting from January 1, this is the day up to which women are statistically working for free. In 2023, this day falls on March 7, just as it did in 2022: In comparison to their male colleagues, women in Germany work 66 days without pay. Of course, this “date”
The iconic NOMOS watch model Tangente has always been synonymous with brilliance. With the radiant Tangente neomatik blue gold, there’s now a dress watch from Glashütte taken straight from the pages of a picture book.GLASHÜTTE, FEBRUARY 2023. NOMOS is getting super classy this winter with a new version of the NOMOS icon Tangente: The deep blue dial with sunburst polishing, gold-plated before being galvanized, ensures a fascinating shimmer and a serious yet at the same time festive wristwatch; a dress watch straight out of a picture book. The new model comes in two sizes, with diameters of
A recent study shows most people read the time in the traditional way, from a wristwatch. However, watches measure time in completely different ways.GLASHÜTTE, FEBRUARY 2023. A population-representative survey* conducted on behalf of the comparison website Verivox shows that 38 percent of Germans look at the screen of their smartphones when they want to know the time. A further nine percent use nearby clocks, whether that’s at home, at the station, in the car or at work. However, no less than 52 percent look at the watch on their wrist.
How time is measured
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