Nomos Glashütte

NOMOS Glashütte is a German watchmaking company based in Glashütte, Saxony, specializing in artisan manual-winding and automatic mechanical watches. It was founded by Roland Schwertner in January 1990, two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first collection of designs was drawn up by Susanne Günther, who took influence from the Bauhaus purist style. NOMOS designs are known for their clean and modernist aesthetics.

History

"Nomos" (νόμος) means law or rule in Greek. In 1906, a company called "Nomos-Uhr-Gesellschaft, Guido Müller & Co." started importing Swiss watches and distributing them with the more prestigious addition, “Glashütte/Sachsen”. For a watch company to include “Glashütte” in their name, at least 50% of the caliber must be manufactured in Glashütte; this is up to 95% for NOMOS Glashütte, but was not the case for the Nomos-Uhr-Gesellschaft. The renowned company A. Lange & Söhne took them to court and in 1910 the Nomos-Uhr-Gesellschaft ceased business operations. The Nomos-Uhr-Gesellschaft from the early 1900s and today's NOMOS Glashütte have nothing more than the name Nomos in common.[1]

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Models

The brand started production in 1992 with four basic models: Tangente, Orion, Ludwig, and Tetra. NOMOS Glashütte has since gradually expanded its range of watches to include new models and sizes, such as Club and Metro. In 2013 the company introduced two gold models to its collection, Lambda and Lux.[8] There are currently thirteen NOMOS watch models, which come in a number of variations. These are:

Tangente (1992): originally hand-wound with optional date function, power reserve indicator, white or champagne-colored dial, in 33, 35, 38, 39, and 41 mm diameter; also available as a limited edition for Doctors Without Borders in the UK, USA, and Germany.[9]

Tetra (1992): hand-wound with optional automatic winding, power reserve indicator, various dial colors, square in 27, 29.5, and 33 mm diameter; also available as a special edition for Doctors Without Borders in Germany.[10]

Orion (1992): hand-wound with optional automatic winding, date function, various dial colors, in 33, 35, 38, 39, and 41 mm diameter.[11]

Ludwig (1992): hand-wound with optional automatic winding, date function, white or champagner dial, in 33, 35, 38, and 41 mm diameter, Roman numerals.[12]

Tangomat (2005): automatic in 38 mm diameter with optional date function, white or dark-colored dial, NOMOS Xi movement, and world time function.[13]

Club (2007): hand-wound with optional automatic winding, date function, white or dark-colored dial, in 36, 38, and 40 mm diameter

Zurich (2009): automatic in 40 mm diameter with optional date function, various dial colors, and world time function

Ahoi (2013): automatic, 36 or 40 mm in diameter with water-resistance to 20 atm, optional date function, and various dial color options

Lux (2013): hand-wound shape watch in 18 kt white or rose gold, various dial colors, in two sizes: 40.5 × 36 mm and 38.5 × 34 mm

Lambda (2013): hand-wound watch in 18 kt white or rose gold and limited edition stainless steel; black, deep blue or off-white dial, in two sizes: 39 and 42 mm diameter.[14] In 2020, Lambda reference 960.S1 was introduced as a limited edition of 175 pieces celebrating the 175th anniversary of watchmaking in the town of Glashuette.[15]

Metro (2014): hand-wound in 35, 37, 38, or 39 mm diameter with date, power reserve indicator, and various dial color options

Minimatik (2015): automatic in 35.5 mm diameter, available in white, champagne, or midnight blue

Autobahn (2018): automatic in 41 mm diameter with date function, superluminova on the dial, and three dial color options

foundation	1990
founder	Roland Schwertner
homepage	nomos-glashuette.com
location city	Glashütte
location country	Germany
industry	Watchmaking
products	Watches
num employees	300 (2016)
key people	Uwe Ahrendt (CEO)

History

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Manual

Automatic

Awards

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