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NOMOS Glashütte

From Glashütte, cradle of German watchmaking, NOMOS crafts exquisitely pure mechanical watches where Bauhaus clarity meets in house mastery.

1990
Since 1990

Measured in time.

Founded by Roland Schwertner.

Roland Schwertner founded NOMOS Glashütte in January 1990, just two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Story

Chapters of NOMOS Glashütte

I

The first collection of 1992 included Tangente, Orion, Ludwig and Tetra, designed by Susanne Günther in the purist Bauhaus spirit.

II

In 2014 NOMOS unveiled its own swing system escapement, an in house regulating organ crafted in Glashütte.

III

The Tangente Update won at the 2018 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, alongside more than 150 design awards.

IV

NOMOS crafts thirteen mechanical calibres by hand in Glashütte, the Saxon town where German fine watchmaking began in 1845.

The Signature

The Tangente

The Tangente dial appears in pure Bauhaus line, its small seconds counting on.

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Glashütte, Germany
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