The Modern Saxon

NOMOS Glashütte and the pursuit of perfect balance.

- Sean Mossadeg

THE LITTLE TOWN OF GLASHÜTTE has provided the watchmaking world with enough stories to last a lifetime. For a tiny town that has birthed the likes of A. Lange & Söhne, Moritz Grossmann, Glashütte Original and Mühle Glashütte, its Saxon watchmaking DNA is an influential global force.

The pattern lies in a classic German aesthetic such as Bauhaus design, backed by a high-level of movement design and manufacture. It’s a look that we’ve come to love and appreciate of Glashütte. But what then happens when every watchmaker from the town looks similar? That’s precisely where NOMOS Glashütte comes in.

While the brand is still young, having been founded in 1990 two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it has already amassed a cult following across the world.

The brand’s popular following can be attributed to two factors – first, its value proposition and affordability (the majority, if not all, of its collections falls under the $10,000 mark), and second, the fact that NOMOS hasn’t been afraid to think outside of the box.