{"id":5411,"date":"2013-05-29T06:25:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T06:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revo-online.com\/?p=5411"},"modified":"2024-04-17T07:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T23:05:54","slug":"nomos-and-the-essence-of-watchmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revolutionwatch.com\/nomos-and-the-essence-of-watchmaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomos and the Essence of Watchmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"
Glash\u00fctte, Germany; Home town of watchmaking heavy weights like Lange & Sohne, Glash\u00fctte Original and Wempe, who is actually making its watches in Glash\u00fctte old observatory. However, there is another brand that belongs amongst these names, a heavy weight in its own right; Nomos. <\/a> Nomos was founded as recent as 1991 by Roland Schwertner. Responsible for the design of the watches was Susanne G\u00fcnther. She created a line of watches, with strong links to the Bauhaus-movement, that differ from each other in very subtle way\u2019s, yet enough to give each of them a very distinct character. Typical for a star up watch company in the early 1990\u2019s was its choice of movement. Nomos started out with the ETA 7001 manual wind caliber. A solid and dependable choice that matched the pure design of the watch itself, and also helped keeping the price pleasantly low.<\/p>\n