Nomos Glashutte Zurich Weltzeit Luxury Watch Review

Nomos Glashutte is independent, ambitious, and deeply-rooted in Saxon watchmaking tradition. The Nomos Zurich Weltzeit automatic travel watch embodies the fruits of these virtues in a 40mm stainless steel case. Roland Schwertner founded Nomos Glashutte to channel the pent-up creative energy that had mounted for five decades under the Soviet yolk. In 1990, as Saxon watchmaking began to experience a renaissance, Glashutte Original formally debuted at the onset of the greatest outpouring of Saxon watchmaking fever since Glashutte watchmaking godfather F.A. Lange established his first workshop in 1845. Although Schwertner's larger neighbors ALS and Glashutte Original have "gone corporate" and been absorbed into luxury parent firms, Nomos remains fiercely independent. The company's Zurich Weltzeit exhibits all of the hallmarks that have made Nomos a celebrated manufacture in only its third decade of business. First, a classical 40mm round case frames a stately silver dial. The combination is time-tested, and it exudes mid-20th century elegance. As a bastion of discreet style and traditional values, Nomos builds watches with proportions to match; the 40mm case ranks among the largest in the company's catalog. A slim and debonair shell cordovan calf leather strap maintains the balance of discretion and style. Nomos refinement arrives in the form of a 24-city travel time reference ring. Unlike world time watches on which the ring rotates continuously with respect to a fixed ind