The Nomos Glashütte Metro | family history
The Metro was designed by Mark Braun and launched in 2014 as the member of the Nomos family most explicitly inflected by product design rather than watchmaking tradition. The hair-thin minute track at the dial edge, the circular index markers at the cardinal hours, and the date aperture at six create a watch that reads as contemporary rather than historical. The date references run the in-house DUW 3001 automatic; the hand-wind Metro references use the Epsilon. The Metro is the Nomos for buyers who find the Tangente's Bauhaus reference self-conscious but still want the Glashütte manufacturing context.
The designer Mark Braun’s contribution to Nomos: a city-watch with a hair-thin minute track, a date sub-aperture at six, and an optional power-reserve indicator. Cleaner than the Tangente in some places and more decorated in others; it sits as the brand’s most-stylized core line.
2014–present · Current production
The Metro launched in 2014 as a single-designer addition to the Nomos catalog, positioned between the Tangente's minimal character and the Club's sport presence. The date variant runs the DUW 3001; the neomatik variants in the smaller Metro models use the DUW 3131 at 3.2mm height. Annual dial colorways follow the same seasonal release pattern as the broader Nomos catalog.
- OpenMetro Date Power Reserve · 1101best valueThe Metro Date Power Reserve packs annual calendar and power reserve display into a slim dress case with in-house movement; strong complication value relative to its price.
How to read this family
Two honest questions for any Metro buyer:
- Metro or Tangente? The Tangente is Nomos's Bauhaus reference: Arabic numerals, clear hierarchy, explicit design-school vocabulary. The Metro is more architecturally contemporary: index markers, hairline minute track, a product-design sensibility. Both are excellent. The Tangente is the choice for buyers who want the historical Bauhaus reference; the Metro is for buyers who want something more current.
- Date or no-date Metro? The date variant at six o'clock adds practical utility without significantly disrupting the dial. The DUW 3001 automatic in the date reference is the better daily-wear caliber argument. No-date Metro references offer a cleaner dial surface; both are in current production.
Related families: Orion · Tangente
References in this family
- OpenThe Metro Date Power Reserve packs annual calendar and power reserve display into a slim dress case with in-house movement; strong complication value relative to its price.
Which ref to buy
Metro is NOMOS's family with a date complication integrated cleanly into the Bauhaus aesthetic -- the date disc is set at 6 o'clock under the running seconds. It is the practical daily-wear answer for buyers who love the NOMOS design language but need a date function.
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Metro Date -- the NOMOS daily wearer with date, done without compromising the aesthetic.
- The case for it:
- The Metro solves the NOMOS-without-date objection cleanly. The date integration at 6 o'clock is elegant -- not the afterthought placement seen on many Swiss dress watches. DUW caliber options add in-house movement credibility.
- Consider instead if:
- If date is not a hard requirement, the Tangente 38 is the stronger design statement and the more iconic NOMOS reference.
Rankings last reviewed 2026-06-07. Editorial perspective only. Not financial advice.