Nomos has introduced three new limited edition versions of their Lambda model to celebrate 175 years of watchmaking in Glashutte, Germany, the home of the Nomos manufacture. Unlike previous versions of the Lambda, always cased in solid gold, these Lambdas are in stainless steel, and thus much more approachable, and perhaps better suited to everyday wear than the $20,000, precious metal versions the brand has produced to this point. With the same distinctive dial layout, case shape, and highly decorated movement as the gold versions, these Lambdas represent a new high-end in Nomos?s stainless steel offerings, and function as something of a bridge between value oriented references we know and love, and the more haute horlogerie focused watches Nomos has produced for years in smaller numbers. 
The Lambda?s aesthetic is very much in line with the minimalist, Bauhaus inspired look that we?ve come to know from Nomos. There?s a great deal of open space on the expansive dial, with simple markers (dots and lines) denoting minutes around the perimeter. Hands are long needles in polished stainless steel, or blued, depending on the dial, and the only text is the brand?s signature and a German call out to the 84 hour power reserve, on either side of the small seconds indicator near 6:00. The most noteworthy and dramatic aspect of the Lambda?s dial layout is a large power reserve indicator that spans much of the dial?s top half, which counts down each of those 84 hours until z...