Inspired by the Nomos Autobahn?s unusual name, we drove along its namesake, the German autobahn, to the city of Glashütte, where we tested the watch prior to its Baselworld 2018 debut.
For Nomos Glashütte, ?autobahn? means the finest German-made quality. It also refers to the exhilarating feeling of freedom you get when you cruise at high speed along the six-lane German autobahn superhighway behind the wheel of a well-engineered roadster. We traveled on the autobahn to meet with Nomos Glashütte?s CEO Uwe Ahrendt, who personally showed us the brand?s newest model, the Nomos Autobahn Neomatik 41 Date, at Nomos?s headquarters in advance of its launch at Baselworld 2018.
Nomos Autobahn neomatik 41 Datum – flat
With a diameter of 41 mm, the Autobahn is comparatively large for a Nomos watch. And while it has a sporty masculine appearance, it?s nonetheless subtle and elegant, like a streamlined speedster, and simply beautiful at first glance. The watch?s successful good looks can be credited to more than four years of collaboration between Nomos and German product designer Werner Aisslinger. Aisslinger?s work includes designs for Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra, his LoftCube mobile living prefab pod home, and other products made for home, office, and public spaces. For Nomos, Aisslinger?s fertile imagination dreamt of old cars and prompted him to design a wristwatch that alludes to classic automobiles but avoids clichés. Eight arcs of a circle, which form a horseshoe ...