NOMOS Glashütte’s recent product plan aims to unstoppably improve its core collections, including the Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer range, while revealing an unexpected 38-mil new Tangente, powered by the neomatik calibre with annular date display.
Additionally, the Twice Unique collection breaks cover, featuring five models and revealing the brand’s creative DNA alongside Nomos’ signature Bauhaus product philosophy.
Please welcome the Tangente neomatik 38 Update.
Listed below is the brand’s 2026 new collection; the Update complication, as seen on the larger 41mm Metro and Tangente models, lands on a wholly redesigned 38.5mm Tangente watch.
Yours truly, you’ll find a Tangente neomatik as sized in the catalogue: a 39 mm model is a core offer from the product portfolio.
Here’s a first-ever for a smaller neomatik-powered Updatecalibre below 41.0 mm, suggesting we could welcome an equally sized Metro Update soon.
Same yet different, the DUW 6101 calibre is slimmer than elsewhere and a few tenths over a base neomatik self-winding movement powering the Tangente 39, thanks to NOMOS Glashütte’s smart engineering.
Different mechanical movements power both models; still, the most complicated one has grown from 7.2 mm to a fair 7.4 mm on the neomatik 38 Update; thumbs up to the R&D team on such a remarkable achievement.
NOMOS Glashütte reaffirms its obsessive attention to preserving a sleek, ultra-slim design, especially on its dress watch par excellence, the class- and price-leading Tangente watch.
A Renewed DUW 6101 Calibre
Any road is possible when housing a DUW 6101 that has undergone technical updates to fit the smaller size; like-for-like, a Metro to Tangente Update comparison reveals increased efficiency on the latter, as exemplified by the improved 50-hour power reserve.
According to the brand’s statements, the DUW 6101 calibre has been adapted to fit the new case, but I’m confident that it will soon find its way into an upcoming 38 mm Metro Update. Vice versa, let’s expect to see the new calibre powering the 41.0 mm Update models soon.
Options
At launch, four Tangente 38 Updates have surfaced; two are in yellow gold, thus expanding the brand’s proposition in the premium luxury product category.
Tangente has always been a brilliant canvas for a classic, ultra-thin, analogue gold watch. Sitting alongside them is the core steel option with a white or forest green dial; while the former is no first-page news, the latter is a more flamboyant Tangente model.
Turning towards a darker green hue than seen anywhere else, it gives the Update a bolder style, brilliantly contrasting a Tangente’s rigorous silhouette. I hope the design studio will release more colourful Tangente models moving forward.
Regarding the 18-karat yellow gold models, the only difference is the “dorè” variant, which features golden hands.
The Tangente gold neomatik Update models cost each €12,400. Opt for a NOMOS Glashütte neomatik 38 Update in stainless steel, and you’ll pay €3,860 for the silver dial and €3,760 for the green dial.
The Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer comes in white.
Marketing specialists call it “range extenders”, and there you have it: a more conservative proposition adds to the product offering, completing a three-piece core collection.
Nomos’ third, standard Club Sport Worldtimer lands in a silver-treated white livery and unexpectedly offers added value; we’ll get there shortly.
The core collection now offers two colour options sitting at opposite sides of the spectrum, with the original model sporting a blue sunburst dial. They share a one-tone mid dial with the city ring that matches the dial’s colour.
Standing out is its slightly lowered price list: at €4,260, the Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer white dial bracelet is the most affordable on offer.
Twice Unique
While the Tangente neomatik 38 Update wins as the new 2026 product, the Twice Unique collection stands as the most creative project ever.
NOMOS Glashütte’s strategy is to continue promoting brand value by crafting distinctive, one-of-a-kind models and evolving its Bauhaus spirit from rigorous understatement to pop-inspired executions.
There you have it; the Twice Unique collection is perhaps the most ambitious, collectors-ready project, and by far the most daring.
Five Nomos models have undergone a dial artistic treatment, each coming as a two-piece box housing one piece in gold and one in steel. Same size, same model.
The chosen ones are Tangente 33, Tetra 27, Ludwig, Orion neomatik, and the latest release, the Tangente neomatik 38 Update, offering a total of nine dial options (Urania appears twice).
Model by model, you’ll discover colourful patterns that reflect the brand’s creativity and the inspiration of popular art designers.
Take, for example, Mrs Anna Diederichs. Born in 1935, she made waves with her colourful fabric creations, rising to global success during her stay in Paris, a period recognised as one of the most prolific of her career, along with bold tones celebrating the late 60s psychedelic aesthetic.
In contrast, the executions from Glashütte showcase a less colourful approach, mostly driven by the brand’s corporate Bauhaus design core values.
The Tangente 33-based NOW duo uses a lapping process to create mirrored surfaces, but I’m disappointed it won’t come larger. That said, the Twice Unique project is not over here; expect additional executions soon.
Final Thoughts
The brand’s trajectory has been extraordinary; its ability to adapt and engineer multiple sizes and models is equally remarkable, and the Twice Unique collection reveals Nomos’ creative skills.
What Nomos Glashütte was still missing stands in this capsule collection, whose goal is to raise brand value and collectability for generations to come.
Once respected mainly for its in-house, sturdy mechanisms, build quality, and excellent price-to-value ratio, it has moved upmarket and set the industry standard.
Nomos Glashütte watches are increasingly associated with authentic craftsmanship and are the only ultra-thin watches with this package in the mid-luxury product category.
They keep raising the bar, setting trends and offering high standards, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds, hoping that a chronograph is, the Nomos way, in the works at Glashütte.
(Photo credit: Horbiter®)
In this article:
Worldtimer
It is a timepiece that displays the 24 time zones of the world's main cities; on premium luxury watches, like those produced by Saxon watchmaker Glashütte Original, it shows all the…
Date
It indicates the date of the month. There are different types of display: via a window or a pointer, where an additional hand is usually placed centrally or on a…
Calibre
A calibre is the type of watch movement encased in an assigned timepiece. Its name is usually associated with the manufacturer's name and a standard code, e.g., ETA 2824.
Complication
The addition of any mechanical complication to a movement that usually displays the time.
Power Reserve
A mechanical watch feature displays, on the dial or the case back, the remaining power in a watch movement, showing the length of time until the timepiece must be rewound.
Case
It encases the mechanical movement and is crafted in one or more parts. It can also be a single piece, as with some professional diving watches, or made of unconventional…
Chronograph
Complication that helps the wearer to measure time intervals without affecting the watch's standard time-telling function.
