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Nomos Club Sport Review: This Sleek German Diver Is More Than Just Good Looks

Introduction to the Nomos Club Sport Neomatik

So you might already be familiar with Nomos Glashütte, the German watchmaker brand responsible for the popular Tangente, Zürich World Time, and the subject of today’s Clicky Bezel Nomos Club Sport Review: the Club Sport Neomatik. 

The Club Sport Neomatik is a newer offering from the brand. It is part of the broader Nomos Club collection and joined the Nomos lineup in 2018. This watch introduced us to a few firsts from the German watchmaker, including the first Nomos watch that is water resistant up to 300 meters.

At 42 millimeters in diameter, the inaugural model is also quite large and features a date mechanism at the three-hour marker. Let’s get into this Nomos Club Sport review.

 

First Impressions of the 37mm Model

Now, Nomos is slightly scaling things down with its new 37-millimeter model with an attractive time-only dial and 200-meter depth rating.

I just received this 37-millimeter model in the mail, and I’ve got to say, I personally love this edition of the Nomos Club Sport.

It features a thin Nomos Neomatik movement for a supremely comfortable wrist-wearing experience and is just a really attractive watch.

It’s a great all-arounder from one of the brand’s most affordable men’s collections.

Dial Details and Design Elements

I appreciate a clean time-only dial, so the new 37-millimeter model really speaks to me.

With the 37-millimeter edition, Nomos also added two more dial colors to the Club Sport Neomatik line: polar blue and petrol green.

The green dial strays a little bit from Nomos’s penchant for vibrant and matte colors, but I like the understated green dial.

It’s on trend and plays with the light really nicely as I move around my wrist.

The small seconds register features a subtle circular texture, and the hour markers appear to be recessed ever so slightly and then filled with lume—small details any watch enthusiast can appreciate.

Case Dimensions and Water Resistance

Looking at the case, it is remarkably thin: 8.4 millimeters, to be exact. Although the case is 37 millimeters in diameter, it wears slightly larger than the measurement would suggest, with a generous lug-to-lug measurement of around 47 millimeters.

Now this isn’t unusual for Nomos, but the way the lugs stick out might be an issue for smaller size wrists. The lugs for me, however, don’t really bother me on my seven-and-a-quarter-inch wrist.

Movement and Technical Specifications

What really surprised me during the research phase of this Nomos Club Sport review is that it’s water resistant up to 200 meters despite having a non-screw-down crown. That detail makes the case all that more impressive.

Flipping the case over, we have a nice view of the caliber DUW3001 automatic movement through the transparent case back. It’s beautifully decorated, complete with blue screws and a skeletonized rotor. The caliber DUW3001 also has Nomos’s swing system and a relatively modest 43-hour power reserve.

For how thin this movement is, I think we can forgive Nomos for not giving this a longer power reserve, and of course, we can’t forget that this caliber was the inaugural Nomos Neomatik movement—Neomatik being the name given to the brand’s collection of ultra-thin in-house movements which debuted back in 2015.

Comfort and Wearability

Getting into the fit and feel, this watch really does become one with the wrist. The movement alone is just 3.2 millimeters thick, which allows the case to maintain a profile that clocks in at just 8.4 millimeters. That’s pretty sleek for a mechanical movement produced in-house.

In fact, Nomos describes the movement as “unusually slender and wonderfully elegant”—these are sentiments that I can certainly get behind, especially now that I’ve experienced the watch on the wrist myself.

Bracelet and Finishing Details

I’m not impressed with the oyster-style bracelet, though, more specifically, the clasp, which I found to be a bit quirky.

It opens out toward you rather than away from you like I’m used to with other watch brands. I’m not sure why they chose to design a clasp that way.

I found it a little disorienting initially, but it certainly wouldn’t deter me from wearing the watch at all together.

I also wish that Nomos would have given the clasp a matte finish rather than polishing it because for me, the clasp gets the most cosmetic wear on my wrist.

The same can be said about the polished lugs and center links. Nomos markets the Club Sport as a sports watch you can dive with—for me, I feel like a brushed finish would have been the way to go, but still, the polish bits look really nice on this Nomos.

Critiques aside, I must admit that the bracelet is the overall sporty aesthetic of the watch really well. It connects to the case really nicely; the links are smooth and sit flush against the wrist, and it features satin outer links and highly polished center links.

Who Should Consider This Watch?

With all that said, who is this watch for? The Nomos Club is a great entry point for anyone looking to start their luxury watch journey or even diversify their growing watch collection.

It’s one of the brand’s more affordable men’s models, with this 37-millimeter watch retailing for around $3,500. While the Club Sport fills Nomos’s sports watch void, one could argue that the Neomatik is similar to a traditional dress watch with its modest size and weight, time-only dial, and crown without guards.

It would even be a great alternative to similar watches from other brands, such as the Rolex Oyster Perpetual or even the Omega Aqua Terra because it adheres to a similar straightforward aesthetic, and like Rolex and Omega, an in-house movement powers the Club Sport Neomatik.

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Final Thoughts

That’s all for my Nomos Club Sport review. Overall, if you gravitate towards understated and versatile watches, then Nomos Club Sport Neomatik is certainly worth considering for your next luxury watch investment.

Well, that’s it for this one. Until next time, this is Chris from Clicky Bezel, and I’ll see you next time!