One of the Best Everyday Watches - NOMOS Club Campus 38 

Pet peeve - brands releasing smaller case sizes and butchering them with super long lugs. If I want a smaller 38mm watch, I want a smaller watch! Why push in the other direction with long lugs? Tissot is another perpetrator of this crime. Hamilton too. Still amazes me that only Rolex can seem to get smaller case sizes properly proportioned. Many watches that would otherwise be 'buys' for me turn into hard 'no's because of the lugs.

Some of the comments on here just show you how difficult it is to keep watch geeks happy, bauhaus specifically try and do something a bit different in design and people absolutely lose their s**t over a bit of colour or a reversed californian dial. Personally, as an owner of the 36mm, I love the original take on the californian dial - it really works. I love the fact its pretty much the only watch with the correct 4 as a roman numeral and I love the pop of orange. Yes the lugs are long but that's why Nomos offer a 36 also, the lug length means that the watch face doesn't look like a dinner plate but the span still gives wrist presence, and is a great design. Maybe the Germans concepts on design are a little bit too advanced for people that haven't tried on the watch? A couple of footnotes I would add to this review, DO NOT buy the closed back version, the whole point of this watch is it has the best looking movement at its price point. And the Lume is not good, don't buy it for particularly useable lume, it's pretty poor.

Just recieved mine yesterday. Absolutely love it and the movement is a beauty!!

Mine arrived this morning and it's fantastic. It wears perfectly. Nomos have really nailed the design and size. It's so understated and refined yet somehow sporty and masculine at the same time. Honestly it just oozes class. I was concerned the lugs would be too long but you really don't notice it at all on the wrist, it's a total non-issue!

I own the dark dial variant, and absolutely love it. I still maintain that this is a very strong one-watch contender. Versatile, 100m WR, in-house, original design, and great brand. If you want a great watch for around 1000 bucks, this is it.

I think this is the best looking piece Nomos makes. I feel like it’s a shame not to get this one with the sapphire case back too. The straps these come with feel great on the wrist too. Makes me want one, Teddy!

I hope to own a Nomos one day, but it won’t be the Club Campus. The mixed Arabic and Roman numerals really bother me for some reason. To be fair, I’m older than the Campus Club target audience. My choice would be the Ahoi if I’m looking for something sporty or the Orion if I’m looking for something dressy.

My favorite Nomos watch is the Minimatik Midnight Blue, but I do like the clean look of this and being a Photographer I can appreciate how the dial is laid out, where your eye is drawn around the face with the two style of numbers and then plays with you by leaving a blank void for the 6!

I’m finding myself liking this exact watch more and more lately. I love a manual wind watch and it’s even better when it hacks. A $300 premium is a little steep for a sapphire display case back but I think with this movement it is warranted. Only wish this piece was a millimeter or two thicker, and maybe 40mm with slightly shorter lugs.

Most Nomos watches are just too stark and clinical for me but this one I really like.

Throws me off how there are 2 roman numerals and 3 regular numbers. Maybe the 6 should be roman numerals? Good review, thanks Teddy.

After my so-so-experience with the 38 mm, I got a 36mm instead. This is a great watch. Perfect size, even on a larger (8-1/4 inch) writst. I got mine with the sapphire back, so I could appreciate the beautiful Nomos in-house Alpha movement. Keeps great time. I treated myself to about a dozen straps - leather, rubber and fabric - and it looks good on all of them.

The more I look at the lugs, the more weird they appear to be. These lugs are un-proportionally long.

After a month's wait, I just got mine delivered from Europe. 38mm, white dial, sapphire back. I have to say I'm a little bit disappointed. 1) The dial appears as white in all the photos, but it's actually a light gray. Very little contrast between the dial and the hands, except for the little orange seconds hand. 2) The numbers in the minute track and the seconds track are microscopic. I think the dial would have been better without them. 3) The minute hand seems just a tiny bit too long, as if it's almost about to scratch the bezel. 4) It wears bigger than its measurements. I'm almost sorry I didn't get the 36mm, which also has the orange numbers, which I realize now I prefer to the gray numbers on the 38mm. 5) Most importantly, after not even a full day of wearing, it's already running more than 30 seconds slow. Nomos claims accuracy within 10 seconds a day.

WR in the Store says 30m and 100m in the video... Just so you know.

This watch suits you very well. You should get it too. I can see you wearing the black ver.

I put mine on a perlon strap and it's a great everyday watch.

Teddy would love to see you do a review of Nomos Tetra. I think it’s one of the most underrated model in the lineup.

Love mine. Wear this multiple times in weekly rotation. Have the 39mm automatic with midnight blue dial. My favorite for switching out straps. Easier to than my batman.

I personally appreciate a manual winding watch.