Confused on Nomos club 36mm sizing

Pictures taken closer to wrist always make the watch seem bigger. So that’s probably the reason

Ah thanks for the response, yeah i recently ordered one so i hope the lugs won't overhang on my 6 inch wrist

Have a look at #watchgringa Britt Pearce review on YouTube. She has one of these and a small wrist too. Hope this helps 👍

You can see that the lugs overhang quite a bit in that marketing photo on a 5.7 inch wrist. The watch isn't properly seated on the wrist, the lugs are floating and cast a shadow because they are so long and don't follow the curvature of the wrist.

Nomos watches' lug design is puzzling... They are long, they don't curve down (enough). Even that 36mm has a 47.2mm L2L, which is longer than a 42mm SKX or 42mm Kamasu. 🤯

If the watch doesn't sit properly on your wrist, return it. Don't settle for something that isn't a perfect fit for you at this price point.

Bad picture for judging size on the left.

But also everyone’s wrist is slightly different even with same width. You can have a flatter top of the wrist and someone else might have a rounder top of the wrist.

Nomos design most of their lugs super straight and long.

I think you should try it if you can find an AD near you.

Close up shots are misleading as watches do look much larger when shot like that.

But... Nomos are also celebrated/vilified (delete as appropriate) for having very long lugs. That 36mm has 47mm L2L vs, for example, many Grand Seikos being 40mm x 46mm L2L. 36mm was the right call and you'll probably be OK but as a man with 7.25in wrists I can tell you any 38mm Nomos is going to noticeably overhang my wrist.

WC PSA: Hey Nomos, if anyone there reads this, please listen to this small but vocal corner of the community and consider redesigning your cases/lugs. If your 36-38mm watches had L2L of 44-46mm I would own at least three of them.

Probably no way to know unless you try it on. It had a really large lug to lug of 47, which to me is silly for a 36mm watch. The Tangente 33 or the Orion 33 might wear larger too and balance out on a 6.25” wrist. They have a more realistic 42mm lug to lug.

I have a 7.25” wrist and agree with this. Long lugs on small watches looks silly, and causes them to have noticeable gaps between wrist and case.

If in doubt, size down. I have a Club and a Tangente, both at 36mm, and I can barely pull it off with my 6.5" wrist. My wrist is relatively flat with a width of 50-52mm. Get a pair of calipers off Amazon to get a proper measurement of your wrist width.

Somebody posted about this photographic distortion just yesterday: https://www.watchcrunch.com/Kayone73/posts/tips-for-accurate-size-representation-wrist-shots-392561

With respect, it’s not true that the lugs are straight (at least not on this specific watch). I have this same watch in 36mm and they curve down substantially. See pics below. I think maybe the Tangente lugs are straighter?

As others have said, gotta try it on your wrist to know for sure. Everyone has different wrist shapes, close-up photos on a wide angle lens phone camera cause distortions that mislead the eye and promotional photography will always present the product in the best light on the best wrist for the watch.

Good luck!

I'm not a fan, the gap between the stap and the case is too big for me. Never said that about a watch before but it just doesn't do it for because of it

Becareful what you say to Nomos, they might take out their 46mm case from their safety deposit box in the back and stick you through the heart with its extra sharp 33cm lugs.

Go with 38. No doubt. Because it is so thin, we're able to use the 38 easily with my wife together and both of our wrists are quite small 😀

Focal lengths. Shot on the right is more accurate. These are two shots of the GMT Master II on my wrist for context, you need to pull back or use a mirror for an accurate representation.

Wrist shots are almost always a bad representation of a watch. Needs to be a mirror shot or shot by someone else to really show it.

Maybe the one on the one 6.25 inch wrist is a 38mm? The lug to lug is 47.5mm and that should work on your wrist😉

I also have a small wrist and what I do is I find watch that sit perfectly on my wrist and take that lug-to-lug measurement as a gold standard. anything else don't matter I just take the lug-to-lug measurement of the watch I'm interested in against that perfect number and never try to go beyond that. It never works for me no matter how much I like the watch.

Feels like they just might be contrary enough to do it. Or they follow the smaller case trend (which, to their credit, they have always offered smaller case sizes) and start putting out 30mm cases with 50mm L2L and a full centimetre of space between case and strap on each side.

Great looking watch (this is the 'silvercut', right?), just wish it was smaller. Their no bezel/spacious dial layout means they read as really large which I find kind of undermines the compact, mid century aesthetic. Looks like the Metro's wire lugs do help it to stay fairly centered on wrist though?

https://www.watchcrunch.com/ghaigh/posts/size-is-an-illusion-290174

Having owned a 35mm Tangente before, the general rule of thumb with Nomos is (typically) smaller case paired with minimal bezel and long lugs. Although the case sizing is more classic (think 1950’s-60’s), the minimal bezel leads to the dial (thus the watch) looking bigger and the long lug-to-lug make it look more at home on a larger wrist.

TLDR, try one on if you can.

I went to a local AD (Teddy's) a couple of weeks ago to try on the Club Campus Nacht. It was out of stock, so I tried out the Blue Purple which is 36mm. It looked really good on my 6.75 inch wrist. I didn't realize until I got home that the Nacht is 38mm. I think, I hope, the 38mm will work for me. Nomos makes beautiful watches.

I owned a 36 club campus and have 6.5 inch wrist, it wore perfect for me, extremely thin piece, personally I liked the long lugs as it gives a smaller piece more presence

Be very careful with the watch and sizing as well. Nomos bands are oversized.

All dial or thin dia watch always gonna wear bigger, always leaning for something smaller for watches like this style ie this 34mm junghans in my 6,5inch

I really wanted to have one. But even 36mm won’t fit my 5.5in wrist.😅 I went to a watch store to actually try it and see how it sits. 47.5mm lug-to-lug is just too long. Hope #nomos will hear our cry.

I'm guessing the 36mm on a 6in wrist will be fine! Nomos have long lugs, but unless your wrist is very rounded you should be good!! Post a picture whwn it arrives!!!

I do the same, it works perfectly every time. Dont worry about diameter, lug to lug vs width of the wrist is what matters.