Nomos Glashütte Club Campus Owner Review : Admirable, singular and hallucinating

A beating heart, a unique visual It hasn't left my wrist for several months, and no matter how hard I try to wear the dozen or so watches in my collection, none of them give me that infinite and bewildering visual effect that I can't get enough of. And even more so, being a watch addict like most of the enthusiasts on this site, I continue to tirelessly search for new watches, but I can't find any that could trigger the initial flash of this Nomos. So I haven't bought a watch since this one last April. So what is so unique about this watch that keeps me from taking it off day and night? This watch is best appreciated up close, like a fine wine: its details and attributes reveal themselves over time. First of all, the dial isn't black; it's a very dark charcoal gray. But it can appear quite pale black. The indexes appear beige, a bit like patinated Luminova, but upon closer inspection, they are sage green, and the shade is very subtle. And above all, they are surrounded by a turquoise blue border... As a result, the whole thing creates the illusion that the indexes are simply green, because this very bright blue, combined with this pale green, creates another green. It's remarkably subtle in terms of visuals and illusion. Not to mention that at night, these indexes will glow, but in an absolutely surprising bright blue Luminova. Truly magical! Another thing I hadn't imagined when I was first enchanted by the watch in the photo: the mini seconds hand, which really pops in its nuanced color, ranging from bright orange to red. Especially the hour and minute hands, which are filled with a very white Luminova with a very modern look and, above all, polished edges that capture the light and deceive our eye. In the photos, you can see that they're blue, but that's still an optical illusion... The reverse California dial adds the final touch, completely confusing us about what's a certain color, what's right side up or upside down, what's symmetrical or not. I've honestly never seen a dial of such visual finesse, and that's why I have such a hard time wearing the other watches in my collection, which end up boring me too quickly. And then, you only have to turn the watch over to be equally amazed by this movement, also colorfully decorated, which comes to life in its oscillation, like a pulsating heart, blurring the line between mechanical and organic. The winding is silky smooth, the precision extremely stable, between 1 and 4 seconds maximum when the barrel spring is properly tensioned.