If you caught last year’s watch I wore the most by every member of the team, then you know that I’m a devoted fan of NOMOS. I’m admitting that bias up front in an attempt to absolve myself of any allegations of favoritism at the end of the review. This is a hands-on report on the NOMOS Lambda, a model that was met with a variety of praise and criticism when we first covered it.

Along with its sister-release the Lux, the Lambda is NOMOS’s most expensive offering – by a lot. The Weltzeit (the astounding in-house dual time that sent ripples through the industry) retails at $6,100, and even that’s a price hike from the majority of NOMOS’s other in-house, stainless-steel models, which range from $1,500 to $4,000. The Lambda retails at $18,000 in rose gold and $20,000 in white gold. I’ll be the first to admit the unexpected proposition from my favorite German brand.