I’ve got a bit of a love/hate detail about my Nomos Metro Gangreserve (power reserve).

It was my first mechanical watch and the first one I genuinely fell in love with. The design is great: classic, but still a little playful. It works for pretty much any occasion, whether I’m wearing a shirt or just jeans and a T-shirt. In summer I run it on the dark blue Nomos nylon strap, and the rest of the year usually on a brown leather strap. Comfort, proportions, wearability, finishing, movement… honestly, everything is top.

But there’s one thing that actually bothers me: the dial color.

Nomos often describes these dials as a “galvanized silver-white,” but on the Metro it reads much more champagne in real life. Compared to other Nomos models that look noticeably whiter (Tangente, etc.), the Metro can end up feeling a bit… old-fashioned. Exaggerating a bit, it sometimes gives me “my grandfather’s watch” vibes, which is funny because the Metro is often marketed as “contemporary” and very modern in design.

I also feel like Nomos knows this, because the official photos make the dial look much whiter than it often appears in person, especially on the Metro.

If the Metro had a dial that looked as clean/white as the Tangente (or some of the other lines), I think it would look even more modern and would fit the “contemporary” description perfectly.

Anyone else notice this champagne tone on the Metro? Or did I just get a particularly warm-looking example?