The Werkbund Association aims to represent the interests of companies that combine both handcrafts with industrial production and design with functionality.

In 1906, a company called "Nomos-Uhr-Gesellschaft, Guido Müller & Co." started importing Swiss watches and distributing them with the more prestigious addition, “Glashütte/Sachsen”.

The administration department can be found in the former Glashütte station building, while most of the watchmakers are located on Am Erbenhang street.

In 2014, the company unveiled its own in-house escapement, known as the NOMOS swing system, which made it no longer reliant on Swiss manufacturers.

This acronym stands for "Deutsche Uhrenwerke" and is intended to highlight the company's in-house caliber production.

NOMOS Glashütte has since gradually expanded its range of watches to include new models and sizes, such as Club and Metro.

Further special features include: stop-seconds mechanism, fine adjustment in six positions, Glashütte-style NOMOS stopwork, tempered blue screws, sunburst finish on the ratchet and crown wheel.

[19] In 2018, NOMOS Glashütte became the first non-Swiss brand after A. Lange & Söhne to win the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), the Oscars of the watchmaking world, with the Tangente Update model[20] - which has also been awarded the European Product Design Award (EPDA).