Nomination watches beautifully combine reliable timekeeping with personalized Italian jewelry styling. Designed specifically for women, these elegant timepieces feature compact, lightweight watch heads that attach seamlessly to the brand's iconic customizable link bracelets. Each watch utilizes a precise Japanese quartz movement, offering a low-maintenance and highly accurate way to track your day. It is the perfect, fashion-forward accessory to showcase your unique story right on your wrist.
Watches with a customizable and composable bracelet are experiencing a resurgence, driven by nostalgia for late 1990s and early 2000s fashion paired with modern, sleek jewelry styling. These watches are viewed as the canvas for personal style and self-expression.
A major trend is layering mixed-metal tones. Wearers frequently combine the stainless steel watch links with rose gold or yellow gold charms on the same band, or stack multiple gold-toned bracelets alongside the watch.
Nomination watches are inelaborate: round or rectangular, with subtly colored dials or classic mother-of-pearl, occasionally adorned with neutral crystals, so as not to distract from the composable bracelet. Because they use slim, lightweight electronic movements, the watch heads maintain a thin, jewelry-like profile that perfectly balances with the flat-profile links on the wrist. Because they are built to look like delicate jewelry, Nomination watches are designed with small, lightweight cases that attach seamlessly to the brand's relatively thin, customizable charm bands. As a result, the Nomination watch collection is tailored specifically for women and those with slender wrists.
When purchasing a Nomination watch, there are specific aspects to consider, as it is not an ordinary ‘ready-made’ watch but part of a bracelet that tells your story.
Instead of viewing the watch as a watch, consider it a bracelet of which the watch head is just one of the links. Choose a dial and case color that will fit in with the majority of your chosen links. The choice of watch case shape depends on your personal preference. A round watch is more traditional and looks elegant on the wrist, whereas the rectangular case is super trendy and visually aligns with the bracelet.
The basic stainless steel Nomination watches cost around € 89 at Nomination.lu, gold-toned watches come at € 115 and watches with inlayed crystals € 139.
Nomination watches are designed and assembled in Italy, with the brand's headquarters located in Sesto Fiorentino near Florence. Most models contain standard Japanese Miyota movements, such as the Miyota 2025 and Miyota 5Y20.
Nomination watch cases are rated 3 ATM, which means they are only designed to handle light splashes, like when you wash your hands or get caught in a sudden rainstorm. Because they are designed to be beautiful, delicate jewelry first and foremost, the high pressure and steam from a hot shower can easily slip past the seals and damage the internal movement. To keep your watch looking pristine and shiny for a long time, it's best to keep it completely dry!
