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NOMOS puts the Club Sport Worldtimer’s travel displays into the glow

Reference 793 brings luminous city and home-time displays to a black-dialled core-collection worldtimer, retaining DUW 3202 and a 9.9mm case profile.

Hen & Mills Editorial · 4 min read · 2 October 2026

• NOMOS adds dark to its core Club Sport Worldtimer collection, extending luminous treatment to the city ring and home-time indicator for the first time.
• The 40mm steel watch measures 9.9mm thick, combining a glossy black dial and blue afterglow with the automatic DUW 3202 worldtime calibre.
• The sapphire-back model on the Club Sport bracelet lists at A$8,730; reference 793 joins the core range, with Australian enquiries directed to retailers.

A worldtimer has more information to keep visible than a three-hand watch, especially when the city ring and home-time display matter as much as the local hour. Extending the luminous treatment to those areas changes the usefulness of the dial after dark. NOMOS has made that the point of a core-collection addition, described in a press release dated 29 September, keeping its established automatic worldtime calibre inside a black-dialled steel watch. The model joining the range is the NOMOS Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer dark.

The city ring joins the glow

For the first time in the Club Sport Worldtimer, the city ring and home-time indicator carry Superluminova as well as the main hands and hour markers. The manufacturer describes cast luminous elements with a high concentration of pigments, producing a blue afterglow in low light. In the maker’s photographs, the pale ring around the black dial becomes one of its most prominent illuminated areas. That means the names used to navigate between time zones remain part of the watch’s visible information when the ambient light falls.

At three o’clock, a 24-hour subdial keeps the selected home or reference time visible, with red and blue accents distinguishing night and day. The main dial shows local time, and the pusher at two o’clock changes the time zone. NOMOS describes 24 zones at a glance, using the city ring to give the selection a recognisable place name. The glossy black dial brings a strong background to the off-white markings, letting the two time displays and their surrounding scales take most of the attention.

A travel complication in 9.9 millimetres

The steel case measures 40mm across, 9.9mm thick and 48mm from lug to lug. Those dimensions give a useful account of the watch’s proportions: the movement and worldtime mechanism fit into a profile under a centimetre, while the lugs define a longer span across the wrist. The case is screwed, with a screw-down crown and a sapphire display back on the configuration pictured here. A domed sapphire crystal receives antireflective treatment inside and out, keeping the layered perimeter of the dial under a curved surface.

Water resistance is rated to 10 ATM, with the product page describing the watch as suitable for swimming. A red warning ring at the crown indicates when it has not been fully screwed down, making that setting visible before the watch encounters water. NOMOS specifies 316L steel for its cases, bracelets and clasps. Taken together, those choices give the travel complication a practical surrounding structure, while the luminous city and home-time displays extend the information that can be read in low light. The case supports that purpose without becoming especially thick.

DUW 3202 keeps the mechanism compact

The automatic DUW 3202 was developed and produced by NOMOS in Glashütte, with the worldtime complication integrated into its gear train. The movement measures 4.8mm high and 31mm across, and carries 37 jewels. A globe in gold on the rotor references its worldtime function, making the complication part of the movement’s visual identity as well as its operating arrangement. This dark-dial version uses the established calibre, with the change concentrated in the display. The familiar mechanics supply the structure beneath the new luminous treatment.

The stated power reserve is up to 42 hours, so the watch can keep running for more than a day after a full wind when it is taken off. Through the sapphire back, the manufacturer’s press imagery shows Glashütte ribbing, temperature-blued screws and perlage, the small circular surface finishing used beneath the larger visible components. The transparent back gives those details their own setting, although the main reason to consider the dark version remains on the front. Its movement carries continuity; the dial supplies the development.

The bracelet keeps the surface changing

The Club Sport bracelet uses alternating satin-finished and highly polished links, placing different kinds of reflection beside one another. That treatment gives the steel a changing appearance as the watch and wrist move, while the black dial holds the brighter markings within a more consistent frame. The bracelet is fitted with quick-change spring bars, and the lug width is 20mm. NOMOS identifies dark as the fourth version in the core Club Sport Worldtimer collection, following the existing silver, blue and white silver-plated dial treatments.

NOMOS Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer dark pricing and availability

For the sapphire-back watch on the Club Sport bracelet, list prices are A$8,730; US$5,760; €4,400; £4,400; CHF4,400; C$7,670; HK$41,300; S$7,730; CZK116,600; DKK35,200; ¥908,600; MYR23,800; NOK55,000; SAR22,800; CNY45,400; TWD181,700. Reference 793 joins the core collection. The manufacturer’s announcement is dated 29 September 2026. NOMOS’s Australian product page directs buyers to its retailer locator. These prices apply to the bracelet and sapphire-back configuration; the product selector also lists alternative straps and a steel back.

A change that belongs to the function

The extra luminous areas give this edition a clear reason to exist within an established range. A buyer choosing a worldtimer for its travel information can assess the city ring and reference-time display as part of the after-dark reading, alongside the ordinary hands and markers. The 9.9mm height remains a useful feature of the underlying design, but it is the broader illuminated display that distinguishes this version. If those additional readings are why you want a worldtimer, the dial’s treatment makes a persuasive contribution to the choice.