With this award, the Metro neomatik 41 Update by NOMOS Glashütte wins the title of 'the best contemporary design made in the world'. The watch has in fact been awarded the Good Design Award, instituted by Charles and Ray Eames in Chicago. Another watch from the Saxon watchmaker thus wins a prestigious award, becoming the brand's seventh timepiece to receive this accolade. Each year, the Good Design Award is given to the "best contemporary design made in the world", say the organisers. Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, architecture critic and curator in charge, explains: "Good design is one of the most powerful forces we have in life.
The creators of this award, namely Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen and Edgar Kaufmann Jr,. were the first to want good design to be recognised in the United States. In 1950, a jury met for the first time in Chicago's renowned museum of design and architecture, the Athenaeum, to judge 'the best designs of the time' and the organisation has awarded this prestigious prize annually ever since. Today, however, it is not only the design of products made in the United States that is honoured, but also those from the rest of the world: products of the highest quality that stand out in terms of form, aesthetics and functionality.
For the designer of the Metro Update, Mark Braun, this is already the second award received by the Chicago Athenaeum for a wristwatch. Braun designed the Metro in collaboration with NOMOS Glashütte. The Metro model with date and winding indicator had already been awarded the coveted prize. The award-winning watch, the aforementioned Metro Update, will be exhibited until 31 July as part of the Annual Good Design Show at the European Centre in Athens.
