The gender pay gap — the difference in earnings between men and women doing the same job —is 20% in the United States, according to OECD, one of the worst in the Western world.
NOMOS Glashütte is highlighting this injustice while drawing attention to the fact that it has achieved parity of pay for all of its workforce in Germany.
An initiative called Equal Pay Day raises awareness of the issue. The date is different around the world because it is set by calculating how many days into the year a woman would have effectively worked for free in comparison to a man in the same role.
For Germany in 2022, Equal Pay Day is on March 7, based on an 18% gender pay gap.
NOMOS does not accept this gender pay gap, and points out that women and men earn equal pay for equal work. The company also has as many female bosses as male bosses.
They are a step ahead in other areas too, the company states. Their mechanical watches for women and men — gender-neutral timepieces which succeed without stereotypes — are crafted by a staff comprised of more women than men.
Female voices at NOMOS
Simone Elbe has been managing sales in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland for years. She muses: “Why should a man earn more doing my job?” And yet, this is the case elsewhere: In Germany, men earn 18% more per hour than their female co-workers. On Equal Pay Day, we acknowledge that just mathematically-speaking, compared to their male counterparts, woman have essentially been working without pay until this date. This year, in most countries, it’s marked at the beginning of March.Unlike other NOMOS departments, the gender ratio in manufacturing at NOMOS Glashütte is unbalanced: Sarah Westermann is one of just nine women who work here alongside seventeen men. Working in precision machining, she operates the Lecureux: The machine (shown left) assists in precisely placing rubies on plates. She is also responsible for quality control of the base plate, as well as the other plates, sunburst finish, and perlage.No new watches without Heike Ahrendt: She leads the Product Management at NOMOS Glashütte. This is where new watches are conceived, and where artisanship, technology, and design combine. They keep everything on schedule. She likes to wear larger watches—not the usual delicate watch.Not in the habit of differentiating: Tangente by NOMOS Glashütte, probably the most famous mechanical watch in Germany, is gender-neutral in the best possible way: It is made by women and men who receive equal pay. That men earn 18% more than women in companies in the rest of the country is simply inconceivable at NOMOS.
