Sustainable Gift Idea – Nordgreen Watches Review

I was recently sent a Nordgreen watch as a gift to review. In exchange, Nordgreen has requested a review of its product, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to introduce my readers to this organisation and their efforts to be ethically responsible and sustainable whilst still crafting elegant, timeless watches that make the perfect gift. Read on for my Nordgreen watches review.

Who are Nordgreen?

Nordgreen are a Scandanavian-based organisation that creates and designs its watches from the Copenhagen offices. Their name itself embodies the two things that define them – “Nord” from the Danish Nordic heritage and “Green” emphasising their commitment to our environment. They design and manufacture both men’s watches and women’s watches, as well as sunglasses.

Nordgreen Pioneer watch picture

The Nordgreen Giving Back Programme

As part of their dedication to the environment, they support three great charitable causes.

  • Water For Good is a water aid programme based in The Central African Republic that intentionally concentrates its efforts on a long-term solution to water problems. Every watch purchased from Nordgreen gives one person in the CAR two months of clean water.
  • Pratham UK is an education-focused charity that develops low-cost solutions to improve the quality of learning and works with governments to take them to scale. For every watch purchased from Nordgreen, they give one month of education to a child in India.
  • Cool Earth works with indigenous communities living in the most threatened areas of the rainforests to establish the best ways to work together to identify the threats and drivers of deforestation in each unique setting. For every watch purchased by Nordgreen, they help to secure 200 sqft of the rainforest.

If you’re wondering are Nordgreen a good brand; personally, I’d say that if you’re looking for an elegantly stylish and minimalist look with high-quality functionality, and a brand that is doing a great job of sustainability and giving back, then Nordgreen is a good brand, doing a good job of ticking all the right boxes.

Nordgreen watch review

My 5 Favourite Features of the Nordgreen Watches

First, let me start by saying that choosing a watch from the Nordgreen website was difficult. Not only do they have beautiful designs that speak to my minimalist and simplistic heart, but you can customise almost every design too. Let’s run through those now.

  1. Watch dial shape – the first place to start is to choose the perfect watch shape and style for you. With a wide selection to choose from you’re going to struggle. After choosing the perfect design shape, you’ll have to choose the colour you prefer. Choose from gold, silver, gunmetal and rose gold to customise your watch dial.
  2. The Dial colour – once you’ve chosen the perfect dial shape for you, the next step is to choose the colour of the dial. I’m not going to spoil it for you – but my preference is a navy blue dial. It sets off the shape and colour perfectly. However, this will depend on the shape you’ve chosen. If you’re stuck, check out their watch builder function on their website.
  3. The strap – not only can you choose the colour of the dial, but you can select the perfect strap to compliment your Nordgreen watch. The straps available depend on the style you have chosen, but they offer leather straps, vegan leather, mesh, nylon, 3-link and 5-link straps, and again, these all come in a variety of colours. The mind boggles!
  4. The strap … again. Another really cool feature, other than just being able to choose the perfect watch strap to suit your taste, is that you don’t have to settle on just one watch. All the watches at Nordgreen offer a quick-release watch strap meaning you can buy multiple straps to go with your watch so that you can change the look of it with very little effort.
  5. Attention to detail – not only are the Nordgreen watches stunning to look at, versatile and customisable, but Nordgreen has really paid attention to the details when it comes to sustainability. Their cardboard packaging is made from FSC-certified cardboard, and the inside packaging is upcycled felt made from recycled plastic bottles.

Nordgreen Watch Review and why they make the perfect gift

If you’re looking for the perfect watch to gift that special someone in your life, I personally can’t think of a better one than a Nordgreen watch. The men’s watch I chose was my husband’s birthday gift. I chose the Nordgreen Pioneer Watch with the navy blue dial. When it arrived, I realised that the strap was a bit small, but it came with 5 extra links to increase the size of the strap which is perfect. We did have to take it to a jeweller to add the extra links in, but only because we didn’t have the little tool you need to do it yourself. Within 5 minutes the strap fit perfectly.

Nordgreen watch sustainable packaging

I’d love to know what you think if you order a Nordgreen watch, and as a little thank you for reading this post, I have a discount code for you if you decide to buy one. Simply enter the code GIRLMOM at checkout for your 15% discount to apply to your whole cart.

Thanks again to Nordgreen for their gift. Let me know what you decide to go with when you purchase your Nordgreen watch.