Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827), the legendary German composer, turns 250 this year, and Nomos Glashütte, a proudly German watchmaker is suitably marking the milestone with a collection of new timepieces named in tribute to Beethoven’s classical compositions. The four new models in the brand’s square-cased Tetra series ? Gotterfünken, Ode an die Freude, Unsterbliche Geliebte, and Fidelio ? all feature new, vibrant dial colors and in-house-made mechanical calibers.
The Nomos Tetra Symphony collection pays tribute to Beethoven in his 250th birthday year.
 
Nomos describes the Tetra family from which this quartet of colorful timekeepers hails as a ladies’ collection, but its watches likely have fans among smaller, slender-wristed gents as well. All the new models have square, stainless steel cases measuring 29.5 x 29.5 mm in diameter and 6.5 mm thick; sapphire crystals in the front and back, and dials with gold baton hour and minute hands and small seconds subdials at 6 o’clock. All are attached to gray velour leather straps with tone-on-tone stitching. Each model features a different dial color. Nomos Tetra Goetterfunken (Ref. 444)
The watches are powered by Nomos’s in-house Alpha caliber.
The Tetra Götterfunken (the German translation of “Divine Sparks,” a reference to the chorale finale of Beethoven’s famed Ninth Symphony) has a copper dial; the dial of the Ode an de Freude model (for “Ode to Joy,” the poe...