Saturday, December 26, 2015

The TETRA CLÄRCHEN

From Nomos Glashütte

Courtesy of Nomos Glashütte
The world may indeed be round, but it is not necessarily black and white ; )



Very often when we think about Nomos our thoughts go directly to the Tangente.  Fair enough, it was first and it has developed more than just a cult following.  But there is more to Nomos than black and white, and certainly more than round ; )

Courtesy of Nomos Glashütte
The Tetra Clärchen sports a wonderfully vibrant green lacquered dial graced with bright, gold indices.  The hands are gold plated.  It is a fantastic interpretation of the Tetra, a bit of unexpected fun.

Here are the particulars -

Case
stainless steel, bipartite; sapphire crystal glass; size 
29.5 mm by 29.5 mm; sapphire crystal glass back, height 6.3 mm; fixed with four screws
Dial 
lacquered
Hands 
gold-plated
Strap 
velour leather gray, lug width 18 mm
Water-resistant 
to 3 atm
Reference number
489
Movement
α (Alpha)—in-house built NOMOS caliber with manual winding 
Diameter10 ½ lines (23.3 mm) 
Movement height2.6 mm 
Power reserveapprox. 43 hours
CharacteristicsDecentralized seconds, stop-seconds mechanism, Glashütte three-quarter plate, 17 rubies, Glashütte stopwork, Incabloc shock protection, balance spring from Nivarox 1A, adjusted in six positions, tempered blue screws, rhodium-plated movement surfaces with Glashütte ribbing and NOMOS perlage, ratchet and crown wheel with Glashütte sunburst


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