Thursday, December 23, 2021

De Bethune – DB25 Perpetual Calendar Green Titanium

De BethuneCURRENT DB25 Perpetual Calendar Green Titanium 44mm Automatic - 2021

De Bethune launches a new DB25QP
with a green guilloche dial and a new titanium case
during
Dubai Watch Week

Combining the finesse of watchmaking with the cutting-edge mechanics of the
Manufacture,
De Bethune presents the latest DB25QP
A classic interpretation of the DB25; a radiating guilloche in 12 sectors,
integrated lugs and a new titanium case.

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The Manufacture De Bethune is enriching its collection of classic watches with a state-of-the-art interpretation of the perpetual calendar. 

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The De Bethune perpetual calendar is tinged with poetry and combines the finesse of watchmaking with the precision mechanics of the Manufacture by bringing together moon phase, starry sky and perpetual calendar in an exceptional timepiece. Inspired by the drum, the round case with a diameter of 44 mm, with its fine and resolutely classic lines, is subtly enhanced by the hollowed-out horns characteristic of the DB25 collection.

A poetic timepiece

The finesse of the decorations and the purity of the green hand-guilloche dial, radiating in 12 sectors, underline the legibility of the dial, which is built up by the assembly of ring-shaped appliques delimiting the sub-dials and the hour circle.

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At 12 o'clock, a sphere in palladium and black oxidized zirconium sits in a sky set with gold stars, also incorporating a leap year indicator in a gold pastille in the starry sky at 12 o'clock. The date can be read on a dial located at 6 o'clock, while the windows indicating the day of the week and the month are located at 9 and 3 o'clock respectively.

Unparalleled comfort

The round case of the new DB25QP retains the harmonious lines that contributed to the success of the original DB25QP but is offered for the first time in titanium. This further enhances the practicality and comfort of this timepiece.

A refined movement

Developed in the Manufacture's Haute Horlogerie workshops in Sainte Croix in the Swiss Jura, the automatic DB2324 caliber benefits from De Bethune's research and technology know- how, including a perpetual calendar, a spherical moon indicating the moon phases with a precision of 1 day/122 years, a self-regulating double barrel, a triple pare-chute system and a titanium/grey gold balance.

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A sapphire caseback allows one to admire the complexity of the movement as well as the refinement of its finishing: ¾ platinum bridge with star decoration, sandblasted and hand- colored, blued titanium balance bridge and oscillating weight arm, hand-colored white gold weight, hand-beveled and mirror-polished steels.

New reference

This new perpetual calendar comes with a green textile strap with a polished titanium buckle and pin. A second leather strap accompanies it. 

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A perfect illustration of the technical and aesthetic know-how of the Manufacture, this new reference DB25QPATIS4 is destined to replace all the DB25QPs previously presented in the current De Bethune collection.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection   CURRENT

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Name: DB25 Perpetual Calendar


Reference: DB25QPATIS4

Movement: DB2324
Functions:
Hours, Minutes,

  • Spherical moon phase indication and leap-year indication at 12 o'c lock,
  • Perpetual calendar indicating the month at 3 o'clock,
  • Date at 6 o'clock and the day of the week at 9 o'clock DB2324

Type: Mechanical self-winding movement
Adjustment: Winding, setting the date and the time by means of the crown (3 positions)
Month, day of the week and sphericaI moon phase adjustment via correctors

Technical features of calibre DB2324
Number of parts: 425
jewelling: 47 jewels
Diameter: 35 mm
Power reserve: 5 days,
ensured by a self-regulating twin barrel De Bethune innovation (2004)
Specificities: Titanium and white gold balance wheel De Bethune Innovation (2016)
"De Bethune" balance-spring with flat terminal curve De Bethune Patent (2006)
Silicon escape wheel
Spherical moon phase indication accurate to a degree of one lunar day every 122 years — De Bethune Patent ('2004)
Triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system De Bethune Innovation (2005)
Optimized oscillating weight in titanium and white gold
Oscillating weight shock-absorbing system De Bethune Innovatior› (2006)
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour
Adornment:
3/4 plae witht sarry decor, sandblasted and mailed by hand
Balance bridge and oscillating weight arms in blued titanium
White gold oscillating weight hand snailed Hand-polished, chambered steel parts

Display

Display:
Hands curved, in hand mirror-polished steel Perpetual calendar apertures indicating the day of the week at 9 o'clock and the month at 3 o'clock on anthracite discs with silver decal — sub diaI at 6 o'clock indicating the day of the month — leap year indicated bya gold pastille appearing in the starry sky at 12 o'clock
SphericaI moon phase indication in palladium and black oxide zirconium with an accuracy of one lunar day every 122 years at 12 o'clock — De Bethune Patent (2004)
Dial:
Green hand-guilloché, with 12 radiating sectors De Bethune star-studded sky in black steel, inlaid with rose gold stars
Green curved hour, date and moon phase rings with silver relief Roman numerals
Case
Material: Titane grade 5
Diameter: 44 mm
Thickness: 11,1 mm
Lugs: Integrated, hollowed lugs
Crystal: In sapphire crystal (1800 Vickers hardness) with double anti-reflective coating
Case back: Open back in polished titanium and sapphire crystal (1800 Vickers hardness) with double anti-reflective coating
Water-resistance: 3 ATM
Strap
Textile/leather
Buckle: Pin buckle in polished titanium

   

Limitation  Only 15 pieces per year


Price from   95.000 CHF

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Press release -- Geneva 2021
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De Bethune Geneva Office 
25 Grand-Rue 1204 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 310 22 71
Fax: +41 22 310 33 40
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