De Bethune – Dream Watch DW5 Al-Amal Engraving Titanium Edition

De Bethune – Dream Watch DW5 Al-Amal Engraving Titanium Edition - Unique Piece - 2024

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   DW5 Al-Amal
A time capsule bearing Love and hope

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De Bethune is creating a one-of-a-kind timepiece for the Mavericks of Time exhibition organised by Ahmed Sediqqi & Sons at the Museum of the Future (MOTF) in Dubai on 9 and 10 November. For this event, celebrating the creativity and boldness of independent watchmaking, the Manufacture is sending a time capsule bearing Love: a universal message of hope for future generations.

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The DW5 was the natural choice for this project that was launched in 2022 at the time of the official museum opening, as much for its futuristic, aerodynamic design as for the creative space its case provides.

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Designed in 2014 as a continuation of research into shapes and materials, the DW5 becomes De Bethune's iconic deltoid motif, an aesthetic code introduced with the first Dream Watch, which establishes a link between the various creations of the independent Manufacture.

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The compact structure of Calibre DB2144V2 developed exclusively for the curved asymmetrical case of the DW5, along with the reduced space devoted to the display of its functions – hours, minutes and spherical moon phases – already illustrated Denis Flageollet's desire for a broader aesthetic playground.

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"The Dream Watch collection is one of De Bethune's mainstays, designed to push the technical and aesthetic boundaries of the wristwatch. As a concept watch, the DW5 allows me to go beyond simple watchmaking. Like a sculpture, the experimental work carried out on titanium is part of an artistic approach inspired by philosophical and personal reflections.” Denis Flageollet, master watchmaker and founder.

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Through its choice of materials and finishes as well as the use of original techniques, the DW5 paves the way towards new cultures and concepts, while retaining its identity strongly inspired by aeronautics and space exploration.

DW5 Al-Amal: a wrist sculpture brimming with hope and optimism

Named DW5 Al-Amal, this one-of-a-kind timepiece was inspired by the illuminated calligraphic motifs on the exterior façade of the museum to convey a universal message, like a time capsule sent by humanity. Entirely made of mirror-polished titanium, the case is adorned with engravings representing six distinct Arabic calligraphies of the word ‘Love’.

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Whether friendly, passionate, carnal, spiritual or unconditional, love in Arabic is pronounced and calligraphed in different ways depending on the nuance it adopts. Among the many Arabic words that express this feeling, those evoking ‘Al-Amal’ friendship, desire, the heart, love, passion and faith have been carefully selected. 

These calligraphies pay tribute to an art that elegantly and flowingly transcends mere writing, making words veritable channels of beauty and emotion.

Watchmaking tradition is all about innovation

The art of watchmaking in the 21st century follows in the footsteps of the great master watchmakers of the Age of Enlightenment. 

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Building on a centuries-old culture, it is shaped and forged on a daily basis, continually integrating the scientific and technological innovations of our time into avant-garde creations, driven by De Bethune's distinctive penchant for introducing philosophical concepts with a cultural mission. 

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The Dream Watch collection is the boldest and most accomplished expression of this horological creativity.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection:  Dream Watch

Name: DW5 Al-Amal
Reference : DW5HOB

Movement
Calibre: DB2144V2
Type: Mechanical hand-wound movement
Adjustment: Winding, Spherical moon-phase adjustment and setting the time by means of the crown (3 positions)
Functions: Hours, Minutes, Spherical moon-phase indication

Technical features of calibre DB2144V2
Number of parts: 320
Jewelling: 32 jewels
Diameter: 30 mm
Power reserve: 5 days, ensured by a self-regulating twin barrel De Bethune Innovation (2004)
Specificities: Silicon annular balance encircled by a white gold ring De Bethune Patent (2010)
"De Bethune" balance-spring with flat terminal curve De Bethune Patent (2006)
Silicon escape wheel
Spherical moon-phase indication with an accuracy of one lunar day every 1112 years – De Bethune Patent (2004)
Triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system De Bethune Innovation (2005)
Frequency: 28'800 vibrations per hour
Adornment: Hand-crafted finishing and decoration
Display
Jumping-hour aperture at 3 o’clock
Analogue minutes indicator on a dragging rotating disc
Spherical moon-phase indication in palladium and flamed-blued steel with an accuracy of one lunar day every 1112 years at 6 o’clock – De Bethune Patent (2004)
Dial
Frame of the jumping-hour aperture in blued grade 5 titanium
Case
Material: Mirror-polished grade 5 titanium, with 5-axis mechanical engravings representing six Arabic
calligraphies meaning: friendship, desire, heart, love, passion and faith.
Diameter: lenght 58 mm – width 47 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Crystal: Hard-mineral crystal (1800 Vickers hardness) with double anti-reflective coating
Case back: Closed and screwed down case back in mirror- polished grade 5 titanium with aperture on the
balance wheel
Crown: Mirror-polished and microblasted grade 5 titanium, set with a blue sapphire cabochon
Water resistance: 3 ATM
Strap
Extra-supple alligator leather, alligator lining
Buckle: Pin buckle in Mirror-polished grade 5 titanium

🔴 Price CHF 240,000 (approximately 1,000,000 AED).

 🔰Edition:  ❱❱❱ Unique Piece

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Press release -- Geneva 2024
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