Wednesday, October 17, 2018

De Bethune – Distribution Partnership In Mexico














De BethuneDistribution Partnership In Mexico SIAR


On The Occasion Of The SIAR, De Bethune Announces 
Its Distribution Partnership In Mexico

To mark the event, the brand is present at the SIAR, notably with two models displayed for the first time in Latin America
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The DB28 Steel Wheels with its resolutely contemporary look, which is competing for the upcoming 2018 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.

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he more traditional-looking DB25 Starry Varius, featuring a blued titanium star- studded sky that can be personalised according to the customer’s wishes.

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After opening the Stephen Silver point of sale last week in California’s Silicon Valley, De Bethune is continuing its international development by taking the opportunity of the SIAR to announce an exclusive distribution agreement in Mexico with its new partner, the Raconli group.

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De Betune’s CEO Pierre Jacques, who is attending the SIAR, said: “Mexico is a real connoisseurs’ market with a longstanding tradition and true appreciation of Swiss Haute Horlogerie models. To offer our customers enhanced service, while ensuring our brand’s solid long-term development in Mexico, we are delighted to have reached a distribution agreement with the Raconli group. I wish to express my sincere thanks to the Raconli Group’s CEO Ramon Gonalez and his family for their confidence in us. Their excellent knowledge of this market will ensure the high-quality presence that is key to our development.”

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The new model of the year, the DB28 Steel Wheels, is one of the watches competing in the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. This resolutely transparency-themed titanium watch features a particularly light architecture thanks to the open construction of its central delta- shaped bridge. Its self-regulating twin barrel ensures a six-day power reserve. The palladium and blued steel spherical moon at 6 o’clock spins on its axis with such accuracy that it will show a mere one-day discrepancy in 122 years.

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The distinctive architecture of Calibre 2115V4 is beautifully highlighted by the decision to trim down the mechanism, notably by openworking the barrels and ratchet wheels, as well as cutting out the heart of the central delta-shaped bridge. The latter is adorned with a “Côtes De Bethune” decoration, produced using the Microlight micrometric engraving technique developed by De Bethune. The entire movement thus creates the impression of levitating.

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Also introduced this year, the DB25 Starry Varius is a more traditional-looking watch. With its blued titanium star-studded sky and its Milky Way sprinkled with 24K gold dust, this timepiece is powered by the Manufacture DB2105 calibre equipped with a new balance wheel featuring white gold inserts, along with the triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system.

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To kick off this Mexican week, De Bethune took part in the “Private Experience” organised by the Berger boutique. A beautiful means of enjoying personal encounters with its customers.


16-18  October
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Name: Starry Varius Tourbillon
Collection DB25 / Limited Edition to 20 exemplaires

Reference DB25VTTIS3

Limited Edition  to only 20 pieces - Price incl. VAT 197'000 CHF

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Name: DB28 Steel Wheels

Reference: DB28SWTIS1PN/S

Limited Edition  to only 25 pieces

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De Bethune Geneva Office 
25 Grand-Rue 1204 Geneva
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

A. Lange & Sohne – 1815 TOURBILLON Platinum Special Edition


A. Lange & Söhne1815 TOURBILLON Platinum White Enamel Dial Special Limited Edition


Special edition of A. Lange & Söhne's first tourbillon 
watch with stop seconds and Zero-Reset

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Four years ago, in the 1815 Tourbillon, A. Lange & Söhne first combined the stop-seconds mechanism for the tourbillon with the Zero-Reset time setting feature. Together, the patented mechanisms allowed the watch to be stopped and then set with one-second accuracy. Now, this precision timekeeping instrument has been introduced in an edition limited to 100 pieces with a white enamel dial.

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Limited to 100 watches, the special variation of the 1815 Tourbillon melds traditional craftsmanship with modern micromechanics. At first sight, the lucidly designed watch with the white enamel dial is a case study of understatement. But the large aperture at 6 o'clock alone provides a modest impression of its complexity: it reveals the one-minute tourbillon, suspended beneath a black polished bridge, in action. However, this tourbillon doesn't just offset the influence of gravity.

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Lange's experts have engineered a logical refinement of the intricate filigreed complication by adding two patented mechanisms.

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First introduced in 1997 with the Langematik model, the Zero-Reset mechanism interacts with the stop-seconds mechanism for the tourbillon – patented in 2008 – to assure one-second accuracy when stopping and setting the timepiece.

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The mechanical precision of the lavishly finished manufacture calibre L102.1 can be admired through the sapphire-crystal caseback.

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The exquisite movement decoration is crowned by a diamond endstone in a screwed gold chaton on the fourth-wheel bridge, which is adorned with a freehand engraving.

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The 39.5-millimetre platinum cases are consecutively numbered from 001/100 to 100/100. They constitute an appealing frame for the perfectly crafted white enamel dial. Some 30 manual processes are required to craft each dial. The quest for historic authenticity stands out in details such as the red 12, which is separately printed and fired.

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Blued-steel hands, Arabic numerals and a railway-track minute scale represent the classic personality synonymous with legendary nineteenth- and twentieth-century pocket watches. The 1815 Tourbillon is equipped with a black hand-stitched alligator leather strap secured with a solid-platinum deployant buckle.

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Model: 1815 TOURBILLON Platinum Special Edition

Reference: № 730.039 Platinum

Limited Edition  100 watches.

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