REBELLION – Partnerships GTWC 2020

REBELLION – Twenty One GTWC GMT and Wraith Drive GTWC Partnerships GT World Challenge Powered Racing 20th Edition

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REBELLION Timepieces celebrates first Total 24 Hours of SPA as official timekeeper with bespoke GT World Challenge Powered by AWS watches

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• On the strength of its experience, the Swiss watchmaker is putting its timing skills at the service of the SRO world championships.
• Three-year agreement includes iconic Total 24 Hours of Spa
• REBELLION Timepieces creates 2 limited edition watches to celebrate the mythical race: a Twenty-One GMT and a Wraith model.

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 REBELLION Timepieces will celebrate its new partnership with SRO Motorsports Group at this year's Total 24 Hours of Spa by revealing a duo of bespoke GT World Challenge Powered by AWS watches.

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The Swiss manufacturer has taken an active role in a variety of SRO championships this season, drawing upon its cutting-edge expertise as official timekeeper for GT World Challenge Powered by AWS, Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli, the Intelligent Money British GT Championship, TC America, Pirelli GT4 America and the SRO E-Sport GT Series. Its distinctive logo has also become a familiar presence on cars, within the paddock, and at the sport's most famous circuits.

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As part of a three-year agreement with GT World Challenge Powered by AWS, REBELLION Timepieces will make its first appearance at the Total 24 Hours of Spa when the marquee race takes place on 22-25 October. To celebrate this milestone three limited-edition GT World Challenge Powered by AWS watches have been commissioned. These bespoke timepieces will be officially launched at the Total 24 Hours of Spa and awarded to title-winning drivers and to the global GT World Challenge Powered by AWS manufacturers' champion, while also being made available for general sale.

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Based in Lonay, on the shores of Lake Geneva, REBELLION Timepieces is world-renowned for its contribution to the art of fine Swiss watchmaking. Involved for many years in the field of international motor racing, the brand offers watches with a strong personality that combine powerful design, high-tech materials and advanced mechanics. All are customisable. They reflect the brand's original passion for quality and performance.

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This year's Total 24 Hours of Spa will be the first staged at the iconic Belgian circuit during autumn, having shifted from its traditional date at the end of July. The upcoming race will mark the 20th edition staged since GT rules were adopted in 2001, a move that has brought long-term sustainability to an event first run in 1924.

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 Alexandre Pesci, REBELLION Timepieces President & Owner: "We are very proud that REBELLION Timepieces will be the official timekeeper for GT World Challenge Powered by AWS. We have followed the work of SRO Motorsports Group for many years and been very impressed by the success they have achieved across the globe. GT racing is the perfect combination of passion and sport and we look forward sharing this experience over the next three years."

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Stephane Ratel, SRO Motorsports Group Founder & CEO: "REBELLION Timepieces is a passionate, no-compromise brand and I am delighted that they have joined GT World Challenge Powered by AWS this season. It is exciting to add a partner with so much enthusiasm for our sport and with a deep understanding of sportscar racing. REBELLION’s expert timekeeping skills will be a vital tool for the years ahead and I hope that this marks the start of a long and fruitful relationship."

 SRO Motorsports Group – The global leader in GT racing

With more than 25 years’ experience at the forefront of a continuously evolving industry, SRO Motorsports Group is the established international leader in GT racing.

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Best known for the development and implementation of the GT3 and GT4 regulations, SRO promotes and organises championships that embrace professional and amateur competitors. Its portfolio of highly regarded series includes continental GT World Challenge powered by AWS categories in Europe, America and Asia, which are combined to determine a global manufacturers' champion, while the flagship Intercontinental GT Challenge powered by Pirelli features events on five different continents. 

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The 2020 season will see more than 100 races run under the SRO Motorsports Group banner, highlighted by the prestigious Total 24 Hours of Spa. In addition to promotion and organisation, the company operates SRO Race Centre by MMC – a race-car service center at Circuit Paul Ricard – and provides the ultimate driving opportunities at world-renowned venues through Curbstone Track Events.

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SRO Motorsports Group is chaired by company founder and CEO Stephane Ratel. With offices in London, Paris, Liège, the United States and Hong Kong, its work is facilitated by a dedicated global team of full-time and freelance staff.

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Combining a passion for performance with industry-leading expertise, SRO continues to play a key role in shaping the future of international GT racing.

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TECHNICAL DATA

Model: Twenty-One GTWC GMT Racing
 

Case
Material: Black PVD Stainless
Diameter: 46.95mm (width) * 17.40mm (height)
Crystal: Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Water Resistance: 50m / 5 atm
No. of components: 266
Movement
Rebellion in-house automatic GMT
Power Reserve: 42 hours
Frequency: 28’800 vph
Jewels: 42 
Functions
Hours, minutes, small seconds and second time-zone indicator
Strap & Buckle
Interchangeable strap with a black rubberized base and
a black leather integration with turquoise topstitching.

Limited Edition to 25 pieces

Swiss retail price CHF 5’900

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TECHNICAL DATA

Model: Wraith Drive  GTWC Chronograph Racing

Movement 
Mechanical chronograph – Valjoux 7750
Winding Automatic
Frequency:  4 Hz / 28,800 vph
Power reserve: 48 hours
Jewels: 25 rubies
Diameter: 29,89 mm 
Height: 7,90 mm
Functions
Central hours and minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock, central elapsed chronograph seconds, chronograph minute counter at 12 o’clock, chronograph hour counter at 6 o’clock and date at 3 o’clock
Tachometer scale on base 500 in km/h
Case 
Round – Titanium Grade 5 black DLC
Diameter: 47.5 mm
Thickness: 17.20 mm
Bezel: Titanium and tachometer ring
Crown: Titanium – screwed-down and fluted with REBELLION monogram
Crystal: Sapphire crystal with dual-sided antiglare treatment
No. of components: 30
Case back Screwed titanium black DLC case back with engraving REBELLION logo
Dial
Black, Luminescent indexes
Material Brass
Water resistance 100 m / 10 ATM
Strap
Color black
Materia: Calf leather
Distance between lugs: 25.50/24 mm
Buckle: Triple folding clasp
Buckle features:  REBELLION logo engraving and double pushers
No. of buckle components: 20
 

Limited Edition to 25 pieces

Swiss retail price CHF 8’700
 

Availability October 2020
 

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De Bethune – DB28GS “Yellow Submarine” Edition

De Bethune – DB28GS “Yellow Submarine” Limited Edition - 2020

 A diver’s watch in the colors of fire
A limited edition of 25 pieces

 Water and fire: an impossible combination.
The vision of a fateful encounter between two elements that everything opposes.
A sports watch, designed for diving, dipped in fire.

Warm, vibrant, mystical... nothing rivals the brilliance and hypnotic magnificence of the colors of fire. With complete mastery of the art of thermal oxidation of metals, De Bethune explores all the colour shades resulting from the heat released by the chemical reactions of heat-treated steel and titanium. In De Bethune’s workshops in L’Auberson, the particles become luminous and the metals – titanium in particular – emit a visible light... the material oxidizes, the properties are modified, the surfaces are transformed, new natural colours come to the fore.

 Grade 5 titanium, naturally and delicately oxidized.

True as ever to the natural colours of the four elements – air, water, earth and fire – De Bethune has developed in 2019 a warm colored titanium (as opposed to the cool colour of blue) with natural shades of amber and flame blonde, reflecting the colours of fire, sun, warmth and luxuriance, along with the incomparable clarity that emerges from it, synonymous with energy, joy and vigour.

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To create its own fiery, radical, magnetic yellow, De Bethune applies its famous technique of gently oxidising grade 5 titanium to tint its surface naturally. This ritual conjures an extraordinary, rare and uniform fire brown. This know-how is applied to the case components and to most of the movement’s components. Each element is thus individually examined to ensure the process is properly calibrated to suit shape and mass. This preliminary step is essential to obtain in the end a range of uniform tones. However, the human touch and the typologies of the materials mean that tiny variations persist. These nuances are in fact essential as they create a visual resonance that impacts the perception of the result.

A light source at the heart of the watch.
Produced mechanically. Available on demand.

Precision, reliability, readability and comfort: the DB28GS “Yellow Submarine” was designed and developed to be a resolutely sporty watch. Based on the observation that a sports watch must be perfectly readable in any kind of weather and every possible situation, a very special and ingenious lighting system has been developed.

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Therefore, to illuminate the watch and the movement from the inside, a light source is produced by a fully mechanical means that works on the dynamo principle. Visually as simple as the lighting of a bicycle, fully mechanical with no electronics and no battery…but in truth just as complicated as the timbre of a minute repeater... A pusher located at 6 o'clock activates a small gear train driven by the twin barrel. This gear train, by means of a miniature dynamo, provides the necessary energy for lighting the watch. A few seconds of light is more than enough to read the time, even in the middle of the night or in the abyssal depths of the ocean.

A bezel that rotates the crystal

The rotating bezel made its first appearance in watchmaking in 1952. It serves to enable accurate calculation of immersion time, as well as the transition through various decompression stops. of the different levels. Generally, all the numerals relating to the minutes counter are indicated on the bezel, which tends to create a more crowded visual effect. For the DB28GS “Yellow Submarine”, these indications appear on the sapphire crystal driven by the bezel. This developed in the workshops of the Manufacture in L’Auberson enables the model to remain elegantly slender and instils a pleasing casual chic aesthetic.

A caliber replete with De Bethune’s latest technical advances

Hand-wound, with central seconds and a five-day power reserve indicated on the dial, the movement is equipped with a state-of-the-art in-house-made balance wheel.

The presence of the titanium / white gold balance wheel and balance-spring with flat terminal curve ensures an ideal mass / inertia ratio for an optimal frequency of 28,800 vph suitable for wristwatches. It is endowed with numerous properties – such as optimised efficiency, reliability, regulating quality, thermo-compensation, anti-magnetism – leading to concrete results, since De Bethune has already improved the efficiency of its sprung-balance-escapement ensemble by achieving a 20% increase in power reserve.

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 The calibre is also equipped with the triple pare chute system. De Bethune was not only the first to design a bridge symmetrical held on both sides and thus serving to maintain the balance wheel perfectly in position, but also added two shock absorbers on either end as well as that of the balance wheel itself. Hence the name triple pare-chute.

Watertightness, shock-resistance, wearer comfort

Water-resistant to 105 metres (10 ATM), the DB28GS “Yellow Submarine” is no exception to the strict rule of wearer comfort that De Bethune applies to its models in general and particularly to the DB28 collection. This exceptional comfort stems from a combination of the light feel of the titanium case, the softness of its hand-polished finish, the 12 o’clock crown position and above all the presence of the patented system of floating lugs that adapt to wrist size and movements.

The model is delivered with two straps: a canvas version and a striated natural rubber iteration with titanium folding clasp, which also contributes to the practical and pleasant wearer comfort of this timepiece.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection  DB28 Sports Watch

Name: DB28GS “Yellow Submarine” Edition

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Reference: DB28GSV2Y


Movement: DB2080
Type: Mechanical hand-wound movement
Adjustment: Winding and setting the time by means of
the crown (2 positions), push button at 6 o’clock to activate the lightening

Technical features of calibre DB2080
Number of parts: 400
Jewelling: 51 jewels
Diameter: 30 mm
Power reserve: 5 days, ensured by a self-regulating twin barrel
De Bethune Innovation (2004)
Specificities: Titanium/white gold balance wheel with white gold inserts,
optimised for temperature differences and air penetration
De Bethune Patent (2016)
"De Bethune" balance-spring with flat terminal curve
De Bethune Patent (2006)
Silicon escape wheel
Triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system
De Bethune Innovation (2005)
Dial lighting produced by an entirely mechanical means
working on the dynamo principle powered by a twin barrel and manually controlled via a pusher
De Bethune Innovation (2019)
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour
Adornment: Mirror- polished grade 5 titanium motion-work bridge
Plate and barrel bridge covers in hand-smoothed grade 5 titanium and adorned with “Microlight engraving”
De Bethune Innovation (2007)
Hand-snailed barrels
Hand-polished and chamfered steel parts
Display
Display: Yellow titanium hours and minutes hand with inserts, luminescent tip
Yellow titanium sandblasted by hand minute hand, luminescent tip
Polished steel seconds hand with luminescent tip
Power-reserve indicator between 9 and 10 o’clock
Dial: Satin-brushed and yellow grade 5 titanium minutes dial with cut-out Arabic numerals
Rotating bezel crystal with metallised minutes rin
Case and strap
Case material: Black zirconium case middle with “Microlight” decoration, yellow brushed grade 5 titanium caseback and bezel
Case diameter: 44 mm
Case thickness: 12.8 mm
Lugs: Floating lugs in yellow brushed grade 5 titanium with yellow polished grade 5 titanium inserts – De Bethune Patent (2006)
Crystal: In sapphire crystal (1800 Vickers hardness) with double anti-reflective coating
Case back: open in yellow brushed grade 5 titanium
Water resistance: 10 ATM
Strap: Natural rubber strap + 1 canvas / leather strap
Buckle: Folding clasp + pin buckle in yellow brushed grade 5 titanium

Limited to Only 25 Pieces 

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