{"id":5064,"date":"2013-05-20T12:46:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T11:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.gmtmag.com\/?p=5064"},"modified":"2013-05-20T13:02:58","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T12:02:58","slug":"de-bethune-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/lifestyle-n-en\/gmt_time-2\/de-bethune-19.html","title":{"rendered":"De Bethune : Bridging styles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A symbol of both classicism and watchmaking modernism, De Bethune is a metaphorical bridge spanning the various regions of the mechanical sphere. This multifaceted expertise is expressed through the most aesthetically and technically accomplished timepieces. While the DB25 collection is undoubtedly the most classic and the famous multi award-winning DB28 is the most modern, both feature a clever blend of both styles. De Bethune has indeed created its own inimitable style and has taken only about a decade to do so. So much so that although the brand name does not even appear on a significant part of the dials, the watch is nonetheless immediately identifiable. Naturally, the patented floating titanium lugs of the DB27 and DB28 which delicately encircle the wrist do indeed facilitate recognition as well as enhancing wearer comfort. All this is indeed part of the inimitable style of De Bethune, which already has 9 patents, 15 calibres and 17 world firsts to its credit. All are\u00a0 born within a Manufacture reflecting the brand image\u2009: modest in terms of size and exceptional in terms of content. This brilliantly distilled technology inseparably bound up with De Bethune is constantly accompanied by a sense of poetry. This other form of communion between two apparently contradictory styles \u2013 poetry and high technology \u2013 also symbolises the philosophy and the success of this fervent partisan of fundamental research. The famous spherical moon illustrates this intimate partnership, as does the Dream Watch extreme collection and the splendid recently introduced Skybridge. Long may it continue\u2009!<\/p>\n

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DB16 Tourbillon Regulator<\/strong>
\nLimited 2013 production of 5 – Calibre DB 2509 – Mechanical hand-wound movement – Hours, minutes, seconds – 30\u2019 indicator\u00a0 – 4-day power reserve – Perpetual calendar with date at 6 o\u2019clock, days at 9 o\u2019clock and months at 3 o\u2019clock – De Bethune spherical moon-phase and leap-year indicator subdial at 12 o\u2019clock – Ultra-light De Bethune 30\u2019\u2019 silicon\/titanium Tourbillon 36,000vph Central deadbeat seconds\u00a0 – Age of the Moon \u2013 Power indication – 43 mm rose gold case with integrated cone-shaped lugs – Silver-toned hand-guilloch\u00e9 dial – Hand-polished flame-blued steel hands – Extra-supple alligator leather strap with pin buckle<\/p>\n

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DB28 SkyBridge<\/strong>
\nCalibre DB 2105 \u2013 Mechanical hand-wound movement – Hours, minutes \u2013 6-day power reserve \u2013 De Bethune spherical moon-phase at 6 o\u2019clock \u2013 42.60 mm mirror-polished titanium case \u2013 Titanium floating lugs – Blued titanium dial set with white gold stars and diamonds – Mirror-polished steel spherical hour-marker \u2013 Sandblasted and engraved silver minutes ring – Flame-blued and hand-polished stainless steel hands – Extra-supple alligator leather strap with pin buckle<\/p>\n

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DB27 Titan Hawk Black<\/strong>
\nCalibre S233 \u2013 mechanical self-winding movement – Hours \u2013 minutes \u2013 date – 6-day power reserve – 42.60 mm mirror-polished titanium case – Titanium floating lugs; available in short size only – Black microlight dial centre surrounded by a chapter ring bearing Roman numerals and a minutes circle with Arabic numerals – Hand-polished stainless steel hands – Extra-supple alligator leather strap with pin buckle<\/div>\n

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A symbol of both classicism and watchmaking modernism, De Bethune is a metaphorical bridge spanning the various regions of the mechanical sphere. This multifaceted expertise is expressed through the most aesthetically and technically accomplished timepieces. While the DB25 collection is undoubtedly the most classic and the famous multi award-winning DB28 is the most modern, both feature a clever blend of both styles. De Bethune has indeed created its own inimitable style and has taken only about a decade to do so. So much so that although the brand name does not even appear on a significant part of the dials, the watch is nonetheless immediately identifiable. Naturally, the patented floating titanium lugs of the DB27 and DB28 which delicately encircle the wrist do indeed facilitate recognition as well as enhancing wearer comfort. All this is indeed part of the inimitable style of De Bethune, which already has 9 patents, 15 calibres and 17 world firsts to its credit. All are\u00a0 born within a Manufacture reflecting the brand image\u2009: modest in terms of size and exceptional in terms of content. This brilliantly distilled technology inseparably bound up with De Bethune is constantly accompanied by a sense of poetry. This other form of communion between two apparently contradictory styles \u2013 poetry and high technology \u2013 also symbolises the philosophy and the success of this fervent partisan of fundamental research. The famous spherical moon illustrates this intimate partnership, as does the Dream Watch extreme collection and the splendid recently introduced Skybridge. Long may it continue\u2009!<\/p>\n

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DB16 Tourbillon Regulator<\/strong>
\nLimited 2013 production of 5 – Calibre DB 2509 – Mechanical hand-wound movement – Hours, minutes, seconds – 30\u2019 indicator\u00a0 – 4-day power reserve – Perpetual calendar with date at 6 o\u2019clock, days at 9 o\u2019clock and months at 3 o\u2019clock – De Bethune spherical moon-phase and leap-year indicator subdial at 12 o\u2019clock – Ultra-light De Bethune 30\u2019\u2019 silicon\/titanium Tourbillon 36,000vph Central deadbeat seconds\u00a0 – Age of the Moon \u2013 Power indication – 43 mm rose gold case with integrated cone-shaped lugs – Silver-toned hand-guilloch\u00e9 dial – Hand-polished flame-blued steel hands – Extra-supple alligator leather strap with pin buckle<\/p>\n

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DB28 SkyBridge<\/strong>
\nCalibre DB 2105 \u2013 Mechanical hand-wound movement – Hours, minutes \u2013 6-day power reserve \u2013 De Bethune spherical moon-phase at 6 o\u2019clock \u2013 42.60 mm mirror-polished titanium case \u2013 Titanium floating lugs – Blued titanium dial set with white gold stars and diamonds – Mirror-polished steel spherical hour-marker \u2013 Sandblasted and engraved silver minutes ring – Flame-blued and hand-polished stainless steel hands – Extra-supple alligator leather strap with pin buckle<\/p>\n

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DB27 Titan Hawk Black<\/strong>
\nCalibre S233 \u2013 mechanical self-winding movement – Hours \u2013 minutes \u2013 date – 6-day power reserve – 42.60 mm mirror-polished titanium case – Titanium floating lugs; available in short size only – Black microlight dial centre surrounded by a chapter ring bearing Roman numerals and a minutes circle with Arabic numerals – Hand-polished stainless steel hands – Extra-supple alligator leather strap with pin buckle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":5067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[114],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}