De Bethune
DB25 Imperial Fountain
Ref. DB25C
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Specifications
Reference
- Collection
- DB25
- Reference
- DB25C
- Produced
- 2013 – present
Case
- Material
- Titanium
- Size
- 44 mm
Movement
- Calibre
- DB2145
- Power reserve
- 120 hours
About this reference
Based on the IXème inframonde Maya special series, and building on the wealth of accomplishment involved in such a creative work, De Bethune presents a set composed of 12 art pieces, the DB25 Imperial Fountain. The solid gold dials are adorned with animal symbols of the Chinese zodiac hand-engraved with a free interpretation of the bronze heads surrounding the fountain of the former Summer Palace nestling in the Yuan Ming Yuan garden near Beijing, China. Specification: Case: White gold or yellow gold; Case · Diameter: 44 mm; Case · Thickness: 11 mm; Case · Lugs: Fixed and hollowed lugs; Case · Crystal: Sapphire crystal (1800 Vickers hardness), with double anti-reflective coating; Case · Case back: Sapphire crystal (1800 Vickers hardness), with double anti-reflective coating; Function: Peripheral hour indication, Peripheral minute indication; Calibre · Calibre: DB2145; Calibre · Type: Mechanical hand-wound movement; Calibre · Power reserve: 5 days, ensured by a self-regulating twin barrel, De Bethune Innovation (2004); Calibre · Number of parts: 287; Calibre · Jewelling: 31 jewels; Calibre · Diameter: 30 mm; Calibre · Frequency: 28’800 vibrations per hour; Calibre · Adornment: Hand-crafted finishing and decoration; Calibre: Chamfered and hand-polished steel parts; Calibre: Mirror-polished and flame-blued steel components; Dial: In solid gold hand-engraved, twelve different engravings represent the Chinese zodiac heads, which formed the Yuanming Yuan clepsydra. Each dial has at its center the bas-relief of a zodiac sign decorated with the Grand Feu enamel technique; Dial: Hands:; Dial: Peripheral indicators in flame-blued steel; Technical features of calibre: Titanium/platinum balance wheel with blom studs, De Bethune Patent (2008); Technical features of calibre: “De Bethune” balance-spring with flat terminal curve, De Bethune Patent (2006); Technical features of calibre: Silicon escape wheel; Technical features of calibre: Triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system, De Bethune Innovation (2005).
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