DB28 Kind of Blue Tourbillon Meteorite

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About this reference

De Bethune decided to create an extraordinary dial with a fragment of meteorite. flamed-blued by hand, the piece of meteorite is then polished and pierced to form a multitude of small holes in which white gold spheres are inlaid to represent the stars in the galaxy. The DB28 Kind of Blue Meteorite is made entirely of blued titanium with the De Bethune tourbillon at 6 o’clock. Specification: Case: Blued mirror-polished grade 5 titanium; Case · Diameter: 42,6 mm; Case · Thickness: 9,20 mm; Case · Lugs: Short or long floating lugs in blued mirror-polished grade 5 titanium, De Bethune Patent (2006); Case · Crystal: Sapphire crystal (1800 Vickers hardness), with double anti-reflective coating; Case · Case back: Screwed down back in blued polished grade 5 titanium that opens on a linear power reserve in rose gold 5N; Case: Sapphire crystal (1800 Vickers hardness), with double anti-reflective coating; Function: Hours, Minutes, 30’’indicator via the ultra-light De Bethune tourbillon cage at 6 o’clock, Power reserve situated on the back; Calibre · Calibre: DB2019; Calibre · Type: Mechanical manual-winding calibre; Calibre · Power reserve: 5 days, ensured by a self-regulating twin barrel, De Bethune Innovation (2004); Calibre · Number of parts: 298; Calibre · Jewelling: 39 jewels; Calibre · Diameter: 30 mm; Calibre · Frequency: 36’000 vibrations per hour; Calibre · Adornment: Decoration on power reserve indicator in grade 5 titanium “De Bethune” concentric graining and blued by hand; Calibre: Steel parts beveled and flame-blued by hand; Dial: Starry sky in blued and hand-polished iron meteorite with white gold stars; Dial: Blued grade 5 polished titanium hours ring with rose gold hour-markers; Dial: Blued grade 5 satin-polished titanium minutes ring; Dial: Ultra-light De Bethune 30’’tourbillon in silicon and titanium at 6 o’clock, De Bethune Innovation (2008); Dial: Hands:; Dial: Hand-polished rose gold hands; Technical features of calibre: Titanium balance wheel with white gold inserts, optimised for temperature differences and air penetration , De Bethune Patent (2016); Technical features of calibre: “De Bethune” balance-spring with flat terminal curve, De Bethune Paten