DB28

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About this reference

De Bethune reaffirms its identity and revisits its classics with the DB28 collection, a timepiece that unmistakably embodies the brand’s signature style while showcasing its bold, avant-garde vision of horology. The DB28’s exceptional wearer comfort is a result of its surprising lightness, complemented by the innovative “floating lugs”—a patented system that effortlessly adapts to the wrist, ensuring a perfect fit and accommodating its natural movements. Overview: Functions: Hours, Minutes, Spherical Moon Phase Indicator at 6 o’clock, Power Reserve situated on Case Back, Performance Indicator between 2 and 3 o’clock. Watch: Case · Material: Mirror-polished grade 5 titanium; Case · Diameter: 42,6 mm; Case · Thickness: 9,30 mm; Case · Lugs: Short or long floating lugs in 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 polished grade 5 titanium that opens on a linear power reserve in rose gold 5N; Display · Dial: Mirror-polished and blued grade 5 titanium hours ring Polished steel hour-markers Silver silken minutes ring Spherical moon phase indication in palladium and flamed-blued steel with an accuracy of one lunar day every 122 years at 6 o’clock – De Bethune Patent (2004) Performance indicator between 2 and 3 o’clock; Display · Hand: Hand-polished flame-blued steel hands. Calibre: TYPE: Mechanical manual-winding calibre; POWER RESERVE: 6 days, ensured by a self-regulating twin barrel, De Bethune Innovation (2004); Number of parts: 297; Jewelling: 38 jewels; Diameter: 30 mm; Frequency: 28’800 vibrations per hour; Adornment: Black hand-polished steel motion-work bridge • Black plate and barrel bridge cover adorned with “Côte De Bethune” • Hand snailed barrels • Black circular-grained power reserve decoration • Hand-polished and chamfered steel parts • Hand-polished, chamfered steel parts; TECHNICAL FEATURES: Titanium 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) •