DBD Digitale DB Digitale

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De Bethune rethought the entire architecture, explored new codes and boldly interpreted a digital display for an instantaneous calendar with days, date and month, jumping hours and minutes, the result exceeded all expectations. A new calibre and a dial like no other: understated, pure, and elegantly revealing – a premiere – the Côtes De Bethune. Specification: Case: Rose gold; Case · Diameter: 42.6 mm; Case · Thickness: 14, mm; Case · Lugs: Cone-shaped lugs; Case · Crystal: Sapphire crystal (1800 Vickers hardness), with double anti-reflective coating; Case · Case back: De Bethune star-studded sky in flame-blued steel with yellow gold stars; Case: Spherical moon-phase indication in palladium and flamed-blued steel with an accuracy of one lunar day every 122 years, De Bethune Patent (2004); Case: Sapphire crystal (1800 Vickers hardness), with double anti-reflective coating; Function: Digitally displayed jumping hours, Minutes, Calendar indicating days, date and months; Calibre · Calibre: DB2044; 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: 309; Calibre · Jewelling: 29 jewels; Calibre · Diameter: 30 mm; Calibre · Frequency: 28’800 vibrations per hour; Calibre · Adornment: Chamfered and polished silver plate cover; Calibre: Barrel bridge cover adorned with “Côtes De Bethune”; Calibre: Hand-snailed barrels; Calibre: Hand-polished, chamfered steel parts; Dial: Silver-toned dial with “Côtes de Genève”; Dial: Hour, minute, day, date and month discs in white, black relief; Dial: Jumping hour window at 6 o’clock; Dial: Analogical minute indicator on rotating disc; Dial: Day, date and month jumping window; Technical features of calibre: Titanium and platinum balance wheel, De Bethune Patent (2005); Technical features of calibre: “De Bethune” balance-spring with flat terminal curve, De Bethune Patent (2006); Technical features of calibre: Triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system, De Bethune Innovation (2005); Technical features of calibre: Spherical moon phase indication accurate to a degree of one lunar day every 122 years, De Bethune Pa