Dbs

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About this reference

Created in 2005 for the first “Only Watch” auction, the DBS represents the perfect union between technical mastery and contemporary aesthetic qualities. Specification: Case: White gold; Case · Diameter: 42.6mm; Case · Thickness: 12,8mm; Case · Lugs: Cone-shaped lugs; Case · Crystal: Sapphire crystal (1800 Vickers hardness), with double anti-reflective coating; Case · Case back: Power reserve indication; Case: Sapphire crystal (1800 Vickers hardness), with double anti-reflective coating; Function: Hours, Minutes, De Bethune Spherical moon phase indicator at 6 o’clock, Power reserve indicator on the back; Calibre · Calibre: DB2105; Calibre · Type: Mechanical manual-winding calibre; Calibre · Power reserve: 6 days, ensured by a self-regulating twin barrel, De Bethune Innovation (2004); Calibre · Number of parts: 253; Calibre · Jewelling: 29jewels; Calibre · Diameter: 30mm; Calibre · Frequency: 28’800 vibrations per hour; Calibre · Adornment: Hand-polished, chamfered steel parts; Dial: Black with Côtes De Bethune; Dial: Openworked bridge at 6 o’clock; Dial: Spherical moon-phase indication in palladium and flamed-blued steel with an accuracy of one lunar day every 122 years at 12 o’clock, De Bethune Patent (2004); Dial: Hands:; Dial: In hand-polished steel; 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-chutes hock-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 Patent (2004).