A Closer Look at the De Bethune DB25 Starry Varius Aérolite
De Bethune has an established history of creating seriously uncommon timepieces, using rich jewel tones and avant-garde shapes as key design signatures. In-line with this, the Swiss watchmaker is a proponent of super-limited releases, with the new DB25 Starry Varius Aérolite being its latest.
Opting for the DB25 as its base silhouette, the brand’s latest celestial-inspired release distinguishes itself via a thoughtful integration of nickel and iron into its dial, the materials mined from a Muonionalusta meteorite, more details from the brand, below:
Believed to have struck planet Earth more than one million years BCE, somewhere between Finland and Sweden on the banks of the Muniono river, [the Muonionalusta] is probably the world?s oldest known meteorite to date. The first fragment was discovered in Sweden, in 1906. Composed mainly of iron and nickel, it is distinguished by the perfectly geometrical lines of its 60° angle cross-hatched ?Widmanstätten? pattern.
The minerals taken from the meteorite are acid-etched and heat treated to form a flat dial surface. Visually, the result is a wash of crystalline textured indigo and purple hues. Gold pins emulate the radiance and natural pattern of stars against the rich background. Bringing in the metallic sheen of the case, a silver-toned hours and minutes ring lines the outside edge of the otherwise starry dial. The precious nature of the materials used in this model results in each night sky-like patte...
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