Sapphire Transparency: De Bethune Unveils its First DB28 Watch with a Tourbillon Movement
Launching this week at Geneva Watch Days is a new iteration of De Bethune’s DB28 Steel Wheels watch, now equipped with a tourbillon movement whose delta-shaped bridge, and two barrel covers are in sapphire crystal. The new timepiece follows the futuristic design of the first DB28 that launched in 2010 ? its unusually shaped case with a crown at 12 o’clock inspired by pocket watches, and its patented, innovative floating lugs designed for maximum comfort ? which took home the Aiguille d’Or prize award at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) in 2011. The new reference perpetuates the brand’s bold aesthetics, following a series of variants, from the DB28 Skybridge to the more recent DB25 Starry Varius and DB28XP Tourbillon.
The DB28 Steel Wheels Sapphire Tourbillon (Ref. DB28SWTTIS).
The DB28 Steel Wheels Sapphire Tourbillon stays faithful to the vision of Denis Flageolet, founder and watchmaker of De Bethune, with its sleek and taut lines and movement infused with the latest technological advances. Among those advances are the signature delta-shaped bridge and barrel covers in sapphire crystal ? blue for the bridge and clear for the barrel covers ? which together create reflections that magnifies the movement’s architecture and allow the eye to peer into its inner heart.
The sapphire glass components, cut by laser, fit perfectly with the forms, rises, angles, and the teeth of the bridge an...
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