The famous De Bethune watch company was named after Ludovic XV's minister of finance, chevalier De Bethune, a historical person, who left a big heritage in the history of watchmaking inventions, created an unusual double-arm escapement lever, that was used in wall and cabinet clocks, in 1727. The brand's founders continue amazing the audience with its various exclusive models, combining innovative technologies and old watchmaking traditions. De Bethune company's rich wrist watch collections assortment, including unique models, won't stay unnoticed. One of the brand's collections' model is the “Tourbillon”, that the company's experts have been elaborating for 3 years. De Bethune company has produced 2 versions of the model: a case, made of platinum with a grey dial (DW3PS1) and a blue one (DW3PS3). The model is equipped with the manufacture DB 2009 caliber movement with manual rewind. The movement is assembled of 298 parts on 33 jewels, its frequency is 36000 oscillations per hour, the power reserve is 5 days. The case with the diameter of 42,9 mm and the width of 12,1 mm is made of platinum, the grey and blue dials – of titanium. The dial is fully guilloche and supplied with 2 hands of different colours. There's a small tourbillon 30, made of titanium, placed in the small aperture at the “6” position. The hour marks are made as small balls. The dial is covered with a sapphire crystal with double antireflective coating. The watch's crown is situated at the “12” position. There's a power reserve indicator on the case back. The model is supplemented by a black strap, made of alligator leather.
Another exclusive model with a tourbillon is the DB25T model with the dial, made in the form of the starry arch, that attracts and entices you. Just one glance at this watch and some unseen force disengages you and takes to the dark sky depth. The DB25T from De Bethune brand is a breakthrough in mechanical watch evolution. The new model's main peculiarity is the manufacture DB 2109 caliber movement with manual rewind. The movement consists of 354 details, is assembled on 45 jewels, its frequency is 36000 oscillations per hour, the power reserve is 4 days. The movement is supplied with a silicon-titanium tourbillon, weighing just 0,18 grams. The watch's 44-mm case is made of white gold. The spectacular blue dial consists of 2 parts: the upper part, made of sterling silver, has Roman digits for hour indication and Arabic digits for minutes indication and the bottom part has a blue round, symbolizing the sky and the stars, made of burnished steel. There's a seconds indicator at the “12” position. The dial is covered with a sapphire crystal with double antireflective coating. The case back is also transparent and covered with a sapphire crystal, allowing you to watch the tourbillon with the “jumping” second indication. The model is supplemented with a black leather strap.
The unique models from De Bethune company are not just time measuring instruments, but they are also small masterpieces, highlighting their owners' strong individuality, sophisticated taste and strength of will.
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