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When the first DB28 was launched in 2010, De Bethune’s idea was to present a timepiece with an identity all its own and a resolutely futuristic vision of the watchmaking art.
The design of the timepiece embodies the codes of the Maison. The distinctive case shape and the crown at 12 o’clock inspired by pocket watches are just two of the hallmarks of the contemporary aestheticism specific to De Bethune. It is on this timepiece that De Bethune’s unique, innovative and patented floating lugs, designed to significantly improve comfort, demonstrated their self-evident purpose. Since then, the DB28 has continued to express the past, present and future of watchmaking culture through its various iterations. In highlighting this design, which has become iconic over the years, De Bethune celebrates the DB28’s 10th anniversary by introducing a set of three watches in 2020.
The DB28XP is first and foremost a reference to the very first DB28. A multitude of different shapes – hemispherical, concave, spherical –, a sequence of microlight, satin-brushed and mirror-polished finishes... A continuous interplay of light and shade.
Classic by inspiration with its round, ultra-thin shape, its crown at 12 o’clock and a hunter-type caseback inspired by pocket watches, the DB28 Starry Sky comes in an ultra-lightweight, mirror-polished titanium. Its redesigned floating lugs only emphasise the modern, even futuristic character.
Finest high watchmaking traditions, celebrated and subtly reinterpreted in a contemporary masterpiece: DB28XP Tourbillon marries ancestral knowledge with the latest technical and scientific advances. A timepiece nourished by a generations-old culture which De Bethune is proud to share and perpetuate in a resolutely avant-garde spirit.
May 28, 2020