Our Take

WIth CEO Pierre Jacques and master watchmaker Denis Flageolet at the helm, De Bethune has found its stride. Creating timepieces at the intersection of space-age aesthetics and high horology, the brand has hit its latest releases out of the park. Especially with their perpetual calendars, there are few that produce one of the premier haute complications with more flair. That’s why we’re thrilled to share this exceptional, Piece Unique DB QP with guilloché salmon dial in a world first titanium DB16 case featuring the original bullet lugs.

Like all things De Bethune, the brand comes at the perpetual calendar complication with state-of-the-art design and engineering. With the in-house calibre DB2324 movement, you’ll find a silicon escapement, titanium and white gold balance wheel for maximum efficiency, as well as the brand’s patented triple-parachute shock-absorption system. Here, the traditional perpetual calendar complication is converted into a modern masterpiece. And it’s never mechanically innovative at the cost of being aesthetically beautiful – one of the things that makes De Bethune exceptional as an indie.

As you would expect, both sides of the timepiece are marvelously finished – mirror-polishing, bluing, and snailing galore! Each characteristic of the brand’s high quality work, you’ll also find one of De Bethune’s more recent, popular motifs: blued titanium starry sky date subdial as well as blued meteorite moonphase subdial. At 43mm in diameter and 13.4mm thick, it’s mechanically innovative, aesthetically beautiful, wears comfortably, and can slide under a cuff.

The Details

DB25 Perpetual Calendar Salmon Dial

Functions: HOURS, MINUTES, SPHERICAL MOON PHASE AND LEAP-YEAR INDICATION AT 12 O’CLOCK, PERPETUAL CALENDAR INDICATING THE MONTH AT 3 O’CLOCK, THE DATE AT 6 O’CLOCK AND THE DAY OF THE WEEK AT 9 O’CLOCK

Dial: ROSE GOLD-TONED – HAND-GUILLOCHÉ IN 12 RADIATING SECTORS WITH APERTURES INDICATING THE DAY OF THE WEEK AT 9 O’CLOCK AND THE MONTH AT 3 O’CLOCK– SUBDIAL AT 6 O’CLOCK INDICATING THE DAY OF THE MONTH – LEAP YEAR INDICATED BY A GOLD PASTILLE APPEARING IN THE STARRY SKY AT 12 O’CLOCK – DE BETHUNE STAR-STUDDED SKY IN MIRROR-POLISHED FLAME-BLUED STEEL INLAID WITH YELLOW GOLD STARS – SPHERICAL MOON-PHASE INDICATION IN PALLADIUM AND FLAME-BLUED STEEL AT 12 O'CLOCK.

Hands: CURVED IN HAND-POLISHED FLAME-BLUED STEEL

Case: DB16 TITANIUM CASE WITH BULLET STYLE LUGS

Dimensions: 43 MM – THICKNESS 11,1 MM

Glass: SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL, 1800 VICKERS HARDNESS WITH DOUBLE ANTI-REFLECTIVE TREATMENT CROWN AT 3 O’CLOCK, SETTING IN THREE POSITIONS

Back: OPEN BACK IN POLISHED PLATINUM SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL (1800 VICKERS HARDNESS) WITH DOUBLE ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING

Strap: EXTRA-SUPPLE ALLIGATOR LEATHER, ALLIGATOR LINING

Movement: AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR MOVEMENT

Power reserve: 5 DAYS