De Bethune DB28 Steel Wheels Sapphire Tourbillon

DB28SWTTIS1
Technical specifications

Functions

  • Hours
  • Minutes
  • Power Reserve
  • Tourbillon

Movement

  • Manual Winding
  • Manufactured
  • Swiss Made

Case

  • Round
  • Titanium
  • Polished
  • 9.00mm
  • 43.00mm

Glass

  • Sapphire

Water resistance

  • 3.00atm / 30.00m / 100.00ft

Buckle

  • Pin Buckle
  • Titanium

Strap

  • Alligator
  • Black

Year

  • 2020

Official description

When the first DB28 was launched in 2010, De Bethune's idea was to present a timepiece with an identity of its own and a resolutely futuristic vision of the art of watchmaking. The design naturally follows through in the spirit of the Manufacture’s creations. The distinctive shape of the case and the crown at 12 o'clock, inspired by pocket watches, are characteristic features of the contemporary aestheticism specific to De Bethune. It is on this timepiece that the patent for De Bethune's unique, innovative floating lugs, designed to significantly improve comfort, acquired its full meaning. Since then, the DB28 – named Best Watch of the Year and awarded the Aiguille d'Or prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) in 2011 – has never ceased to express past, present and future watchmaking culture through different variants.

Following through on a series of contemporary iterations, from Skybridge to the Kind-of-Blue, by way of the more recent DB28XP, DB28XP Starry Sky and DB28XP Tourbillon, De Bethune has time and again found a new way to reveal new facets of this design, already instantly recognizable by its sleek and taut lines.