De Bethune has just unveiled the DB28XP Kind of Blue Tourbillon. Its design is a blend “of the elegant DB28XP and the captivating DB28 Kind of Blue Tourbillon.”
Left: DB28XP. Right: DB28 Kind of Blue Tourbillon.
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Key Features
Functions
The DB28XP Kind of Blue Tourbillon’s functions include:
– Hours and Minutes.
– Ultra-light Tourbillon cage at 6 o’clock. “The DB28XP Kind of Blue Tourbillon features a tourbillon equipped with an extraordinarily lightweight cage rotating every thirty seconds, comprising a total of 63 components.”  30 seconds indicator is positioned on the tourbillon cage.
– Power reserve indicator on caseback.
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Dial
The DB28XP Kind of Blue Tourbillon’s dial features include:
– The skeletonized hour and minute hands are made of polished titanium.
– Its outer dial features a titanium hour ring, showcasing a blued microlight decoration. The 11 circular hour-markers are polished. At 12 o’clock, the slightly larger hour-marker denotes “60”. At 6 o’clock, the horizontal marker denotes “Seconds”, a reference to the tourbillon’s 30 seconds.
– Its inner dial features a circular blued grade-5 titanium satin-finished minutes and seconds ring.
– Ultra-light De Bethune tourbillon cage at 6 o’clock.
– It features a bridge cover on the barrel, and the triangle shaped central bridge is made of blued polished grade-5 titanium and features a blued drawn chamfered contour.
– The triangle shaped bridge features a Milky Way pattern, produced by laser beam micro milling. It is gilded and features 24K gold leaf.
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Case and Strap
The DB28XP Kind of Blue Tourbillon’s case and strap features and patent include:
– It features a blued polished grade-5 titanium case with “microlight” case middle.
– Its case diameter is 43 mm and case thickness is 9.1 mm.
– It features blued polished grade-5 titanium floating lugs. De Bethune Patent (2006).
– On its dial side, it features a sapphire crystal (1,800 Vickers hardness) with double anti-reflective coating.
– Its screwed caseback is made of blued polished titanium. It features an “open on a linear power reserve indicator”.
– It is water resistant up to 3 ATM or 30 metres.
– It comes with an extra-supple alligator leather strap with alligator leather lining and features a pin buckle made of blued grade-5 titanium.
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Movement
The DB28XP Kind of Blue Tourbillon is powered by mechanical hand-wound calibre DB2009v5, designed, developed and crafted by De Bethune. Its features, innovations, patents, and finishing include:
– Winding and setting the time is done via its crown at 12 o’clock – 2 positions.
– It has a diameter of 30 mm.
– It comprises of 380 parts and has 40 jewels.
– It beats at a frequency of 36,000 vph or 5 Hz.
– It has a power reserve of 5 days, which is guaranteed by a self-regulating twin barrel. De Bethune Innovation (2004).
– Titanium balance wheel featuring white gold inserts, which is optimized for temperature differences and air penetration. De Bethune Patent (2016).
– “De Bethune” balance-spring featuring a flat terminal curve. De Bethune Patent (2006).
– Silicon escape wheel.
– Ultra-light De Bethune 30 seconds tourbillon made of titanium. De Bethune Innovation (2008).
– It features extensive hand-crafted finishing and decoration.
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Additional Details
Name: DB28XP Kind of Blue Tourbillon
Reference: DB28XPTB
Price: Swiss Franc (CHF): 220,000 (excluding taxes).
Limited to 20 pieces. Please contact De Bethune if interested.
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