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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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