At SIHH 2016, Swiss De Bethune will debut their first world-time watch with the De Bethune DB25 World Traveller. Based on the ongoing DB25 collection case, the De Bethune DB25 World Traveller contains a new movement with some new technology – and I’d like to discuss that element of the watch first. Devotees of the […]
The DB28 Maxichrono watch is De Bethune’s answer to the chronograph (and it is a “high beat” one at that), and like many of their horological products, it offers something you know in a way that is at least a little bit unique. The brand began showing prototype versions of the De Bethune DB28 Maxichrono […]
De Bethune has always been preoccupied with a vaguely spacey, celestially inspired aesthetic, so it’s no surprise that their latest DB28 watches pay tribute to that most cosmic color, blue. The De Bethune DB28 Kind of Blue and DB28T Kind of Blue are the latest additions to the line, citing the color’s association with infinity […]
With Star Trek Beyond now in theaters, we got to thinking about the enormous cultural legacy of the popular science fiction franchise and the influence it has had – not least in the watch industry. The best watch makers are engineers and machinists, which also means there is a good chance they like science fiction […]
The Milky Way is estimated to contain somewhere in the range of 100-400 billion stars, and an estimated 100 billion planets. Swiss luxury watchmaker De Bethune’s DB25L Milky Way interpretation of the beauty and massiveness of the galaxy that we inhabit is on a much more measurable scale, but to high-end watch aficionados, it is […]
Aside from perhaps a moon phase, few complications seem better suited to a De Bethune than those showing multiple time zones. With the De Bethune DB25 World Traveller (debuted here), you get not only world time indication but also a true GMT display, time, and date. Despite the high level of complication, De Bethune has […]
De Bethune is just about 14 years old, which in watchmaking terms amongst old names makes it no more than a young upstart. That said, this young upstart has already made a name for itself by producing some of the most striking and technically interesting watches of modern times, perhaps due to being unencumbered by […]
