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DB Kind of Two

Grande Complication

Reference: DBK2TV2

Representing the quintessence of De Bethune-style Haute Horlogerie, the DB Kind of Grande Complication is a veritable compendium of the core technical and aesthetic attributes that have been invented and built up over 22 years of innovation, research and creativity within the Manufacture.

functions

Dual front and back display of hours and minutes, jumping seconds, Ultra-light De Bethune 30’’ tourbillon in titanium, Spherical moonphase indication, leap-year indication, perpetual calendar indicating day, month and date, end of power reserve indication, age of the moon indication

display

Contemporary single-sided display  
Display:   hand-polished and blued titanium hands for hours, minutes and jumping seconds. Blued polished moon day indicator. Polished steel tourbillon seconds hand. End of power-reserve indicator between 8 and 9 o'clock. Ultra-light De Bethune 30’’ tourbillon in titanium. De Bethune Innovation (2008). Polished titanium hours and minutes indication   Minute indication on the periphery  Hour indication centered around the balance wheel at 6 o'clock  

Dial: Minute sub-dial, 30'' sub-dial and moon day sub-dial silvered and relief 

Classic reverse side display  
Display: Polished yellow gold hour, minute and date hands. Spherical moon phase and leap year indicator at 3 o'clock. Blue day and month discs with gold relief

Dial: Star-studded sky in blued and polished titanium with hand-fitted white gold pins depicting the stars - Milky Way patterns produced by laser beam micro milling, gilded with 24-carat gold leaf. Silvered and relief hour and minute ring. Date sub-dial in blued sandblasted titanium with gold relief at 9 o'clock. Blue day and month discs with gold relief. Dial silvered and relief, with convex levels and guilloché central part 

case

Polished grade 5 titanium – diameter 43.3 mm – thickness 13,85 mm 

Attachments:
Floating lugs in mirror-polished grade 5 titanium, De Bethune Patent (2006), with case turning mechanism that can be clearly positioned on the front or back side

Glass doubles-sides:
Sapphire crystal, 1800 Vickers hardness with double anti-reflective treatment
Crown at noon on the front side, at 6 o'clock on the reverse side, setting in two positions

calibre

DB2529 calibre

Movement:
Mechanical hand-wound

Diameter 30 mm – 751 parts –  Motion works bridge and concave cover plate in grade 5 titanium, mirror polished – Polished and chamfered barrel bridge, with shot blasted stages – Blued titanium minute and jumping seconds bridge – Hand snailed barrels – Steel parts polished and chamfered by hand

- Self-regulating twin barrel, De Bethune Innovation (2004)

- Titanium balance wheel with white gold inserts, De Bethune Patent (2016)

- "De Bethune" balance-spring with flat terminal curve, De Bethune Patent (2006)

- Silicon escape wheel

- Ultra-light De Bethune 30’’ tourbillon in titanium, De Bethune Innovation (2008)

- De Bethune Dead Beat Second De Bethune Innovation (2011)  

- Spherical moon-phase indication accurate to a degree of one lunar day every 122 years, De Bethune Patent (2004)

- Retrograde age of the moon indication, De Bethune Innovation (2013)



Jewelling:
48 jewels

Frequency:
36,000 vibrations per hour

Power reserve: 4 days

strap

Extra-supple alligator leather, alligator lining

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