DB Kind of Two
Grande Complication
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.
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
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
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
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
Extra-supple alligator leather, alligator lining