DB Eight
DB Eight
Hours, Minutes, chronograph mono pusher button with 60 s seconds counter and 60 min instantaneous minute counter
Dial:
Hour and minutes hands, second counter and minute counter in
polished yellow gold and polished yellow titanium
Display:
Chocolate, radiating guilloche 12 sectors. Golden arabic numbers. Indication of the 60-minute counter by a barley grain engine-turned sub-dial at 6 o'clock.
Polished yellow gold – diameter 42.4 mm – thickness 9,2 mm
Attachments:
cone-shaped lugs
Glass:
Sapphire crystal, 1800 Vickers hardness with double anti-reflective treatment
Crown at 3 o’clock, setting in two positions
Back:
Open case back
DB3000 calibre
Movement: mechanical hand-wound
Diameter 30 mm – 281 parts – Chromium-plated steel chronograph bridges with drawn lines – Hand-snailed barrels – Hand-polished, chamfered steel parts
- 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
Jewelling:
31 jewels
Frequency:
28,800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve:
60 hours
Extra-supple alligator leather, alligator lining