
DB28
GS Swordfish
A diving watch that guarantees, as always with De Bethune, optimal legibility of the time and immersion duration. It is designed to perform under challenging conditions, with reduced visibility, both day and night.
Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Power reserve indication between 9 and 10 o’clock, unidirectional rotating bezel, manual dial lighting
Dial:
Black Satin-brushed grade 5 titanium minutes dial with cut-out Arabic numerals
Rotating bezel crystal with metallised minutes ring
Power-reserve indicator between 9 and 10 o’clock
Hands:
titanium hours and minutes hands with black polished steel insert and second blued polished titanium insert, luminescent tip
Polished blued titanium seconds hand with luminescent tip
Black zirconium case middle with “Microlight” decoration, black brushed and polished harden stainless steel caseback and bezel – diameter 44 mm – thickness 12,8 mm
Attachments:
Floating lugs in black brushed harden stainless steel with blued polished grade 5 titanium insert, De Bethune Patent (2006)
Glass:
Sapphire crystal, 1800 Vickers hardness with double anti-reflective treatment
Crown at 12 o’clock, setting in two positions
Back:
Open in black polished harden stainless steel
Water Resistance:
10ATM
DB2080 calibre
Movement:
Mechanical hand-wound
Diameter 30 mm – 400 parts – Mirror polished and blued grade 5 titanium motion-work bridge – Plate and barrel bridge covers in black hand-smoothed grade 5 titanium and adorned with “Microlight engraving”
De Bethune Innovation (2007) – Plate and barrel bridge covers in hand-smoothed grade 5 titanium and adorned with “Microlight engraving” De Bethune Innovation (2007) – Hand snailed barrels – Hand-polished, flame-blued and chamfered steel parts
- 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
- Triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system, De Bethune Innovation (2005)
- Dial lighting produced by an entirely mechanical means working on the dynamo principle powered by a twin barrel and manually controlled via a pusher, De Bethune Innovation (2019)
Jewelling:
35 jewels
Frequency:
28,800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve:
5 days
Natural rubber strap + 1 canvas / leather strap
Buckle: Folding clasp in black brushed harden stainless steel