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De Bethune rethought the entire architecture, explored new codes and boldly interpreted a digital display for an instantaneous calendar with days, date and month, jumping hours and minutes, the result exceeded all expectations. A new caliber and a dial like no other: understated, pure, and elegantly revealing – a premiere – the Côtes De Bethune.
Digitally displayed jumping hours, minutes. Calendar indicating days, date and months. De Bethune spherical moon phase indicator on the back.
Dial
Anthracite, Côtes De Bethune, inline digital display of the jumping hours, minutes, day, date and months.
White gold, diameter: 42.6mm-Thickness: 14.8mm.
Attachments
Cone-shaped lugs
Glass
Sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective coating (1800 Vickers).
Back
De Bethune star-studded sky in flame-blued steel with yellow gold stars and the De Bethune spherical moon phase indicator.
DB2044 Caliber
Movement
Mechanical hand-wound movement.
Diameter 30mm – 359 parts – hand-decorated with circular grained, snailed chamfered and polished steel parts – Côtes De Bethune
Self-regulating twin barrel – De Bethune Innovation (2004)
Titanium/platinum balance – De Bethune Patent (2005)
Balance-spring with flat terminal curve – De Bethune Patent (2006)
Triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system – De Bethune Innovation (2005)
Spherical moon phase indication accurate to a degree of one lunar day every 122 years – De Bethune Patent (2004)
Jewelling
31 jewels
Frequency
28’800 vibrations/hour
Power Reserve
6 days
Extra-supple alligator leather, alligator lining