Lot 32
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DE BETHUNE. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE TITANIUM WRISTWATCH WITH ‘RANDOM GUILLOCHE’ BLUE STARRY DIAL AND ‘FLOATING LUGS’
DE BETHUNE. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE TITANIUM WRISTWATCH WITH ‘RANDOM GUILLOCHE’ BLUE STARRY DIAL AND ‘FLOATING LUGS’
DE BETHUNE. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE TITANIUM WRISTWATCH WITH ‘RANDOM GUILLOCHE’ BLUE STARRY DIAL AND ‘FLOATING LUGS’
DE BETHUNE. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE TITANIUM WRISTWATCH WITH ‘RANDOM GUILLOCHE’ BLUE STARRY DIAL AND ‘FLOATING LUGS’
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DE BETHUNEDB28XS ‘STARRY SEAS’
DE BETHUNE. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE TITANIUM WRISTWATCH WITH ‘RANDOM GUILLOCHE’ BLUE STARRY DIAL AND ‘FLOATING LUGS’

STARRY SEAS MODEL, REF. DB28XSTIS3, NO. 019, CIRCA 2023

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DE BETHUNE. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE TITANIUM WRISTWATCH WITH ‘RANDOM GUILLOCHE’ BLUE STARRY DIAL AND ‘FLOATING LUGS’
STARRY SEAS MODEL, REF. DB28XSTIS3, NO. 019, CIRCA 2023
Movement: Manual
Dial: Blue titanium
Case: 38.7 mm. diam.
With: Titanium De Bethune buckle, Certificate of Origin and Warranty dated 2023, product literature, slip case, presentation box and outer dust bag
Remark: First time at auction, Part of Stories in Time: A Collection of Exceptional Watches

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Lot Essay

The creation of master watchmaker Denis Flageollet, the DB28Xs has already become one of the most desirable recent releases from De Bethune. To the best of our knowledge, the present timepiece is the first example to appear at auction, offering collectors the opportunity to acquire this elusive and highly sought-after model without delay.

The extremely beautiful grade 5 titanium DB28Xs ‘Starry Seas’ introduces a smaller and easy to wear case size of 38.7 mm. to the DB28 stable. Only 7.4 mm. thick, the case features a mirror-polished finish and De Bethune’s now iconic ‘floating lugs’ patented in 2006 that have become one of the brand’s signatures.

The immediate visual pull from the DB28Xs is of course the ravishing blue titanium dial with white gold stars. In true De Bethune style, the wave pattern of the dial is created by the new and special technique of ‘random guilloche’, stated to be a world’s first by the brand and therefore making each dial individual and unique, the white gold stars appearing to ‘float’ on the surface.

The calibre DB2005 hand-wound movement is a masterclass in both design and horological brilliance. Its exceptional finish and the beauty of the distinctive De Bethune bridge can be admired through the display case back.

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