De Bethune Unveils Dual Timepieces Blending Elegance and Classic Cosmopolitan Feel

At Dubai discount replica watches Week, the innovative watchmaker's signature blade-bridge movement served a dual purpose, drawing attention to some truly remarkable examples of the brand's more traditional dial techniques.

Similar to the two novel watches De Bethune recently launched during Geneva Watch Days, its focus at Dubai Watch Week was also two-pronged.

However, this time, at Dubai Watch Week, the brand unveiled three new timepieces (read on) showcasing its exquisite craftsmanship in dial design.

Dual-Sided Design
This dual-sided DB Kind of Two Jumping GMT watch is highly popular because its dual sides not only embody the powerful combination of a more elegant, traditional dial option with a technically centered movement option, but also demonstrate how a true double-sided reversible design can creatively enhance the watch's core intent, especially for a GMT timepiece.

“Designing a replica mens watches that tells two stories—displaying dual time zones on two dials with a single, fluid movement—was one of the most challenging aspects of the Kind of Two Jumping GMT, and duality was its guiding principle,” said Denis Flageollet, co-founder and master watchmaker of the brand, in a press release.

Of course, double-sided watches have existed for about two centuries, typically designed to display different functions on two selectable sides. De Berthein’s double-sided watch design is particularly interesting because the two sides work together to achieve a dual time zone display: the modern skeletonized movement dial displays the home time, while the more traditional dial displays GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) or a second time zone.

This bold and innovative design is a fresh interpretation of the double-sided dial type, faithfully retaining the dual time zone principle of the movement but extending it to two distinctly different display aesthetics.

The Technical Details Behind the Ingenious Idea

Of course, achieving this clever and seemingly simple yet complex design required overcoming some extremely challenging technical difficulties. First, depending on which side is chosen for display, a complex set of gears and pinions meshes to ensure that both sets of hands rotate clockwise behind the manually wound Caliber 2517 movement.

Furthermore, specially designed lugs allow for easy and smooth vertical rotation between them, while De Bethune's signature, inherently complex floating lug system makes this rotation more challenging, thus enhancing comfort and wrist fit. replica Richard Mille RM 27-04 Rafael Nadal

Hometown Boy
In addition, the hometown time display design centered around the movement exudes a sense of technology. Here, the recessed crown is positioned at 12 o'clock, with a blue hand following De Bethune's signature "triangle" bridge, passing through the minute track on the dial's edge. The hour display is located on a subdial at 6 o'clock, centered on the balance wheel, with its blue mini-triangle hand echoing the larger minute hand design.

Of course, this display also showcases the precise and meticulously crafted movement. Multi-layered polishing, micro-polishing, and snail-grain decoration reveal the watch's inner workings, such as the complex GMT and jumping seconds functions.

Away Game: The crown smoothly rotates to the GMT side, transforming the style into a pure, classic, and understated elegance. Moving the crown to the 6 o'clock position, the exquisite domed charcoal grey dial (with a fine guilloché pattern at the center) features gilded Arabic numerals mirroring the outer minute markers, presented in a more classic gilded font.

Furthermore, the curved 5N rose gold Breguet-style hour and minute hands, along with the polished titanium central seconds hand (a key component of the mechanical jumping seconds complication), together form this meaningful new narrative.replica U-BOAT watches

Simplified: The complications of the DB Kind of Two GMT watch have also been carefully designed for easier time setting and crown adjustment: placing the crown at position 3 easily sets the reference time (or home time) on the modern movement side; while position 2 sets the second time zone on the classic GMT side. This DB Kind of Two GMT watch features a 43.3mm polished Grade 5 titanium case paired with a supple and alluring alligator leather strap. It not only ingeniously tracks time in two time zones but also offers a unique expression of your dual identity and fluctuating emotions. No matter how you wear it, it's a striking and captivating timepiece reflecting your dual identity.

The Sky is the Limit

During De Bethune's second (or perhaps "third") appearance at Dubai Watch Week, enthusiasts of the brand's movement design (this time the upgraded manual-winding DB2500 QP perpetual calendar movement) could only glimpse its iconic mechanical structure through the transparent case back. But it is precisely this small sacrifice that allows the dial of the DB25 Perpetual Sky watch to display a magnificent view of a starry sky. replica mens watches

This 40mm titanium timepiece continues the watchmaker's ongoing innovation in the DB25 series, presenting a perpetual calendar display in a distinctive "De Bethune" style against a stunning backdrop of the Milky Way night sky.

The striking silver minimalist minute and Roman numeral hour rings outline the brand's now widely recognized customizable star pattern (a star pattern seen in different forms on the DB25XS "Starry Varius" and previous DB25 and Kind of Two models).

A large date display subdial occupies most of the bottom of the dial, with tiny day and month windows only at the 9 and 3 o'clock positions along the dial's edge. Meanwhile, a delicate palladium/blued steel sphere at 12 o'clock displays the current moon phase, while a subtle gold disc at the top center of the dial indicates leap year status.

While this understated design might diminish the sophistication of the perpetual calendar function, everything in its design is intended to avoid overshadowing the beauty of the magnificent starry dial. replica Bell & Ross BR 03 watches

For example, the deep blue hue of the polished titanium dial echoes the gold foil star pattern, and the minimalist display area and dial edges together create a smooth visual effect (including the mirror-polished gold hour and minute hands). All these elements blend perfectly to create a dial that is both highly legible and retains its impressive "starry sky" effect.

Returning to the technical essence of the perpetual calendar: the moon phase display boasts extremely high accuracy, with an error of only one day in 122 years. Meanwhile, the double mainspring powertrain features self-regulating functionality, and details such as the titanium/white gold balance wheel, flat-ended curved hairspring, silicon escapement wheel, and triple-slot suspension system all demonstrate the meticulous in-house research and development of the watchmaker.

“Our perpetual calendar watches are meticulously crafted, made, and tested in our own factory to ensure their reliability. They embody the dedication of a few highly skilled artisans, who spend countless hours meticulously crafting them on their workbenches,” Flagerette added when discussing the watch. “It is this high standard that makes each timepiece an exceptional timepiece, and I am extremely proud of it.” replica Porsche Design watches