De Bethune
2010: De Bethune DB25QP, the first QP with 3D Moon Phase
De Bethune
2010: De Bethune DB25QP, the first QP with 3D Moon Phase
This alone would be enough to recommend the DB25 QP to any connoisseur’s wishlist of perpetual calendars, but this watch has one particular trick up its sleeve that sets it apart from the rest: a three-dimensional representation of the moon that rotates in time with the phases of its counterpart in the heavens. Okay, fine, so this particular flourish isn’t exactly hidden – it’s front and center on the dial – but it is so elegantly integrated into the exquisitely guilloched dial that it may as well be.
True, the 3D moon phase is as much of a De Bethune trademark as are its skeletonized lugs, but as this is the first time that one was ever included in a perpetual calendar, it deserves to be duly noted. And duly note it, we do. The tiny, rotating orb is constructed from heat-blued steel and palladium and floats on a deep, mirror-polished indigo backdrop hand-engraved with a golden star field. It’s easy to get lost staring into that compact void, which is why we love the flowing hands and gently undulating curves of the dial, which round out the package and gently bring us back down to earth.
Movement
Self-winding caliber DB2324; hours, minutes, spherical moon phase indication and leap-year indication at 12 o’clock; perpetual calendar indicating the month at 3 o’clock, date at 6 o’clock and day of the week at 9 o’clock; power reserve of 5 days
Case
44mm rose gold 5N with integrated, hollowed lugs; open back in polished rose gold and sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective coating, water resistant to 30 meters (3 ATM).
Strap
Alligator leather with matching pin buckle in rose gold 5N
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