DE BETHUNE DB28GSVY Yellow Submarine
De Bethune ’ s new diver , affectionately called the Yellow Submarine , brings a whole new look to the dive genre . While the DB28GSVY embraces the warmer tones of gold , amber and orange , its case and components are not crafted in gold but are actually made from heat-treated titanium and steel .
Mounted on De Bethune ’ s articulated case / lug platform , the Yellow Submarine embodies the past and future of watchmaking in a single case . Space-age design and materials are married to traditional watchmaking solutions and then taken to the next level .
Powering the watch is the DeBethune caliber DB2080 , which is comprised of 400 individual components , including 51 jewels . Power reserve is stretched to five days thanks to a dual-barrel system as well as the fine-tuned escapement , with its titanium balance , white gold inserts and a profile designed to minimize fluid friction . The balance wheel cycles at 28,800 beats per hour .
Releasing power to the unique balance is an escape wheel crafted in silicon . The entire escapement assembly is protected by a triple Pare-Chute system developed in-house by De Bethune . Other unique aspects to this particular timepiece include that it eschews the normal practice of slathering luminous paint everywhere to read the time . Only the hands have slim strips of lume while an amazing electromechanical system creates light via a micro-dynamo and LED lighting system activated by the push of the actuator at 6 o ’ clock .
Push the button and watch the repeaterlike regulator spin while four LED sources cast light across the dial . Since this is technically a dive watch it also incorporates a rotating bezel , but in this case the outer coin-edge grip actually rotates an inner rehaute with pierced cutouts showing beautiful blue numerals . The 44mm case mounts the crown at 12 o ’ clock . Each example of the twenty-five in this very limited edition is priced at $ 110,000 .
40 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | FALL 2021