DESCRIPTION

Manufacturer	De Bethune
Model Name	Perpetual Calendar
Model Number	DB15WT
Movement	Manual Wound
Case	18k White Gold 42mm
Dial	White - Pearl
Strap Band	Black Leather with Tang clasp.
Serial No	xxx/Low numbered, Limited Edition
Approx. Retail/ Replacement Price	$151,000.00
Additional Information	LNIB,Excellent condition. Comes with Box set & certificate. 100% Authentic.

For information call Mauricio at 310.433-9293 De Bethune is a newly founded watch manufacturer located in La Chaux L'Auberson in the Swiss Jura close to the French border. De Bethune started to its watches in an atelier style, almost 'tailor made' watches of highest elegance and refinement, and with a focus on the best possible finish. Without doubt, they make some of the finest watches in the world today. Right now they are making roughly 200 watches per year and have plans to ultimately finish 1200 watches per year in the future. For this relatively low number, they make quite an effort. Almost all of the movements they use are manufactured in-house. For so few watches, they already have an extremely impressive collection to offer. All of the DeBethune wrist watches in this style are made in precious metal cases made of gold or platinum and have the characteristic ogival lugs. The dials are guilloched by hand. The movements are also entirely hand assembled. The featured watch describe is a Swiss made De Bethune DB15WT Perpetual Calendar Moonphase in polished 18k White Gold case measuring 42mm diameter. Fix bezel. Manual winding movement, power reserve up to 4 days. Displays a White – Pearl guilloche silvered engine-turned dial with Roman numerals and  flame-blued steel hands, outer railway Arabic five minute divisions, indexes, minute track at outer rim. Two subsidiary dials for date date at 6 o’clock and three-dimensional revolving spherical moon-phases and leap-year combined with night and day indications at 12 o’clock, two windows for day and month, perpetual calendar indicating the day at 9 o’clock,  and the month at 3 o’clock, glazed display exhibition caseback secured by seven screws, polished screw down crown, hidden date setting pushers in case side set by gold pin/stylist, Sapphire crystal, Black leather strap with White Gold Tang Buckle. Water resistant to 100 ft. Display signed "De Bethune" Leap Year, Caseback Hallmarked inscribe & numbered, Movement signed & numbered ... Functions: Hour, minutes, perpetual calendar, mechanical hand winding De Bethune Cal. DB 2005 - 27 jewels, silvered engine movement, 4-day power reserve. Sapphire crystal, exhibition caseback, leather strap with tang buckle. Water resistant to 100 ft... Personal Note -- Collector owned, LNIB comes with Box sets and certificate... De Bethune DB15WT, a perpetual calendar with a stunning three dimensional revolving moonphase. Presented in 18k White Gold, the 42mm De Bethune DB15 has a sapphire exhibition caseback that showcases a manual winding movement with a 4-day power reserve. On the Silver-toned, guilloché motif dial are Roman Numerals curved, in hand-polished and flame-blued steel for the hours and minutes, flame-blued steel hands and apertures indicating the day of the week and the month – dial indicating the day of the month. De Bethune star-studded sky in flame-blued steel encrusted with stars, featuring spherical moon-phase indicator in platinum and flame-blued steel. One of the most striking perpetual calendar around, the De Bethune DB15 also features a nice leap year indication on the moonphase subdial... De Bethune watches are at the highest technical level... The DB15WT perpetual calendar complication, mechanism was invented and manufactured entirely by craftsmen from De Bethune. Attached is a beautiful Black leather strap with a white Gold Tang buckle. The design and sophistication of this watch is second to none. unique and rare, low numbered Limited Edition... it is highly collectible...   A FINE WHITE GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH 3D REVOLVING SPHERICAL MOON-PHASE .... "The DB15 Perpetual Calendar Revolving Moon features several aesthetic and technical innovations never seen before in the watchmaking world. This model displays a very unusual and innovative moon-phases indication in the shape of a blued steel platinum sphere, emerging from a subsidiary dial and spinning around its own axis. This creates a realistic rendition of the varying movements of the moon, clearly displaying its actual appearance at any given time. In addition to this rare display, the watch is equipped with a quick date adjustment via the winding crown and the leap years are indicated by the eclipse of a star below the moon"...       De Bethune Black leather strap with White Gold Tang Buckle.       De Bethune... The glazed display exhibition caseback invites you to view the  mechanical hand-wound movement: 164 parts - hand-crafted finishing and decoration - chamfered and polished steel parts Self regulating twin barrel* patented special three-spoke balance with ogival platinum weights Silicon/platinum balance- balance-spring with flat terminal curve* Triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system* Silicon escape-wheel*Jeweling: 27 jewels Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour Power reserve: 4 days .This exceptional mechanical movement combines functionality and precision timekeeping with the highest standard of aesthetics...       De Bethune De Bethune Box made ​​of skin, along with a special travelers case, De Bethune certificate ... The watch comes with a pin/stylist of white gold, which supports the push pieces responsible for changing the date...     Please read carefully:
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