De Bethune DB Eight
Our Take
It seems like every year, De Bethune arrives at Watches & Wonders with something exceptional in hand. This year, 2023, that’s no less the case. The brand comes with the DB Eight, the continued evolution and exploration of single-pusher chronographs. Now available for pre-orders through Esperluxe, this is the brand new De Bethune DB Eight.
De Bethune has a history of creating exquisite chronographs. While the DB28 Maxichrono is De Bethune's most technically unusual chronograph, the Maison’s very first watch featuring this function – the DB1 – was a classic two-counter monopusher chronograph in the purest tradition of stylish 20th century chronographs. In a quest to bring an idea launched 20 years ago to fruition, De Bethune has now poured all its technical and aesthetic expertise into releasing a chronograph on a par with its high demands.
The DB Eight was born of a quest for elegance and a pure, subtly balanced design. Together, Denis Flageollet and Claire Wolf designed a supremely refined classic guilloché dial and developed a brand-new chronograph caliber by placing its counter at 6 o'clock so that it could be as large as possible in order to provide a highly readable 60-minute indication. When the chronograph is reset to zero, the tail of the chronograph hand subtly covers that of the minutes counter in such a way that the hands are overlaid. A very symmetrical and distinguished result for a watch housing one of watchmaking’s most demanding mechanisms. Powered by the brand’s 31st in-house caliber, the DB3000, the manual-wind, 60-hour power reserve movement is built out of 281 components and features some of De Bethune’s hallmark technologies from its patented balance-spring with flat terminal curve, titanium balance with white gold inertia-blocks, along with the silicon escape-wheel. Following in the footsteps of the DB1, DB8 and Maxichrono, the DB Eight is yet another impressive addition to De Bethune’s monopusher chronographs.
De Bethune DB Eight
Our Take
It seems like every year, De Bethune arrives at Watches & Wonders with something exceptional in hand. This year, 2023, that’s no less the case. The brand comes with the DB Eight, the continued evolution and exploration of single-pusher chronographs. Now available for pre-orders through Esperluxe, this is the brand new De Bethune DB Eight.
De Bethune has a history of creating exquisite chronographs. While the DB28 Maxichrono is De Bethune's most technically unusual chronograph, the Maison’s very first watch featuring this function – the DB1 – was a classic two-counter monopusher chronograph in the purest tradition of stylish 20th century chronographs. In a quest to bring an idea launched 20 years ago to fruition, De Bethune has now poured all its technical and aesthetic expertise into releasing a chronograph on a par with its high demands.
The DB Eight was born of a quest for elegance and a pure, subtly balanced design. Together, Denis Flageollet and Claire Wolf designed a supremely refined classic guilloché dial and developed a brand-new chronograph caliber by placing its counter at 6 o'clock so that it could be as large as possible in order to provide a highly readable 60-minute indication. When the chronograph is reset to zero, the tail of the chronograph hand subtly covers that of the minutes counter in such a way that the hands are overlaid. A very symmetrical and distinguished result for a watch housing one of watchmaking’s most demanding mechanisms. Powered by the brand’s 31st in-house caliber, the DB3000, the manual-wind, 60-hour power reserve movement is built out of 281 components and features some of De Bethune’s hallmark technologies from its patented balance-spring with flat terminal curve, titanium balance with white gold inertia-blocks, along with the silicon escape-wheel. Following in the footsteps of the DB1, DB8 and Maxichrono, the DB Eight is yet another impressive addition to De Bethune’s monopusher chronographs.