De Bethune DB28 GS Grand Bleu Watch Hands-On

 

De Bethune DB28 GS Grand Bleu Watch Hands-On

With the replica De Bethune watches DB28 GS Grand Bleu, the brand presents what it calls "its first 100% sports watch". First, it's lovely. De Bethune has earned a reputation as a horological sculptor of sorts - for example, often carving watches from meteorites. Spaceship-like movements and more, this small but eye-catching standalone watch is one of the few who dares to go beyond the cliché of "watchmaking art" and turn it into something truly akin to art. Having said that , let's see how art and sports come together.

I wouldn't stay too long on art - mostly because the "watches are like art" cliché is so bad and so overused in watch discussions that in the few cases where it might apply, it's already Controversy. In short... brand new movement, water-resistant to "over 100 meters", even in the darkest depths thanks to clever lighting inside the movement, rotating bezel, titanium case, rubber strap and five-day power reserve Has excellent legibility.

That was the shopping list De Bethune had in their DB28 collection when they created the DB28 GS Grand Bleu. Back in 2015, there was already a DB28 Grand Sport - though, obviously, that was a "grand" rather than a "100%" sport. A quick look at this new piece reveals a huge push from the Submarine-like Grand Sport's brutalist look to a more sporty instrument-inspired presentation.replica watches online

Like a proper instrument, the DB28 GS Grand Bleu can glow in the dark. A fully mechanical light based on the dynamo principle is activated by a pusher at 6 o’clock: a small gear train driven by a double barrel provides the energy needed to light the watch. De Bethune said it's hard to argue that a few seconds of light is enough to read time. Although I'm sure they know that lucky owners of the Grand Bleu will use this feature not only for the tedious activity of checking the time, but to please themselves and impress their peers... Mechanical flashlight inside De Bethune Features will be more than enough.

De Bethune cleverly disguises the fact that this new model has a rotating chronograph bezel. The knurled edge of the titanium bezel removes this feature, but that's about it. Once you try to rotate the bezel, you will see the crystal and its 60-minute scale move with it, allowing you to set the zero mark and start the chrono routine based on the current time. This solution, developed in the manufacturing workshop in L'Auberson, allows the DB28 GS Grand Bleu to have a slim bezel with a chronograph that appears to be a regular 60-minute scale set on the periphery of the dial. Kudos to such an elegant way to avoid a recurring diver's perfect replica watches look.

The DB28 GS Grand Bleu is equipped with a new movement – ​​27th in the De Bethune movement collection. With its hand-wound twin barrels, it offers a power reserve of 5 days even at the modern and more stable operating frequency of 28,800 vph. De Bethune offers a number of high-end watchmaking solutions for its own movement: "optimizing efficiency, reliability, regulating quality, thermal compensation and anti-magnetic" are all on the list, including a 20% increase in the power reserve simply by increasing The efficiency of its "sprung balance escapement" is obtained. In other words, the point is that any De Bethune client can sit with the team, drink a 6-pack of Deutz Brut Classic, and talk about ooh's and aah's clock tinkering all night long. It's easy to see that every small brand has to do this - because it takes more than a few diamonds or a 50-cent Tiffany printed on the dial for them to move a high five-figure watch & Co. logo.replica U-BOAT Watches

De Bethune praised its new DB28GS Grand Bleu for its water resistance, shock resistance, and wearing comfort—and when we caught one of these beauties in the wild, we could feel the latter at SIHH 2019. De Bethune relies on its patented floating lugs for long-term comfort and ideal for a wide range of wrist sizes, while the upper and lower lug arms can rotate up or down independently of each other, while the middle case itself rises like a pod. high or low. It's a neat engineering solution, and once its titanium parts are covered in De Bethune's signature hand-trimmed trim, it's both impressive and fun to interact with. Even the crown has been moved to the 12 o’clock position for improved comfort – a respectable move considering the 44mm diameter case and its rectangular footprint.

Is the De Bethune DB28 GS Grand Bleu a "100% sports watch"? of course not. It's art, like all De Bethune watches. But if you're a spoiled upstart kid, you can touch it's art - isn't that liberating? It's a powerful package that embodies De Bethune's new and unique engineering solutions and design quirks.replica Urwerk UR-100