De Bethune’s new DB25 Monopusher Chronograph is the brand’s fourth monopusher, with its looks resembling that of the (also monopusher) DB EIGHT (2023). At 40.6mm (thickness of 9.15mm), the new DB25 is smaller than the DB EIGHT (42.4mm), but it… Read More ›
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NEW: De Bethune DB25GMT Starry Varius Rose Gold
Back in 2021 De Bethune launched the DB25GMT Starry Varius. It was a piece whose genesis was the worldwide COVID lockdowns, with Denis Flagollet saying – “What on earth was I thinking of in working on a new GMT travel… Read More ›
NEW: De Bethune DB28xs Aérolite
De Bethune has launched the new DB28xs Aérolite, with a blued Muonionalusta meteorite dial featuring a random guilloché pattern that represents the rippled surface of a sea (albeit with ‘stars’on it). This new piece is a close relation of the… Read More ›
NEW: De Bethune DB28xs Starry Seas
The name of De Bethune’s new DB28xs Starry Seas, a part of the DB28 collection, explains both its collection family position and its sizing. With the DB28 XP Starry Sky being the design (and size) reference point against which this… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: De Bethune Invests in REUGE
De Bethune has announced a majority investment in REUGE (1865), maker of musical automaton and mechanical music boxes, and most well known to watch lovers for having collaborated with MB&F on some thoroughly contemporary Music Machines. Both De Bethune and… Read More ›
NEW: De Bethune DB25 Perpetual Calendar Titanium 40mm
De Bethune has added a new model to its perpetual calendar offerings – meet the DB25sQP, in a new 40mm titanium case with a bi-coloured silver and blue dial. Originally launched in 2011, the De Bethune DB25QP combines a perpetual… Read More ›
NEW: De Bethune DB25 Starry Varius Aérolite
Having previously used meteorite in the case of the remarkable Dream Watch 5, and the dials of the DB28 Kind of Blue Meteorite and the DB28XP Meteorite, the new DB25 Starry Varius Aérolite joins the ‘material’ family, with its familiar… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: De Bethune’s new DB28GS “JPS”
Brand partnership association is a very personal thing, even when it comes to watches. For example some of us associate certain types of racing, car brands or sporting teams with certain watch brands, but which watch brands may be determined… Read More ›
NEW: De Bethune DB25QP Green
De Bethune has launched a new DB25QP Perpetual Calendar with a green guilloché dial and a new 44mm sized titanium case. As some of you may recall, this is not the only green-dialled piece that De Bethune have released this… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Watchbox acquires majority stake in De Bethune
In 2017 Manufacture De Bethune announced that it was selling a majority of its capital to an investment consortium lead by former CEO Pierre Jacques and private equity investor Giovanni Perin. Co-founder and COO Denis Flageollet retained a substantial stake… Read More ›