The Denis Flageollet blue for which De Bethune has become known and which, arguably, is the best ‘brand blue’ around, has become the company’s distinctive signature to the point where a completely yellow watch took me some time to get… Read More ›
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NEW : De Bethune DB28GS Grand Bleu Diver
In 2015 De Bethune launched their most ‘sporty’ watch to date, called the DB28GS (Grand Sport). Given the dressy and incredibly highly finished watches for which they are known, it was a ‘sports watch’ (some even called it a diving… Read More ›
DE BETHUNE : DB28 Steel Wheels
As mentioned in a post earlier this year, 2018 is a year of change for De Bethune, both of management, and of focus. The markers of this change, horologically, were the Titan Hawk v2 covered in that post, and the… Read More ›
HANDS ON : De Bethune Titan Hawk V.2
A year ago, De Bethune were not present at their usual January hotel location at which they show new pre-Baselworld releases. Those of us who visited them did so at their offices in central Geneva, and were able to see… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS : De Bethune sells majority stake to investment consortium
Independent brand Manufacture De Bethune has announced that it is selling the majority of its capital to an investment consortium led by Pierre Jacques, former CEO of the brand, and private equity investor Giovanni Perin. Co-founder and COO Denis Flageollet… Read More ›
AUCTION : Only Watch 2017
Saturday November 11, 2017 is the date, 1430 the time, and Geneva, the place. The 2017 edition of the Only Watch auction to raise money for research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy courtesy of a charity auction of unique timepieces has… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : De Bethune’s Kind of Blue Tourbillon Meteorite
In January of this year, along with #thewatchnerd team, we paid a visit to De Bethune in Geneva, during which we saw two rather remarkable Milky Way themed watches – the DB25L Milky Way which we covered earlier, and this pièce unique… Read More ›
NEW : DE BETHUNE DB25L Milky Way
In a break from SIHH 2017 posts today we bring to you the new De Bethune DB25L Milky Way, which #thewatchnerd and I had the opportunity to see in Geneva. This new piece features De Bethune’s instantly recognisable blue mirror-polished titanium… Read More ›
DE BETHUNE : DB25 World Traveller
Because of their small size, De Bethune are not a brand that has a lot of releases every year, but when they do decide to release something radically new, it’s always worth sitting up and taking notice, like the remarkable… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : De Bethune Piece Unique Dream Watch 5 Meteorite
By and large handling a watch for the first time involves impressions about weight, size, lugs, how a watch feels on the wrist, thoughts about straps or bracelets, and overall impressions about how the watch looks. Then comes a watch… Read More ›
