Technical description
Functions: hours, minutes
Movement: Calibre DB 2005 – mechanical hand-wound
Mainplate hand-decorated and snailed, hand-chamfered and polished steel parts, De Bethune stripes
Self-regulating twin barrel*
Silicon/platinum balance wheel*
Triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system*
Jeweling: 29 jewels
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve: 6-day power reserve
Case: drum measuring 44 mm in diameter in white gold with hollowed lugs
Thickness: 12.50 mm
Glass: sapphire crystal, 1800 Vickers with double anti-reflective treatment
Crown at 3 o’clock – adjustment in 2 positions
Exhibition back: sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective treatment
Dial in solid gold hand-engraved by Michèle Rothen and composed of three parts: outer ring with numerical glyphs in flame-blued steel, inner ring composed of 20 different glyphs symbolizing divinities, animals or sacred objects, central part representing a period glyph – the baktun comprising 144,000 days.
Hands in sapphire rimmed with flame-blued steel
Strap: extra-supple alligator leather with pin buckle
* Patents registered by the Manufacture De Bethune
The suggested retail price for each piece in this series is SFr. 90,000.