95,000 EUR
De Bethune DB28 Skybridge MC for Only Watch De Bethune, “DB28 SKybridge MC”. Fine and unique, platinum, white gold and diamond-set wristwatch with the dial depicting the sky as seen from Monaco on November 19, 1857, the establishment of The National Monegasque Feast Day by Prince Charles III, twin self-regulating barrel, De Bethune silicon-palladium annular balance and a titanium De Bethune buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and Certificate. Three-body, round drum shape, with bezel in polished platinum, titanium floating lugs, screw-down crown, transparent back, anti-reflective sapphire crystals to 1800 Vickers hardness. Flame-blued titanium dial depicting the sky as seen from Monaco on November 19, 1857, the establishment of The National Monegasque Feast Day by Prince Charles III, picked out by 7 invisibly set white diamonds, further stars in applied white gold. Blued and mirror-polished steel hands. Cal. DB2105, mainplate and bridges in beveled and hand-polished steel, 27 jewels, twin self-regulating barrel, silicon-palladium annular balance, balance spring with flat terminal curve, silicon escape wheel, triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system, spherical moon phase indication. Dial, case and movement signed. Notes De Bethune Based on a resolutely avant-garde vision of traditional watchmaking, the Manufacture Horlogère De Bethune was founded in 2002, by David Zanetta, a collector with a passion for art, history and timepieces and Denis Flageollet, a fourth-generation
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-09-28
