De Bethune / DB25
De Bethune DB25
Collection profile · 2009
DB25 is De Bethune’s classical round-case family, now used for elegant calendar, moon-phase, and chronograph executions that pair restrained proportions with the brand’s signature hand-finishing and technical refinement. The line acts as the maison’s more traditional counterpoint to its experimental and reversible creations, while still carrying unmistakably modern De Bethune architecture.
Why it matters
DB25 matters because it represents De Bethune’s enduring classical platform: a family through which the brand reinterprets historic complications, from perpetual calendar to chronograph, with contemporary materials and finishing.
Key references
Collection timeline
- 2024 — De Bethune continued revamping its 40 mm DB25 line with the Perpetual Sky, an active official collection entry.
- 2024 — The DB25 family remains a live platform on the official site, including Monopusher Chronograph and Starry Varius executions.
- 2024 — The brand described the DB25L as having launched in 2009, framing the family’s modern continuity and recent evolution.
FAQ
What is DB25’s positioning within De Bethune?
It is the brand’s classical round-case family, serving as a platform for refined, more traditional-looking complications and dial treatments.
Is DB25 a single reference or a broader collection?
It is a broader family with multiple references and sub-variants, including Perpetual Sky, Starry Varius, and Monopusher Chronograph.
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- DB27 — De Bethune DB27 is an official collection page for the brand's Titan Hawk-era self-winding watches, currently best treated as a source-backed archive-style collection rather than a live model family.
- DB28 — De Bethune DB28 is the maison's signature experimental collection, built around floating lugs, sculptural titanium architecture, open horological displays, and high-complication variants.
- DB28XP — De Bethune DB28XP is the ultra-thin, experimental branch of the DB28 family, represented by official press releases for meteorite, Kind of Blue, Steel Wheels, and tourbillon executions.
- DB28XS — The DB28XS is De Bethune’s compact 38.7–39 mm interpretation of the DB28, preserving the floating-lug architecture and open, contemporary aesthetic while scaling the icon down for slimmer wrists and broader everyday wear.
- DB29 — De Bethune DB29 is the brand's Maxichrono Tourbillon collection page, centred on a high-complication chronograph-tourbillon architecture with coaxial chronograph indications.
- DBD — Digital-display collection using rotating discs to show jumping hours and trailing minutes in an unconventional layout.
- DB Eight — De Bethune DB Eight is an official eight-sided-case collection page, useful as a source-backed long-tail page while the brand does not expose multiple current model references there.
- DB Kind of Two — DB Kind of Two is De Bethune’s reversible, double-faced watch family, built around a single case that offers two distinct identities on opposite sides. The concept merges classical and contemporary aesthetics while showcasing the maison’s technical ingenuity in managing display orientation, case turning, and dial architecture.