I really like this new moon phase watch by Swiss watchmaker De Bethune. It is none other than the extreme harmony in color and design that suits my taste. The completely new timepiece is called De Bethune DB25 Moon Phase, an exactly mature product rather than a prototype model.

De Bethune is practically a new watchmaking company, which was founded almost seven years ago. Fresh vitality is what we can always find in a novel watch from a young brand. That’s another reason I can’t hide my admiration for the De Bethune DB25 Moon Phase. Four years ago, De Bethune firstly introduced its silicium balance wheel with platinum weights and bimetallic compensation for temperature variations in the Basel 2006, confirming the brand’s solid technological foundation.

As with the new watch, its 44.5mm case in rose or gray gold features a classic drum design. I have to admire its distinctive color contrast displayed in the external design once more, because it’s really, really great. The gold tone featured in the case, silver white color presented on the dial, and heat deep blue design underscored in markers, hands and moon phase window, achieve a remarkable visual feast. Well, the combination of gold, white and blue is absolutely not anything fresh, which may be previously used for thousands of times. But, the curious mixture couldn’t reach the best until it came to the De Bethune DB25 Moon Phase watch.

At 12 o’clock is the moon phase indicator, driven by a DB2105si hand-wound in-house movement. The power resource highlights a self-adjusting double spring barrel and a silicon angular balance wheel with flat terminal curve, which is far more reliable and accurate than four years ago. 144-hour power reserve comes with the movement, much durable than the medium. As seen in the picture, the moon comprises two hemi-spheres – one in blued steel and one in platinum, and is rotating on its own axis, making you know the actual phase of the moon.

The price is not sure, but I think it is certainly very expensive.

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