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De Bethune
Dream Watch 5
A sculptural and unprecedented titanium wristwatch with digital jumping hour, wandering minutes, three-dimensional moon-phase, certificate, and presentation box
- Estimate
- $80,000 - 160,000
$177,800
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- De Bethune
- Year
- 2021
- Movement No
- DB.E.006.54
- Case No
- CS240
- Model Name
- Dream Watch 5
- Material
- Titanium
- Calibre
- Manual, cal. DB2144-V2, 32 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Alligator
- Clasp/Buckle
- Titanium De Bethune pin buckle
- Dimensions
- 58mm width x 47mm length
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, and buckle signed.
- Accessories
- Accompanied by De Bethune Certificate of Origin dated October 13, 2021, Dream Watch 5 instruction manual, two additional unworn straps, fitted presentation box, and slip cloth.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
De Bethune has always been highly experimental, and few watches epitomize the brand’s avant-garde tendencies better than the Dream Watch collection. Six different Dream Watch models have been created since the inaugural example was introduced to the world in 2008. The Dream Watch 5 was announced in 2015; it stands tall as likely the most radical and recognizable Dream Watch of them all.
The Dream Watch 5 looks like it could be an alien object or spacecraft straight out of Star Trek or Star Wars. The deltoid-shaped titanium case is completely mirror-polished, and the only indication that it’s some sort of timepiece is a digital read-out for jumping hours and wandering minutes. On one side of this digital time display is a tiny three-dimensional moon-phase that slowly rotates and is accurate to one day every 1,112 years; the other side incorporates a large crown that’s set with an eye-catching ruby cabochon.
The manual-wind caliber DB 2144 inside the Dream Watch 5 is utterly impressive yet completely hidden from view. Despite the relative simplicity of the displays, the movement features more than 320 components, including an in-house balance wheel made from silicon and palladium and a triple pare-chute shock-absorption system.
The Dream Watch 5 has been made-on-order by De Bethune since its 2014 debut. The present example dates to 2021, is in excellent condition, and comes as a full set, consigned by its original owner.
CONSIGNED BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER
The Dream Watch 5 looks like it could be an alien object or spacecraft straight out of Star Trek or Star Wars. The deltoid-shaped titanium case is completely mirror-polished, and the only indication that it’s some sort of timepiece is a digital read-out for jumping hours and wandering minutes. On one side of this digital time display is a tiny three-dimensional moon-phase that slowly rotates and is accurate to one day every 1,112 years; the other side incorporates a large crown that’s set with an eye-catching ruby cabochon.
The manual-wind caliber DB 2144 inside the Dream Watch 5 is utterly impressive yet completely hidden from view. Despite the relative simplicity of the displays, the movement features more than 320 components, including an in-house balance wheel made from silicon and palladium and a triple pare-chute shock-absorption system.
The Dream Watch 5 has been made-on-order by De Bethune since its 2014 debut. The present example dates to 2021, is in excellent condition, and comes as a full set, consigned by its original owner.
CONSIGNED BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER