De Bethune DB25: The Ultimate Exit Watch
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De Bethune DB25: The Ultimate Exit Watch

By flamenco · Apr 11, 2014 · 21 replies
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Mo recently coined an excellent article on the "Exit Brand". Myself include, have been extremely taken with the work done at the DB. 11 years in the making, now much revered. A blend of technology and design have quite captured everyone's imagination. A photologue and a tribute to the great artisan

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Mo recently coined an excellent article on the "Exit Brand". Myself include, have been extremely taken with the work done at the DB. 11 years in the making, now much revered. 

A blend of technology and design have quite captured everyone's imagination.

A photologue and a tribute to the great artisan & genius that is Denis Flageollet and David Zanetta. 




A most Balanced Dial ... second to none 



Perfect proportions ... just sublime 



A magnificently crafted crown, lugs & hands ... 



A Guilloche to die for .... mesmerising  



And in all manner of light .... breathtaking 



A beauty that is more than skin deep ... 



Filled with technology and innovation. 





What more can I say ..... An out of world experience !


Not doing more ... But instead ... doing better. 
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pplater
Apr 11, 2014

...if you have driven past that sign and you are still on the highway! :-) That is indeed a sublime watch. But you already have it. Isn't an 'exit brand' the one that takes you out of the collecting game? Or do you mean that it is the brand that you will now stay with, having found all that you want in that brand, so that the other brands now seem lacking somehow? Cheers, pplater.

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Mark in Paris
Apr 11, 2014

This DB25 could really be a last one for sure, but Zanetta and Flageollet keep on doing better and better.... Congratz and thanks for the pics flamenco! Cheers, Mark

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flamenco
Apr 11, 2014

that are fast exiting my bank account. Exiting the bedroom cos the wife found out the real sticker price ... Bold , daring ... bordering on controversial .... my poor heart , thus my exit. Exiting the mundane and into a higher state of consciousness ! Its been hard to lay my eyes on anything else since ...

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flamenco
Apr 11, 2014

A great fear , my dear friend and fellow advocate. A fear of Basel Fair , a fear of sleepless nights post novelties. Do I see a starry sky .... where I reside tonight ..... Weak hearted ... Star Strucked

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secretlife
Apr 11, 2014

In my case it's the DB27 and it has become my go to daily-wearer. It is just so comfortable, so versatile and just so... pleasurable! It's very indulgent and I feel guilty about the hairline scratches all over that mirror-polished case but I just can't stop wearing it!! Past experience would suggest that this won't last forever but this feels different. I can't wait to see what eventually unseats this

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secretlife
Apr 11, 2014

"having found all that you want in that brand, so that the other brands now seem lacking somehow" is exactly how I feel...

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