After a week in NYC with the De Bethune DB25 Starry Varius GMT, it feels like time for something simpler. The PP Chronometro Gondolo 5908R does the trick. Being in Manhattan for a while puts the current state of urban Seattle in perspective. On the one ha
The DB25 Starry Varius GMT as an NYC tourist. (The city of my birth, on my birthday.) At Grand Central Station… and the Chrysler Building. It goes back to the west coast with me tomorrow, and something else will get some wrist time after its extended outi
Capturing the various hues displayed by the blued titanium on the De Bethune GMT Starry Varius dial is probably a quixotic undertaking, but that doesn't mean I can't try. Not to be dismissed, either, is the polished titanium case, which achieves a level o
Picked up all the major awards in 1992 - and who can ever forget “Hannibal the Cannibal” 😳 Going with my budget DB25 Starry Varius GMT this weekend - saved 2/3 off the asking price of the LV collaboration!
Back in 2022 when the Marc Newson hour glass project was underway, the rejected titanium ball bearings came out of the kiln colored dark burgundy. At the time, I told them they had enough to make an additional unique hour glass with the red BBs. That neve
As part of the Geneva Watch Days, De Bethune released some exquisite new beauties. Amongst them are this new Starry Varius variant which is arguably the best version so far, IMHO. Objectively, they are all great; but subjectively this one makes me “feel”
Eastern Arabic numerals are a graphic variant of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system , used in the countries of the Mashriq , the east of the Arab world , as opposed to the west , called Maghreb . In the countries of the Mashriq , these numerals can be found